Immune-related adverse events of checkpoint inhibitors

M Ramos-Casals, JR Brahmer, MK Callahan… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapies have changed the landscape of cancer treatment during the past
few decades. Among them, immune checkpoint inhibitors, which target PD-1, PD-L1 and …

Fulminant myocarditis: a comprehensive review from etiology to treatments and outcomes

W Hang, C Chen, JM Seubert, DW Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is characterized by a rapid progressive decline in cardiac
function and a high mortality rate. Since the first report of FM patients in the 1980s, several …

Global longitudinal strain and cardiac events in patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis

M Awadalla, SS Mahmood, JD Groarke… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - jacc.org
Background There is a need for improved methods for detection and risk stratification of
myocarditis associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Global longitudinal strain …

Microbiota-derived peptide mimics drive lethal inflammatory cardiomyopathy

C Gil-Cruz, C Perez-Shibayama, A De Martin, F Ronchi… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Myocarditis can develop into inflammatory cardiomyopathy through chronic stimulation of
myosin heavy chain 6–specific T helper (TH) 1 and TH17 cells. However, mechanisms …

Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced myocarditis in cancer patients: a case report and review of reported cases

E Matzen, LE Bartels, B Løgstrup, S Horskær, C Stilling… - Cardio-oncology, 2021 - Springer
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) induced myocarditis is a rare, severe, and
often fatal adverse event. Evidence to guide appropriate immunosuppressive therapy is …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocardiographic features of immune checkpoint inhibitor associated myocarditis

DA Zlotoff, MZO Hassan, A Zafar, RM Alvi… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Myocarditis is a highly morbid complication of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)
use that remains inadequately characterized. The QRS duration and the QTc interval are …

Decreased absolute lymphocyte count and increased neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio with immune checkpoint inhibitor–associated myocarditis

ZD Drobni, A Zafar, L Zubiri, DA Zlotoff… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Myocarditis attributable to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy is a
potentially fatal immune‐related adverse event. Limited data have suggested an association …

Mediators and mechanisms of immune checkpoint inhibitor‐associated myocarditis: Insights from mouse and human

J Gong, TG Neilan, DA Zlotoff - Immunological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The broad application of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has led to significant gains in
cancer outcomes. By abrogating inhibitory signals, ICIs promote T cell targeting of cancer …

Immune checkpoint inhibitor use in patients with end-stage kidney disease: an analysis of reported cases and literature review

A Kitchlu, KD Jhaveri, B Sprangers… - Clinical Kidney …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), immunomodulatory antibodies that are used to enhance
the immune system, have substantially improved the prognosis of patients with advanced …

[HTML][HTML] PD-1/PDL-1 inhibitors and cardiotoxicity; molecular, etiological and management outlines

M Safi, H Ahmed, M Al-Azab, Y Xia, X Shan… - Journal of Advanced …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved several
immunotherapeutic drugs for cancer since 2010, and many more are still being evaluated in …