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OX40, a key co-stimulatory receptor that amplifies T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity, is a promising immunotherapeutic target. Despite most reported OX40 agonists in clinical trials having high affinity, the relationship between affinity …
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Combination immunotherapies such as atezolizumab plus bevacizumab (Atez/Bev) and durvalumab plus tremelimumab (Dur/Tre) improve outcomes in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), yet systemic immune mechanisms underlying response remain i…
While cancer immunotherapy has traditionally centered on T cells, accumulating evidence highlights the dual roles of tumor-infiltrating B lymphocytes (TIL-Bs) in both promoting and restraining tumor progression. Within tertiary lymphoid structures (TL…
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been successful in treating advanced melanoma, yet, the 10-year melanoma-specific survival is only 52%. Our prior work using genetic linkage analysis revealed that the murine prolactin (PRL) locus as…
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Checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury (ChILI) is an immune-related adverse reaction, occurring in patients with cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPI). ChILI is currently managed with high doses of corticosteroids which car…
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The liver’s inherently immunosuppressive microenvironment presents a major barrier to effective immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although interleukin-10 (IL-10) has demonstrated antitumor activity in several cancer mo…
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Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy represents a promising frontier in oncology, but its application to high-grade gliomas (HGG) is challenged by the blood-brain barrier, limited efficacy, and significant toxicities associated …
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CD8 T cells mediate the effects of cancer immunotherapies. CD8 positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with [89Zr]Zr-berdoxam-crefmirlimab enables whole body CD8 cell assessment and has been shown to be safe in Phase I evaluation. The co…
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Poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) are well-known to treat tumors that are deficient in homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair. However, PARPi can treat breast cancer gene (BRCA) wild-type tumors, the mechanisms behind which ar…
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Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are critically involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression, yet their spatial and metabolic heterogeneity across primary and metastatic microenvironments remains poorly defined, limiting therapeutic d…
