Cancer immune evasion through loss of MHC class I antigen presentation

K Dhatchinamoorthy, JD Colbert, KL Rock - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Major histocompatibility class I (MHC I) molecules bind peptides derived from a cell's
expressed genes and then transport and display this antigenic information on the cell …

Regulatory mechanisms of immune checkpoints PD-L1 and CTLA-4 in cancer

H Zhang, Z Dai, W Wu, Z Wang, N Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4)/B7 and programmed death 1
(PD-1)/programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) are two most representative immune …

Regulation of PD-L1 expression in the tumor microenvironment

M Yi, M Niu, L Xu, S Luo, K Wu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) on cancer cells engages with programmed
cell death-1 (PD-1) on immune cells, contributing to cancer immune escape. For multiple …

Discovery of a first-in-class reversible DNMT1-selective inhibitor with improved tolerability and efficacy in acute myeloid leukemia

MB Pappalardi, K Keenan, M Cockerill, WA Kellner… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation, a key epigenetic driver of transcriptional silencing, is universally
dysregulated in cancer. Reversal of DNA methylation by hypomethylating agents, such as …

Loss of ADAR1 in tumours overcomes resistance to immune checkpoint blockade

JJ Ishizuka, RT Manguso, CK Cheruiyot, K Bi, A Panda… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Most patients with cancer either do not respond to immune checkpoint blockade or develop
resistance to it, often because of acquired mutations that impair antigen presentation. Here …

Cooperation between constitutive and inducible chemokines enables T cell engraftment and immune attack in solid tumors

D Dangaj, M Bruand, AJ Grimm, C Ronet, D Barras… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
We investigated the role of chemokines in regulating T cell accumulation in solid tumors.
CCL5 and CXCL9 overexpression was associated with CD8+ T cell infiltration in solid …

Chemokines in the cancer microenvironment and their relevance in cancer immunotherapy

N Nagarsheth, MS Wicha, W Zou - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
The tumour microenvironment is the primary location in which tumour cells and the host
immune system interact. Different immune cell subsets are recruited into the tumour …

EZH2 inhibition activates a dsRNA–STING–interferon stress axis that potentiates response to PD-1 checkpoint blockade in prostate cancer

KL Morel, AV Sheahan, DL Burkhart, SC Baca… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancers are considered to be immunologically 'cold'tumors given the very few
patients who respond to checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy. Recently, enrichment of …

The emerging role of epigenetic therapeutics in immuno-oncology

MJ Topper, M Vaz, KA Marrone, JR Brahmer… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past decade has seen the emergence of immunotherapy as a prime approach to cancer
treatment, revolutionizing the management of many types of cancer. Despite the promise of …

Epigenetic therapy in immune-oncology

PA Jones, H Ohtani, A Chakravarthy… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation inhibitors have become the mainstay for treatment of certain
haematological malignancies. In addition to their abilities to reactivate genes, including …