Turning cold tumors hot: from molecular mechanisms to clinical applications

J Zhang, D Huang, PE Saw, E Song - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have achieved clinical benefit, but most
'immune-cold'solid tumors are not responsive. The diversity of immune evasion mechanisms …

Immunogenic cell stress and death

G Kroemer, C Galassi, L Zitvogel, L Galluzzi - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Dying mammalian cells emit numerous signals that interact with the host to dictate the
immunological correlates of cellular stress and death. In the absence of reactive antigenic …

Cancer cells dying from ferroptosis impede dendritic cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity

B Wiernicki, S Maschalidi, J Pinney, S Adjemian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunogenic cell death significantly contributes to the success of anti-cancer therapies, but
immunogenicity of different cell death modalities widely varies. Ferroptosis, a form of cell …

Release mechanisms of major DAMPs

A Murao, M Aziz, H Wang, M Brenner, P Wang - Apoptosis, 2021 - Springer
Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are endogenous molecules which foment
inflammation and are associated with disorders in sepsis and cancer. Thus, therapeutically …

Theranostic imaging and multimodal photodynamic therapy and immunotherapy using the mTOR signaling pathway

H Zhou, D Tang, Y Yu, L Zhang, B Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor metastases are considered the leading cause of cancer-associated deaths. While
clinically applied drugs have demonstrated to efficiently remove the primary tumor …

A protein-based cGAS-STING nanoagonist enhances T cell-mediated anti-tumor immune responses

X Wang, Y Liu, C Xue, Y Hu, Y Zhao, K Cai, M Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract cGAS-STING pathway is a key DNA-sensing machinery and emerges as a
promising target to overcome the immunoresistance of solid tumors. Here we describe a …

A “closed‐loop” therapeutic strategy based on mutually reinforced ferroptosis and immunotherapy

Y Du, R Zhang, J Yang, S Liu, J Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The immunosuppression and immune escape of current immunotherapy result in low
efficacy, and ferroptosis is greatly restricted by the low reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Nitric oxide induces immunogenic cell death and potentiates cancer immunotherapy

W Jiang, W Dong, M Li, Z Guo, Q Wang, Y Liu, Y Bi… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tumor cells undergoing immunogenic cell death (ICD) release immunogenic damage-
associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) to trigger a long-term protective antitumor response …

Immunogenic PANoptosis‐Initiated Cancer Sono‐Immune Reediting Nanotherapy by Iteratively Boosting Cancer Immunity Cycle

L Zhou, J Lyu, F Liu, Y Su, L Feng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The cancer‐immune cycle conceptualized the mechanisms of driving T cell responses to
tumors, but w as limited by immunological ignorance elicited by tumor inherent …

Ferroptosis in immunostimulation and immunosuppression

D Tang, G Kroemer, R Kang - Immunological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroptosis is a form of iron‐dependent regulated cell death characterized by the
accumulation of toxic lipid peroxides, particularly in the plasma membrane, leading to lytic …