T cell–inflamed versus non-T cell–inflamed tumors: a conceptual framework for cancer immunotherapy drug development and combination therapy selection

JA Trujillo, RF Sweis, R Bao, JJ Luke - Cancer immunology research, 2018 - AACR
Immunotherapies such as checkpoint-blocking antibodies and adoptive cell transfer are
emerging as treatments for a growing number of cancers. Despite clinical activity of …

Innate and adaptive immune cells in the tumor microenvironment

TF Gajewski, H Schreiber, YX Fu - Nature immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Most tumor cells express antigens that can mediate recognition by host CD8+ T cells.
Cancers that are detected clinically must have evaded antitumor immune responses to grow …

The next hurdle in cancer immunotherapy: overcoming the non–T-cell–inflamed tumor microenvironment

TF Gajewski - Seminars in oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence suggests that a major subset of patients with advanced solid
tumors shows evidence for a T-cell–inflamed tumor microenvironment. This phenotype has …

[PDF][PDF] The continuum of cancer immunosurveillance: prognostic, predictive, and mechanistic signatures

J Galon, HK Angell, D Bedognetti, FM Marincola - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Numerous analyses of large patient cohorts identified specific patterns of immune activation
associated with patient survival. We established these as the immune contexture …

Cancer immunotherapy targets based on understanding the T cell-inflamed versus non-T cell-inflamed tumor microenvironment

TF Gajewski, L Corrales, J Williams, B Horton… - … in cancer progression …, 2017 - Springer
Most cancers express tumor antigens that can be recognized by T cells of the host. The fact
that cancers become clinically evident nonetheless implies that immune escape must occur …

[PDF][PDF] Germline genetic contribution to the immune landscape of cancer

RW Sayaman, M Saad, V Thorsson, D Hu, W Hendrickx… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Understanding the contribution of the host's genetic background to cancer immunity may
lead to improved stratification for immunotherapy and to the identification of novel …

Tumor-intrinsic oncogene pathways mediating immune avoidance

S Spranger, TF Gajewski - Oncoimmunology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Immunotherapy is emerging as a major treatment for patients with cancer, predominantly via
blocking immune inhibitory pathways and through adoptive T cell therapy. However, only a …

CXCR3/CCR5 pathways in metastatic melanoma patients treated with adoptive therapy and interleukin-2

D Bedognetti, TL Spivey, Y Zhao, L Uccellini… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Adoptive therapy with tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) induces durable
complete responses (CR) in∼ 20% of patients with metastatic melanoma. The recruitment of …

Toward a comprehensive view of cancer immune responsiveness: a synopsis from the SITC workshop

D Bedognetti, M Ceccarelli, L Galluzzi, R Lu… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Tumor immunology has changed the landscape of cancer treatment. Yet, not all patients
benefit as cancer immune responsiveness (CIR) remains a limitation in a considerable …

Tumor and host factors controlling antitumor immunity and efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

S Spranger, A Sivan, L Corrales, TF Gajewski - Advances in immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite recent clinical advances in immunotherapy, a fraction of cancer patients fails to
respond to these interventions. Evidence from preclinical mouse models as well as clinical …