Immune escape and resistance to immunotherapy in mismatch repair deficient tumors

G Mestrallet, M Brown, CC Bozkus… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Up to 30% of colorectal, endometrial and gastric cancers have a deficiency in mismatch
repair (MMR) protein expression due to either germline or epigenetic inactivation. Patients …

The effects of clonal heterogeneity on cancer immunosurveillance

KK Dijkstra, Y Wu, C Swanton - Annual Review of Cancer …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) is associated with tumor progression in several clinical and
experimental settings and contributes to therapeutic resistance. Its relation to cancer …

Abundance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is associated with tumor aggressiveness, immune response, and worse survival in breast cancer

M Oshi, S Gandhi, L Yan, Y Tokumaru, R Wu… - Breast cancer research …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are oxygen-containing molecules that have high
reactivity and play roles in protection or harm the cancer cells. We aimed to clarify the …

NR2F1, a tumor dormancy marker, is expressed predominantly in cancer-associated fibroblasts and is associated with suppressed breast cancer cell proliferation

R Wu, AM Roy, Y Tokumaru, S Gandhi, M Asaoka… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumor dormancy is a state in which some cancer cells are dormant by less
cell proliferation, and are resistant to treatments, thus leading to late recurrence. As nuclear …

[HTML][HTML] Localization and density of tertiary lymphoid structures associate with molecular subtype and clinical outcome in colorectal cancer liver metastases

C Zhang, XY Wang, JL Zuo, XF Wang… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) have been proposed to assess the
prognosis of patients with cancer. Here, we investigated the prognostic value and relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated bile acid metabolism and microbiome are associated with suppressed cell proliferation and better survival in breast cancer

R Wu, I Yu, Y Tokumaru, M Asaoka, M Oshi… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bile acids are metabolized by the gut microbiome and are involved in fat absorption.
Contrary to their carcinogenic role in gastrointestinal cancers, bile acids have been reported …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated glycolysis in tumor microenvironment is associated with worse survival in triple-negative but not consistently with ER+/HER2-breast cancer

M Oshi, AM Roy, L Yan, M Sasamoto… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metabolic reprogramming to sustain immortality is a hallmark of cancer and glycolysis is an
important way to attain this. Thus, we investigate the association of glycolysis and …

[HTML][HTML] Higher intra-tumoral expression of pro-coagulation genes is a predictor of angiogenesis, epithelial mesenchymal transition and worse patient survival in …

M Oshi, J Sarkar, Y Tokumaru, L Yan… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coagulation regulates angiogenesis in cancer, and is associated with tumor development
and metastasis. To date, there have been no studies quantifying the state of intra-tumoral …

[HTML][HTML] High miR-99b expression is associated with cell proliferation and worse patient outcomes in breast cancer

M Oshi, Y Tokumaru, MGK Benesch… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although miR-99b is a known suppressive microRNA (miRNA) in several cancers, its role in
breast cancer has not been elucidated. In this study, we examined the clinical relevance of …

From complexity to clarity: unravelling tumor heterogeneity through the lens of tumor microenvironment for innovative cancer therapy

SO Imodoye, KA Adedokun, IO Bello - Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 2024 - Springer
Despite the tremendous clinical successes recorded in the landscape of cancer therapy,
tumor heterogeneity remains a formidable challenge to successful cancer treatment. In …