The microenvironmental landscape of brain tumors

DF Quail, JA Joyce - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The brain tumor microenvironment (TME) is emerging as a critical regulator of cancer
progression in primary and metastatic brain malignancies. The unique properties of this …

Immune suppression in gliomas

MM Grabowski, EW Sankey, KJ Ryan… - Journal of neuro …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction The overall survival in patients with gliomas has not significantly increased in
the modern era, despite advances such as immunotherapy. This is in part due to their …

T-cell exhaustion signatures vary with tumor type and are severe in glioblastoma

K Woroniecka, P Chongsathidkiet, K Rhodin… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: T-cell dysfunction is a hallmark of glioblastoma (GBM). Although anergy and
tolerance have been well characterized, T-cell exhaustion remains relatively unexplored …

Brain tumor microenvironment and host state: implications for immunotherapy

W Tomaszewski, L Sanchez-Perez, TF Gajewski… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly lethal brain tumor with poor responses to immunotherapies
that have been successful in more immunogenic cancers with less immunosuppressive …

HIF-1α is a metabolic switch between glycolytic-driven migration and oxidative phosphorylation-driven immunosuppression of Tregs in glioblastoma

J Miska, C Lee-Chang, A Rashidi, ME Muroski… - Cell Reports, 2019 - cell.com
The mechanisms by which regulatory T cells (Tregs) migrate to and function within the
hypoxic tumor microenvironment are unclear. Our studies indicate that specific ablation of …

T-cell dysfunction in glioblastoma: applying a new framework

KI Woroniecka, KE Rhodin, P Chongsathidkiet… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
A functional, replete T-cell repertoire is an integral component to adequate immune
surveillance and to the initiation and maintenance of productive antitumor immune …

Durable therapeutic efficacy utilizing combinatorial blockade against IDO, CTLA-4, and PD-L1 in mice with brain tumors

DA Wainwright, AL Chang, M Dey, IV Balyasnikova… - Clinical cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common form of malignant glioma in adults.
Although protected by both the blood–brain and blood–tumor barriers, GBMs are actively …

Dendritic cell vaccination of glioblastoma: road to success or dead end

A Datsi, RV Sorg - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most frequent and aggressive malignant primary brain tumor
and remains a therapeutic challenge: even after multimodal therapy, median survival of …

Immunosuppressive cells in cancer: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

Y Tie, F Tang, Y Wei, X Wei - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Immunotherapies like the adoptive transfer of gene-engineered T cells and immune
checkpoint inhibitors are novel therapeutic modalities for advanced cancers. However, some …

Increased proportion of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in tumor infiltrating lymphocytes is associated with tumor recurrence and reduced survival in patients with …

EJ Sayour, P McLendon, R McLendon… - Cancer Immunology …, 2015 - Springer
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive malignancy associated with profound host
immunosuppression mediated in part by FoxP3 expressing regulatory CD4+ T lymphocytes …