Combination strategies to maximize the benefits of cancer immunotherapy

S Zhu, T Zhang, L Zheng, H Liu, W Song, D Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and adoptive cell therapy
(ACT) have revolutionized cancer treatment, especially in patients whose disease was …

Contemporary radiotherapy: present and future

RA Chandra, FK Keane, FEM Voncken, CR Thomas - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Oncology care is increasingly a multidisciplinary endeavour, and radiation therapy
continues to have a key role across the disease spectrum in nearly every cancer. However …

Concise review: multifaceted characterization of human mesenchymal stem cells for use in regenerative medicine

RM Samsonraj, M Raghunath… - Stem cells …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) hold great potential for regenerative medicine because of
their ability for self-renewal and differentiation into tissue-specific cells such as osteoblasts …

Combining immunotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer treatment: current challenges and future directions

Y Wang, W Deng, N Li, S Neri, A Sharma… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Since the approval of anti-CTLA4 therapy (ipilimumab) for late-stage melanoma in 2011, the
development of anticancer immunotherapy agents has thrived. The success of many …

Tumor-associated myeloid cells: diversity and therapeutic targeting

A Mantovani, F Marchesi, S Jaillon… - Cellular & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Myeloid cells in tumor tissues constitute a dynamic immune population characterized by a
non-uniform phenotype and diverse functional activities. Both tumor-associated …

[HTML][HTML] Homing and migration of mesenchymal stromal cells: how to improve the efficacy of cell therapy?

A De Becker, I Van Riet - World journal of stem cells, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are currently being investigated for use in a wide variety
of clinical applications. For most of these applications, systemic delivery of the cells is …

Assessing the interactions between radiotherapy and antitumour immunity

C Grassberger, SG Ellsworth, MQ Wilks… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
Immunotherapy, specifically the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors, has
transformed the treatment of cancer, enabling long-term tumour control even in individuals …

Concise review: cancer cells, cancer stem cells, and mesenchymal stem cells: influence in cancer development

F Papaccio, F Paino, T Regad… - Stem cells …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Tumors are composed of different types of cancer cells that contribute to tumor
heterogeneity. Among these populations of cells, cancer stem cells (CSCs) play an …

Concise review: mesenchymal stem cell-based drug delivery: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the promise

TEG Krueger, DLJ Thorek… - Stem cells …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The development of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as cell-based drug delivery vectors for
numerous clinical indications, including cancer, has significant promise. However, a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of tumor microenvironment in therapeutic resistance

B Son, S Lee, HS Youn, EG Kim, W Kim, BH Youn - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer cells undergo unlimited progression and survival owing to activation of oncogenes.
However, support of the tumor microenvironment is essential to the formation of clinically …