Genetic engineering has fundamentally transformed T cell–based therapies by enabling tumor targeting capability, improving their functionality, and facilitating allogeneic use. These strategies—originally developed in αβ chimeri…
The biological clock plays a central role in hematopoiesis and immune regulation, making circadian rhythms an increasingly important factor in immunotherapies and cellular therapies such as allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT…
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The biological sciences are producing increasingly larger datasets for biomarker discovery. While common data models have been developed for medical terms as they relate to patient health outcomes, a data model that supports longitudinal tr…
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Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) is an oncolytic herpes simplex virus therapy approved for treatment of unresectable and metastatic melanoma. However, real-world use often occurs in heavily pretreated patients, where evidence of effectivene…
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The CpG/α-OX40 in situ vaccine strategy has shown efficacy in immune-hot tumors but remains ineffective in immune-cold tumors possibly due to immunosuppressive microenvironments characterized by myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs…
Casitas B lymphoma-b (Cbl-b) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that serves as a critical brake on immune cell activations. It negatively fine-tunes immune responses through ubiquitination of signaling proteins. Cbl-b deficiency in mice leads to spontaneous tu…
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Patients with platinum-resistant/refractory ovarian cancer (PROC) experience suboptimal outcomes, highlighting an immediate need for novel therapies. This phase 1b study investigated the safety and efficacy of botensilimab (BOT), a fragment…
Over the last decades, a growing number of distinct CD4+T helper cells has been identified and our understanding of CD4+T cell differentiation and function in various disease contexts has increased immensely. It has long been thought that the role of …
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Understanding the negative regulatory mechanisms of immune cell functions is essential for developing effective tumor immunotherapy strategies. Macrophages play a crucial role in antitumor immunity; however, the mechanisms that negatively…
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Accurate preoperative prediction of pathological complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy (nCIT) could help individualize treatment for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). This study aimed to dev…
