Advances in acute myeloid leukemia

LF Newell, RJ Cook - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an uncommon but potentially catastrophic diagnosis with
historically high mortality rates. The standard of care treatment remained unchanged for …

Enhancing anti-tumour efficacy with immunotherapy combinations

F Meric-Bernstam, J Larkin, J Tabernero, C Bonini - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Several tumour types are responsive to immunotherapy, as shown by regulatory approvals
for immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, many patients either do not respond or do not …

T-cell-based immunotherapy of acute myeloid leukemia: current concepts and future developments

N Daver, AS Alotaibi, V Bücklein, M Subklewe - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease linked to a broad spectrum of
molecular alterations, and as such, long-term disease control requires multiple therapeutic …

Expansion, persistence, and efficacy of donor memory-like NK cells infused for posttransplant relapse

RM Shapiro, GC Birch, G Hu… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background Responses to conventional donor lymphocyte infusion for postallogeneic
hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) relapse are typically poor. Natural killer (NK) cell …

Catch me if you can: how AML and its niche escape immunotherapy

S Tettamanti, A Pievani, A Biondi, G Dotti, M Serafini - Leukemia, 2022 - nature.com
In spite of the remarkable progress in basic and preclinical studies of acute myeloid
leukemia (AML), the five-year survival rate of AML patients remains poor, highlighting the …

Immune escape and immunotherapy of acute myeloid leukemia

L Vago, I Gojo - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
In spite of the recent approval of new promising targeted therapies, the clinical outcome of
patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains suboptimal, prompting the search for …

HLA informs risk predictions after haploidentical stem cell transplantation with posttransplantation cyclophosphamide

EJ Fuchs, SR McCurdy, SR Solomon… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Hematopoietic cell transplantation from HLA-haploidentical related donors is increasingly
used to treat hematologic cancers; however, characteristics of the optimal haploidentical …

Immune dysfunction signatures predict outcomes and define checkpoint blockade–unresponsive microenvironments in acute myeloid leukemia

S Rutella, J Vadakekolathu, F Mazziotta… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background Immune exhaustion and senescence are dominant dysfunctional states of
effector T cells and major hurdles for the success of cancer immunotherapy. In the current …

Relapse of acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: immune escape mechanisms and current implications for therapy

T Sauerer, GF Velázquez, C Schmid - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by the expansion
of immature myeloid cells in the bone marrow (BM) and peripheral blood (PB) resulting in …

Hallmarks of resistance to immune-checkpoint inhibitors

M Karasarides, AP Cogdill, PB Robbins… - Cancer Immunology …, 2022 - AACR
Abstract Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), although revolutionary in improving long-term
survival outcomes, are mostly effective in patients with immune-responsive tumors. Most …