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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) improved survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), yet many patients do not respond to treatment. The identification of markers for ICI response remains an unmet clinical need. This stu…
Background
Checkpoint inhibitors revolutionized cancer treatment by potentiating antitumor immune responses. However, many patients do not respond to these therapies, often due to the lack of a pre-existing immune response against cancer cells. Develo…
The recent phase 3 trial of the Fc-silent anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) antibody finotonlimab demonstrated promising clinical activity in recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, an unexpected finding …
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-presented peptide repertoire, termed immunopeptidome, plays a crucial role for T-cell mediated immune reactions. Previously, the human immunopeptidome of non-malignant tissues has been mapped in a large-scale study, t…
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest malignancies, characterized by a profoundly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and resistance to immunotherapy. Obesity, a modifiable risk factor that increases PDAC incidence,…
In the 40 years since the initial studies with interleukin-2 led to the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s creation, immunotherapy has become a crucial pillar of cancer therapy that is extending and improving countless lives worldwide. Checkp…
Cancer immunotherapy targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway has demonstrated efficacy across a range of common solid tumors and some hematopoietic malignancies. Despite these groundbreaking successes, the clinical development of other ‘checkpoint inhi…
Anti-programed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) and anti-programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) antibodies combined with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) antibodies are now standard therapeu…
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T-cell activation and clonal expansion are essential to effective immunotherapy responses in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The distribution of T-cell clones may offer insights into immunogenic mechanisms and imply potential prognostic…
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Ubiquitination—a pivotal post-translational modification that orchestrates cellular homeostasis and oncogenic pathways—remains underexplored as a pancancer regulatory hub. Although ubiquitination dysregulation is linked to tumor…
