Immunogenic cell death activates the tumor immune microenvironment to boost the immunotherapy efficiency

Z Li, X Lai, S Fu, L Ren, H Cai, H Zhang, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor immunotherapy is only effective in a fraction of patients due to a low response rate
and severe side effects, and these challenges of immunotherapy in clinics can be addressed …

Shared and distinct functions of type I and type III interferons

HM Lazear, JW Schoggins, MS Diamond - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Type I interferons (IFNs)(IFN-α, IFN-β) and type III IFNs (IFN-λ) share many properties,
including induction by viral infection, activation of shared signaling pathways, and …

Individualised neoantigen therapy mRNA-4157 (V940) plus pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab monotherapy in resected melanoma (KEYNOTE-942): a …

JS Weber, MS Carlino, A Khattak, T Meniawy… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Checkpoint inhibitors are standard adjuvant treatment for stage IIB–IV resected
melanoma, but many patients recur. Our study aimed to evaluate whether mRNA-4157 …

Melanoma treatment in review

B Domingues, JM Lopes, P Soares… - ImmunoTargets and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Melanoma represents the most aggressive and the deadliest form of skin cancer. Current
therapeutic approaches include surgical resection, chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy …

Cytokines in cancer immunotherapy

TA Waldmann - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cytokines that control the immune response were shown to have efficacy in preclinical
murine cancer models. Interferon (IFN)-α is approved for treatment of hairy cell leukemia …

Antitumour actions of interferons: implications for cancer therapy

BS Parker, J Rautela, PJ Hertzog - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The interferons (IFNs) are a family of cytokines that protect against disease by direct effects
on target cells and by activating immune responses. The production and actions of IFNs are …

Immunotherapy of melanoma: facts and hopes

SA Weiss, JD Wolchok, M Sznol - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Melanoma is among the most sensitive of malignancies to immune modulation. Although
multiple trials conducted over decades with vaccines, cytokines, and cell therapies …

Cutaneous melanoma

AMM Eggermont, A Spatz, C Robert - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
In the past decade, major advances have been made in the understanding of melanoma.
New predisposition genes have been reported and key somatic events, such as BRAF …

Increasing cure rates of solid tumors by immune checkpoint inhibitors

W Ma, R Xue, Z Zhu, H Farrukh, W Song, T Li… - … Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapy has become the central pillar of cancer therapy. Immune checkpoint
inhibitors (ICIs), a major category of tumor immunotherapy, reactivate preexisting anticancer …

Cytokines in cancer pathogenesis and cancer therapy

G Dranoff - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
The mixture of cytokines that is produced in the tumour microenvironment has an important
role in cancer pathogenesis. Cytokines that are released in response to infection …