Rational combinations of targeted cancer therapies: background, advances and challenges

H Jin, L Wang, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, elucidation of the genetic defects that underlie cancer has
resulted in a plethora of novel targeted cancer drugs. Although these agents can initially be …

Role of cancer‐associated fibroblast subpopulations in immune infiltration, as a new means of treatment in cancer

R Mhaidly, F Mechta‐Grigoriou - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) has been identified as one of the driving factors of tumor
progression and invasion. Within this microenvironment, cancer‐associated fibroblasts …

LRRC15+ myofibroblasts dictate the stromal setpoint to suppress tumour immunity

AT Krishnamurty, JA Shyer, M Thai, V Gandham… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent single-cell studies of cancer in both mice and humans have identified the
emergence of a myofibroblast population specifically marked by the highly restricted leucine …

PIKfyve, expressed by CD11c-positive cells, controls tumor immunity

JE Choi, Y Qiao, I Kryczek, J Yu, J Gurkan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer treatment continues to shift from utilizing traditional therapies to targeted ones, such
as protein kinase inhibitors and immunotherapy. Mobilizing dendritic cells (DC) and other …

The advent of immune stimulating CAFs in cancer

M Tsoumakidou - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The theory that cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are immunosuppressive cells has
prevailed throughout the past decade. However, recent high-throughput, high-resolution …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts: key players in shaping the tumor immune microenvironment

M Desbois, Y Wang - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapies have rapidly changed the therapeutic landscape for cancer.
Nevertheless, most of the patients show innate or acquired resistance to these therapies …

Up-regulated PLA2G10 in cancer impairs T cell infiltration to dampen immunity

T Zhang, W Yu, X Cheng, J Yeung, V Ahumada… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
T cells are often absent from human cancer tissues during both spontaneously induced
immunity and therapeutic immunotherapy, even in the presence of a functional T cell …

Tumor-associated fibrosis impairs immune surveillance and response to immune checkpoint blockade in non–small cell lung cancer

BH Herzog, JM Baer, N Borcherding… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Immune
checkpoint blockade has improved survival for many patients with NSCLC, but most fail to …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts drive CXCL13 production in activated T cells via TGF-beta

RA O'Connor, BR Martinez, L Koppensteiner… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Tumour-reactive T cells producing the B-cell attractant chemokine CXCL13, in
solid tumours, promote development of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) and are associated …

LYN kinase programs stromal fibroblasts to facilitate leukemic survival via regulation of c-JUN and THBS1

AF Vom Stein, R Rebollido-Rios, A Lukas… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microenvironmental bystander cells are essential for the progression of chronic lymphocytic
leukemia (CLL). We have discovered previously that LYN kinase promotes the formation of a …