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Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) is a tight junction protein retained in malignant transformation of gastric cancer (GC) and is a promising therapeutic target. Despite the clinical benefit of zolbetuximab in CLDN18.2-positive tumors, the dynamic exp…
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Endometrial cancer (EC) is a female malignancy closely linked to metabolic dysregulation. Most patients with EC exhibit poor responses to immunotherapy, underscoring the need to identify novel therapeutic targets at the intersection of metab…
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Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 7 (USP7) is a deubiquitinating enzyme that removes ubiquitin from specific protein substrates to modify their degradation rates thereby regulating crucial cellular processes integral to cancer. Conspicuously, ov…
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High densities of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are associated with improved clinical outcomes in various malignancies, including human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, the role o…
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The optimal dosing regimen for immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) remains a critical question in oncology. Although immune-related adverse events (irAEs) are common with ICB, the incidence and severity of irAEs following a single dose of anti…
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The incidence of severe immune-related hepatitis (irHepatitis) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade 3 or 4 under combination therapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab ranges from 15% to 20%. Current clinical guidelines r…
Patients with B-cell malignancies receiving CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy may experience treatment failure due to various mechanisms. One significant factor is the host’s immune response against the CAR-T product, …
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Nonsense-mediated messenger RNA decay (NMD) is a highly conserved surveillance system that degrades mRNAs with premature termination codons (PTCs), and regulates the mRNA quantity. Cancer cells hijack NMD to compensate for the imbalanced DN…
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have emerged as first-line therapies for advanced HCC, substantially improving c…
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are major non-tumor cellular components of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and are closely related to immune suppression. The enhancement of anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) efficacy by antia…
