Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

Natural killer cell homing and trafficking in tissues and tumors: from biology to application

GH Ran, YQ Lin, L Tian, T Zhang, DM Yan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, a subgroup of innate lymphoid cells, act as the first line of defense
against cancer. Although some evidence shows that NK cells can develop in secondary …

Interferon-gamma at the crossroads of tumor immune surveillance or evasion

F Castro, AP Cardoso, RM Gonçalves, K Serre… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic molecule with associated antiproliferative, pro-
apoptotic and antitumor mechanisms. This effector cytokine, often considered as a major …

[HTML][HTML] Opposing functions of interferon coordinate adaptive and innate immune responses to cancer immune checkpoint blockade

JL Benci, LR Johnson, R Choa, Y Xu, J Qiu, Z Zhou… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Interferon-gamma (IFNG) augments immune function yet promotes T cell exhaustion through
PDL1. How these opposing effects are integrated to impact immune checkpoint blockade …

Infection induces tissue-resident memory NK cells that safeguard tissue health

IS Schuster, XYX Sng, CM Lau, DR Powell… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Tissue health is dictated by the capacity to respond to perturbations and then return to
homeostasis. Mechanisms that initiate, maintain, and regulate immune responses in tissues …

The interferon-gamma paradox in cancer

MR Zaidi - Journal of interferon & cytokine research, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Interferon-gamma (IFNG) has long been implicated as a central orchestrator of antitumor
immune responses in the elimination stage of the immunoediting paradigm. However …

IFN-γ-dependent NK cell activation is essential to metastasis suppression by engineered Salmonella

Q Lin, L Rong, X Jia, R Li, B Yu, J Hu, X Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metastasis accounts for 90% of cancer-related deaths and, currently, there are no effective
clinical therapies to block the metastatic cascade. A need to develop novel therapies …

Direct antiviral mechanisms of interferon-gamma

S Kang, HM Brown, S Hwang - Immune network, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
Interferon-gamma (IFNG) is a pleiotropic cytokine that modulates both innate and adaptive
immune networks; it is the most potent activator of macrophages and a signature cytokine of …

The innate immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus at the alveolar surface

A Margalit, K Kavanagh - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aspergillus fumigatus is an ubiquitous, saprophytic mould that forms and releases airborne
conidia which are inhaled by humans on a daily basis. When the immune system is …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of prebiotics on microbial dysbiosis, butyrate production and immunity in HIV-infected subjects

S Serrano-Villar, JF Vázquez-Castellanos, A Vallejo… - Mucosal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Altered interactions between the gut mucosa and bacteria during HIV infection seem to
contribute to chronic immune dysfunction. A deeper understanding of how nutritional …