The functional crosstalk between myeloid-derived suppressor cells and regulatory T cells within the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

M Haist, H Stege, S Grabbe, M Bros - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immunotherapy improved the therapeutic landscape for patients with
advanced cancer diseases. However, many patients do not benefit from immunotherapy …

Study and analysis of antitumor resistance mechanism of PD1/PD‐L1 immune checkpoint blocker

Z Wang, X Wu - Cancer medicine, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Immunocheckpoint proteins of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes play an important role in tumor
prognosis in the course of tumor clinicopathology. PD‐1 (Programmed cell death protein 1) …

BRD4-directed super-enhancer organization of transcription repression programs links to chemotherapeutic efficacy in breast cancer

B Liu, X Liu, L Han, X Chen, X Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
BRD4 is well known for its role in super-enhancer organization and transcription activation
of several prominent oncogenes including c-MYC and BCL2. As such, BRD4 inhibitors are …

The role of tumor-stroma interactions in drug resistance within tumor microenvironment

Y Ni, X Zhou, J Yang, H Shi, H Li, X Zhao… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer cells resistance to various therapies remains to be a key challenge nowadays. For a
long time, scientists focused on tumor cells themselves for the mechanisms of acquired drug …

Mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma: What we have to overcome?

DC Ziogas, C Theocharopoulos, T Koutouratsas… - Cancer Treatment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Marching into the second decade after the approval of ipilimumab, it is clear that immune
checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have dramatically improved the prognosis of melanoma …

The influence of tumor microenvironment on immune escape of melanoma

A Simiczyjew, E Dratkiewicz, J Mazurkiewicz… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The low efficiency of currently-used anti-cancer therapies poses a serious challenge,
especially in the case of malignant melanoma, a cancer characterized by elevated …

Therapeutic Copolymer from Salicylic Acid and l-Phenylalanine as a Nanosized Drug Carrier for Orthotopic Breast Cancer with Lung Metastasis

Y Meng, S Han, J Yin, J Wu - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle (NP)-mediated drug delivery systems are promising for treating various
diseases. However, clinical translation has been delayed by a variety of limitations, such as …

Characteristics of the tumor microenvironment that influence immune cell functions: hypoxia, oxidative stress, metabolic alterations

RC Augustin, GM Delgoffe, YG Najjar - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary For decades nearly all cancer patients were treated with cytotoxic
chemotherapy, killing any rapidly dividing cell in the body. More recently, researchers have …

Single-cell sequencing analysis related to sphingolipid metabolism guides immunotherapy and prognosis of skin cutaneous melanoma

Y Ding, Z Zhao, H Cai, Y Zhou, H Chen, Y Bai… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background We explore sphingolipid-related genes (SRGs) in skin melanoma (SKCM) to
develop a prognostic indicator for patient outcomes. Dysregulated lipid metabolism is linked …

Mechanisms of immunotherapy resistance in cutaneous melanoma: recognizing a shapeshifter

J Thornton, G Chhabra, CK Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Melanoma is one of the seven most common cancers in the United States, and its incidence
is still increasing. Since 2011, developments in targeted therapies and immunotherapies …