A Sampling of Highlights from the Literature: Article Recommendations from Our Deputy and Senior Editors
Cancer Immunol Res. 2026 Jan 8;14(1):7. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-1-WWR. NO ABSTRACT PMID:41502309 | DOI:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-1-WWR
Cancer Immunol Res. 2026 Jan 8;14(1):7. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-1-WWR. NO ABSTRACT PMID:41502309 | DOI:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-14-1-WWR
Cancer Immunol Res. 2026 Jan 8;14(1):8-9. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-1391. NO ABSTRACT PMID:41502310 | DOI:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-1391
Cancer Immunol Res. 2026 Jan 7. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0834. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT While the role of neutrophils in modulating antitumor T cell responses has been extensively studied, their direct effects on tumor cells remains less well understood. In this study, we investigated whether neutrophils have the capacity to directly kill tumor cells independently of … Read more
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Dec 29. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0583. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Relapsed and refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (rrDLBCL) presents a significant challenge in hematology-oncology, with approximately 30-40% of DLBCL patients experiencing relapse or resistance to treatment. This underscores the urgent need to better understand the molecular mechanisms governing therapeutic resistance. Signal Transducer … Read more
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0242. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Tumor cells employ metabolic mechanisms to limit antitumor immunity and promote resistance to immunotherapy. However, how immunotherapy modulates tumor metabolism remains unclear. Here, we demonstrated that anti-PD-1 treatment regulated cholesterol biosynthesis in cancer cells through the effector cytokine interferon IFN-γ. Mechanistically, IFN-γ-induced … Read more
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0070. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Vaccines that encode tumour-associated antigens are potent boosting agents for adoptively transferred tumour-specific T cells. Employing vaccines to boost adoptively transferred tumour-reactive T cells relies on a priori knowledge of tumour epitopes, isolation of matched epitope-specific T cells, and personalized vaccines, all … Read more
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Dec 5. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0514. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Adoptive transfer of T lymphocytes specific for tumor-associated neoantigens can elicit immunity against solid tumors in patients. However, how these antigens impact T cell function, effector differentiation, and persistence remains unclear. We examined how an identical CD8+ T cell product was shaped … Read more
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Dec 2;13(12):1893. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-13-12-WWR. NO ABSTRACT PMID:41327976 | DOI:10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-13-12-WWR
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Dec 1:OF1-OF12. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0631. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer. However, the durable response to this therapy remains low, and there is a risk of moderate-to-severe toxicities following treatment that requires close monitoring. Over the past decade, we have learned … Read more
Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Nov 26. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-25-0444. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Treatment of melanoma with BRAF inhibitors plus MEK inhibitors (BRAFi + MEKi) stimulates an intratumoral immune response, in part through pyroptosis mediated by the pore-forming protein gasdermin E (GSDME/Gsdme). How GSDME mediates effects on tumoral immunity is not well characterized. Using single-cell … Read more