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Nguyen YTM, Sibley L, Przanowski P, Zhao XY, Kovacs M, Wang S, Jones MK, Cowan M, Liu W, Merchak AR, Gaultier A, Janes K, Zang C, Harris T, Ewald SE, Zong H. Toxoplasma gondii infection supports the infiltration of T cells into brain tumors. J Neuroimmunol 2024; 393:578402. [PMID: 38996717 PMCID: PMC11318612 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2024.578402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
Abstract
Few T cells infiltrate into primary brain tumors, fundamentally hampering the effectiveness of immunotherapy. We hypothesized that Toxoplasma gondii, a microorganism that naturally elicits a Th1 response in the brain, can promote T cell infiltration into brain tumors despite their immune suppressive microenvironment. Using a mouse genetic model for medulloblastoma, we found that T. gondii infection induced the infiltration of activatable T cells into the tumor mass and led to myeloid cell reprogramming toward a T cell-supportive state, without causing severe health issues in mice. The study provides a concrete foundation for future studies to take advantage of the immune modulatory capacity of T. gondii to facilitate brain tumor immunotherapy.
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- Yen T M Nguyen
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Ouyang Y, Shen R, Chu L, Fu C, Hu W, Huang H, Zhang Z, Jiang M, Chen X. Combining single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing, NK cell marker genes reveal a prognostic and immune status in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15037. [PMID: 38951569 PMCID: PMC11217423 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65917-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/03/2024] Open
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The NK cell is an important component of the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), also plays a significant role in PDAC development. This study aimed to explore the relationship between NK cell marker genes and prognosis, immune response of PDAC patients. By scRNA-seq data, we found the proportion of NK cells were significantly downregulated in PDAC and 373 NK cell marker genes were screened out. By TCGA database, we enrolled 7 NK cell marker genes to construct the signature for predicting prognosis in PDAC patients. Cox analysis identified the signature as an independent factor for pancreatic cancer. Subsequently, the predictive power of signature was validated by 6 GEO datasets and had an excellent evaluation. Our analysis of relationship between the signature and patients' immune status revealed that the signature has a strong correlation with immunocyte infiltration, inflammatory reaction, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) response. The NK cell marker genes are closely related to the prognosis and immune capacity of PDAC patients, and they have potential value as a therapeutic target.
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- Yonghao Ouyang
- Research Institute of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, 305 Zhong Shan East Road, Nanjing, 210002, China.
- Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China.
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, 305 Zhong Shan East Road, Nanjing, 210002, China.
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- Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, 334000, China
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- Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China
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- Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China
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- Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China
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- Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China
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- Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, China
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- Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330000, China
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Wu D, Ding Z, Lu T, Chen Y, Zhang F, Lu S. DDR1-targeted therapies: current limitations and future potential. Drug Discov Today 2024; 29:103975. [PMID: 38580164 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2024.103975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Discoidin domain receptor (DDR)-1 has a crucial role in regulating vital processes, including cell differentiation, proliferation, adhesion, migration, invasion, and matrix remodeling. Overexpression or activation of DDR1 in various pathological scenarios makes it a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer, fibrosis, atherosclerosis, and neuropsychiatric, psychiatric, and neurodegenerative disorders. In this review, we summarize current therapeutic approaches targeting DDR1 from a medicinal chemistry perspective. Furthermore, we analyze factors other than issues of low selectivity and risk of resistance, contributing to the infrequent success of DDR1 inhibitors. The complex interplay between DDR1 and the extracellular matrix (ECM) necessitates additional validation, given that DDR1 might exhibit complex and synergistic interactions with other signaling molecules during ECM regulation. The mechanisms involved in DDR1 regulation in cancer and inflammation-related diseases also remain unknown.
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- Donglin Wu
- School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
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Mitra A, Kumar A, Amdare NP, Pathak R. Current Landscape of Cancer Immunotherapy: Harnessing the Immune Arsenal to Overcome Immune Evasion. BIOLOGY 2024; 13:307. [PMID: 38785789 PMCID: PMC11118874 DOI: 10.3390/biology13050307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Cancer immune evasion represents a leading hallmark of cancer, posing a significant obstacle to the development of successful anticancer therapies. However, the landscape of cancer treatment has significantly evolved, transitioning into the era of immunotherapy from conventional methods such as surgical resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted drug therapy. Immunotherapy has emerged as a pivotal component in cancer treatment, harnessing the body's immune system to combat cancer and offering improved prognostic outcomes for numerous patients. The remarkable success of immunotherapy has spurred significant efforts to enhance the clinical efficacy of existing agents and strategies. Several immunotherapeutic approaches have received approval for targeted cancer treatments, while others are currently in preclinical and clinical trials. This review explores recent progress in unraveling the mechanisms of cancer immune evasion and evaluates the clinical effectiveness of diverse immunotherapy strategies, including cancer vaccines, adoptive cell therapy, and antibody-based treatments. It encompasses both established treatments and those currently under investigation, providing a comprehensive overview of efforts to combat cancer through immunological approaches. Additionally, the article emphasizes the current developments, limitations, and challenges in cancer immunotherapy. Furthermore, by integrating analyses of cancer immunotherapy resistance mechanisms and exploring combination strategies and personalized approaches, it offers valuable insights crucial for the development of novel anticancer immunotherapeutic strategies.
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- Ankita Mitra
- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, National Institute of Biologicals, Noida 201309, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA
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Hirani P, McDermott J, Rajeeve V, Cutillas PR, Jones JL, Pennington DJ, Wight TN, Santamaria S, Alonge KM, Pearce OM. Versican Associates with Tumor Immune Phenotype and Limits T-cell Trafficking via Chondroitin Sulfate. CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 4:970-985. [PMID: 38517140 PMCID: PMC10989462 DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-23-0548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Immunotherapies for cancers of epithelial origin have limited efficacy, and a growing body of evidence links the composition of extracellular matrix (ECM) with the likelihood of a favorable response to treatment. The ECM may be considered an immunologic barrier, restricting the localization of cytotoxic immune cells to stromal areas and inhibiting their contact with tumor cells. Identifying ECM components of this immunologic barrier could provide targets that whether degraded in situ may support antitumor immunity and improve immunotherapy response. Using a library of primary triple-negative breast cancer tissues, we correlated CD8+ T-cell tumor contact with ECM composition and identified a proteoglycan, versican (VCAN), as a putative member of the immunologic barrier. Our analysis reveals that CD8+ T-cell contact with tumor associates with the location of VCAN expression, the specific glycovariant of VCAN [defined through the pattern of posttranslational attachments of glycosaminoglycans (GAG)], and the cell types that produce the variant. In functional studies, the isomers of chondroitin sulfate presented on VCAN have opposing roles being either supportive or inhibiting of T-cell trafficking, and removal of the GAGs ameliorates these effects on T-cell trafficking. Overall, we conclude that VCAN can either support or inhibit T-cell trafficking within the tumor microenvironment depending on the pattern of GAGs present, and that VCAN is a major component of the ECM immunologic barrier that defines the type of response to immunotherapy. SIGNIFICANCE The response to immunotherapy has been poor toward solid tumors despite immune cells infiltrating into the tumor. The ECM has been associated with impacting T-cell infiltration toward the tumor and in this article we have identified VCAN and its structural modification, chondroitin sulfate as having a key role in T-cell invasion.
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- Priyanka Hirani
- Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Histopathology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London Medical School, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Matrix Biology Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Edward Jenner Building, University of Surrey, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Barts Cancer Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Rupp L, Dietsche I, Kießler M, Sommer U, Muckenhuber A, Steiger K, van Eijck CWF, Richter L, Istvanffy R, Jäger C, Friess H, van Eijck CHJ, Demir IE, Reyes CM, Schmitz M. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with suppression of the B cell-centered immune landscape in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1378190. [PMID: 38629072 PMCID: PMC11018975 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1378190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is typically diagnosed at advanced stages and associated with early distant metastasis and poor survival. Besides clinical factors, the tumor microenvironment (TME) emerged as a crucial determinant of patient survival and therapy response in many tumors, including PDAC. Thus, the presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) is associated with longer survival in PDAC. Although neoadjuvant therapy (NeoTx) has improved the management of locally advanced tumors, detailed insight into its effect on various TME components is limited. While a remodeling towards a proinflammatory state was reported for PDAC-infiltrating T cells, the effect of NeoTx on B cell subsets, including plasma cells, and TLS formation is widely unclear. We thus investigated the frequency, composition, and spatial distribution of PDAC-infiltrating B cells in primary resected (PR) versus neoadjuvant-treated patients using a novel multiplex immunohistochemistry panel. The NeoTx group displayed significantly lower frequencies of pan B cells, GC B cells, plasmablasts, and plasma cells, accompanied by a reduced abundance of TLS. This finding was supported by bulk RNA-sequencing analysis of an independent fresh frozen tissue cohort, which revealed that major B cell pathways were downregulated in the NeoTx group. We further observed that plasma cells frequently formed aggregates that localized close to TLS and that TLS+ patients displayed significantly higher plasma cell frequencies compared to TLS- patients in the PR group. Additionally, high densities of CD20+ intratumoral B cells were significantly associated with longer overall survival in the PR group. While CD20+ B cells held no prognostic value for NeoTx patients, an increased frequency of proliferating CD20+Ki67+ B cells emerged as an independent prognostic factor for longer survival in the NeoTx group. These results indicate that NeoTx differentially affects PDAC-infiltrating immune cells and may have detrimental effects on the existing B cell landscape and the formation of TLS. Gaining further insight into the underlying molecular mechanisms is crucial to overcome the intrinsic immunotherapy resistance of PDAC and develop novel strategies to improve the long-term outcome of PDAC patients.
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- Luise Rupp
- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Neural Influences in Cancer (NIC), International Research Consortium, Munich, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Cáncer (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Neural Influences in Cancer (NIC), International Research Consortium, Munich, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of General Surgery, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Unit, School of Medicine, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Else Kröner Clinician Scientist Professor for Translational Pancreatic Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Neural Influences in Cancer (NIC), International Research Consortium, Munich, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Hu J, Ascierto P, Cesano A, Herrmann V, Marincola FM. Shifting the paradigm: engaging multicellular networks for cancer therapy. J Transl Med 2024; 22:270. [PMID: 38475820 PMCID: PMC10936124 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05043-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Most anti-cancer modalities are designed to directly kill cancer cells deploying mechanisms of action (MOAs) centered on the presence of a precise target on cancer cells. The efficacy of these approaches is limited because the rapidly evolving genetics of neoplasia swiftly circumvents the MOA generating therapy-resistant cancer cell clones. Other modalities engage endogenous anti-cancer mechanisms by activating the multi-cellular network (MCN) surrounding neoplastic cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). These modalities hold a better chance of success because they activate numerous types of immune effector cells that deploy distinct cytotoxic MOAs. This in turn decreases the chance of developing treatment-resistance. Engagement of the MCN can be attained through activation of immune effector cells that in turn kill cancer cells or when direct cancer killing is complemented by the production of proinflammatory factors that secondarily recruit and activate immune effector cells. For instance, adoptive cell therapy (ACT) supplements cancer cell killing with the release of homeostatic and pro-inflammatory cytokines by the immune cells and damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) by dying cancer cells. The latter phenomenon, referred to as immunogenic cell death (ICD), results in an exponential escalation of anti-cancer MOAs at the tumor site. Other approaches can also induce exponential cancer killing by engaging the MCN of the TME through the release of DAMPs and additional pro-inflammatory factors by dying cancer cells. In this commentary, we will review the basic principles that support emerging paradigms likely to significantly improve the efficacy of anti-cancer therapy.
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- Joyce Hu
- Sonata Therapeutics, Watertown, MA, 02472, USA.
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- Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy, National Tumor Institute, Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131, Naples, Italy
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Spiliopoulou P, Kaur P, Hammett T, Di Conza G, Lahn M. Targeting T regulatory (T reg) cells in immunotherapy-resistant cancers. CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE (ALHAMBRA, CALIF.) 2024; 7:2. [PMID: 38318526 PMCID: PMC10838381 DOI: 10.20517/cdr.2023.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Primary or secondary (i.e., acquired) resistance is a common occurrence in cancer patients and is often associated with high numbers of T regulatory (Treg) cells (CD4+CD25+FOXP3+). The approval of ipilimumab and the development of similar pharmacological agents targeting cell surface proteins on Treg cells demonstrates that such intervention may overcome resistance in cancer patients. Hence, the clinical development and subsequent approval of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4) targeting agents can serve as a prototype for similar agents. Such new agents aspire to be highly specific and have a reduced toxicity profile while increasing effector T cell function or effector T/T regulatory (Teff/Treg) ratio. While clinical development with large molecules has shown the greatest advancement, small molecule inhibitors that target immunomodulation are increasingly entering early clinical investigation. These new small molecule inhibitors often target specific intracellular signaling pathways [e.g., phosphoinositide-3-kinase delta (PI3K-δ)] that play an important role in regulating the function of Treg cells. This review will summarize the lessons currently applied to develop novel clinical agents that target Treg cells.
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- Pavlina Spiliopoulou
- Department of Drug Development Program, Phase I Unit, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center, Glasgow G12 0YN, UK
- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK
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- Department of Oncology Clinical Development, iOnctura SA, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology Clinical Development, iOnctura SA, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology Clinical Development, iOnctura SA, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology Clinical Development, iOnctura SA, Geneva 1202, Switzerland
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Musella M, Manduca N, Maccafeo E, Ruggiero E, Sistigu A. In Vitro Evaluation of Cancer Cell Immunogenicity and Antigen-Specific T-Cell Cytotoxicity by Flow Cytometry. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2748:13-28. [PMID: 38070104 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3593-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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A cardinal principle of oncoimmunology is that cancer cells can be eliminated by tumor-infiltrating cytotoxic CD8 T lymphocytes. This has been widely demonstrated during the last 20 years and also recently harnessed for therapy. However, emerging evidence indicates that even neoplasms showing striking initial responses to conventional and targeted (immuno)therapies often acquire resistance, resulting in tumor relapse, increased aggressiveness, and metastatization. Indeed, tumors are complex ecosystems whose malignant and nonmalignant cells, constituting the tumor microenvironment, constantly interact and evolve in space and time. Together with patient's own genetic factors, such environmental interplays may curtail antitumor immune responses leading to cancer immune evasion and natural/acquired (immuno)therapy resistance. In this context, cancer stem cells (CSCs) are thought to be the roots of therapy failure. Flow cytometry is a powerful technology that finds extensive applications in cancer biology. It offers several unique advantages as it allows the rapid, quantitative, and multiparametric analysis of cell populations or functions at the single-cell level. In this chapter, we discuss a two-color flow cytometric protocol to evaluate cancer cell immunogenicity by analyzing the proliferative and tumor-killing potential of ovalbumin (OVA)-specific CD8 OT-1 T cells exposed to OVA-expressing MCA205 sarcoma cells and their CSC counterparts.
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- Martina Musella
- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Experimental Hematology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia Traslazionale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
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Moamin MR, Allen R, Woods SL, Brown JE, Nunns H, Juncker-Jensen A, Lewis CE. Changes in the immune landscape of TNBC after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: correlation with relapse. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1291643. [PMID: 38090569 PMCID: PMC10715438 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1291643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Introduction Patients with high-risk, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) often receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) alone or with immunotherapy. Various single-cell and spatially resolved techniques have demonstrated heterogeneity in the phenotype and distribution of macrophages and T cells in this form of breast cancer. Furthermore, recent studies in mice have implicated immune cells in perivascular (PV) areas of tumors in the regulation of metastasis and anti-tumor immunity. However, little is known of how the latter change during NAC in human TNBC or their impact on subsequent relapse, or the likely efficacy of immunotherapy given with or after NAC. Methods We have used multiplex immunofluorescence and AI-based image analysis to compare the immune landscape in untreated and NAC-treated human TNBCs. We quantified changes in the phenotype, distribution and intercellular contacts of subsets of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and regulatory T cells (Tregs) in PV and non-PV various areas of the stroma and tumor cell islands. These were compared in tumors from patients who had either developed metastases or were disease-free (DF) after a three-year follow up period. Results In tumors from patients who remained DF after NAC, there was a marked increase in stromal CD163+ TAMs, especially those expressing the negative checkpoint regulator, T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3). Whereas CD4+ T cells preferentially located to PV areas in the stroma of both untreated and NAC-treated tumors, specific subsets of TAMs and Tregs only did so only after NAC. Distinct subsets of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells formed PV clusters with CD163+ TAMs and Tregs. These were retained after NAC. Discussion Quantification of stromal TIM-3+CD163+ TAMs in tumor residues after NAC may represent a new way of identifying patients at high risk of relapse. PV clustering of immune cells is highly likely to regulate the activation and function of T cells, and thus the efficacy of T cell-based immunotherapies administered with or after NAC.
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- Mohammed Ridha Moamin
- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Health, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Health, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Health, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Health, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Neogenomics Labs., Aliso Viejo, CA, United States
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- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine & Population Health, Faculty of Health, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Chen AP, Sharon E, O'Sullivan-Coyne G, Moore N, Foster JC, Hu JS, Van Tine BA, Conley AP, Read WL, Riedel RF, Burgess MA, Glod J, Davis EJ, Merriam P, Naqash AR, Fino KK, Miller BL, Wilsker DF, Begum A, Ferry-Galow KV, Deshpande HA, Schwartz GK, Ladle BH, Okuno SH, Beck JC, Chen JL, Takebe N, Fogli LK, Rosenberger CL, Parchment RE, Doroshow JH. Atezolizumab for Advanced Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:911-921. [PMID: 37672694 PMCID: PMC10729808 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2303383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft-tissue sarcoma with a poor prognosis and no established therapy. Recently, encouraging responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors have been reported. METHODS We conducted an investigator-initiated, multicenter, single-group, phase 2 study of the anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) agent atezolizumab in adult and pediatric patients with advanced ASPS. Atezolizumab was administered intravenously at a dose of 1200 mg (in patients ≥18 years of age) or 15 mg per kilogram of body weight with a 1200-mg cap (in patients <18 years of age) once every 21 days. Study end points included objective response, duration of response, and progression-free survival according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), version 1.1, as well as pharmacodynamic biomarkers of multistep drug action. RESULTS A total of 52 patients were evaluated. An objective response was observed in 19 of 52 patients (37%), with 1 complete response and 18 partial responses. The median time to response was 3.6 months (range, 2.1 to 19.1), the median duration of response was 24.7 months (range, 4.1 to 55.8), and the median progression-free survival was 20.8 months. Seven patients took a treatment break after 2 years of treatment, and their responses were maintained through the data-cutoff date. No treatment-related grade 4 or 5 adverse events were recorded. Responses were noted despite variable baseline expression of programmed death 1 and PD-L1. CONCLUSIONS Atezolizumab was effective at inducing sustained responses in approximately one third of patients with advanced ASPS. (Funded by the National Cancer Institute and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03141684.).
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- Alice P Chen
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Elad Sharon
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Geraldine O'Sullivan-Coyne
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Nancy Moore
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Jared C Foster
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - James S Hu
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Brian A Van Tine
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Anthony P Conley
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - William L Read
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Richard F Riedel
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Melissa A Burgess
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - John Glod
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Elizabeth J Davis
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Priscilla Merriam
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Abdul R Naqash
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Kristin K Fino
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Brandon L Miller
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Deborah F Wilsker
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Asma Begum
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Katherine V Ferry-Galow
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Hari A Deshpande
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Gary K Schwartz
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Brian H Ladle
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Scott H Okuno
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Jill C Beck
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - James L Chen
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Naoko Takebe
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Laura K Fogli
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Christina L Rosenberger
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
| | - Ralph E Parchment
- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
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- From the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (A.P. Chen, E.S., G.O.-C., N.M., J.C.F., A.R.N., N.T., L.K.F., C.L.R., J.H.D.) and the Center for Cancer Research (J.G., J.H.D.), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, the Clinical Pharmacodynamics Biomarker Program, Applied and Developmental Research Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick (K.K.F., B.L.M., D.F.W., A.B., K.V.F.-G., R.E.P.), and the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore (B.H.L.) - all in Maryland; the Division of Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles (J.S.H.); the Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis (B.A.V.T.); the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (A.P. Conley); Emory University, Atlanta (W.L.R.); Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (R.F.R.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh (M.A.B.); the Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville (E.J.D.); the Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.M.); the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (H.A.D.); the Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (G.K.S.); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (S.H.O.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (J.C.B.); the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (J.L.C.); and Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City (A.R.N.)
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Quan Y, He J, Zou Q, Zhang L, Sun Q, Huang H, Li W, Xie K, Wei F. Low molecular weight heparin synergistically enhances the efficacy of adoptive and anti-PD-1-based immunotherapy by increasing lymphocyte infiltration in colorectal cancer. J Immunother Cancer 2023; 11:e007080. [PMID: 37597850 PMCID: PMC10441131 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-007080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Immunotherapy, including adoptive cell therapy (ACT) and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), has a limited effect in most patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and the efficacy is further limited in patients with liver metastasis. Lack of antitumor lymphocyte infiltration could be a major cause, and there remains an urgent need for more potent and safer therapies for CRC. METHODS In this study, the antitumoral synergism of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) combined with immunotherapy in the microsatellite stable (MSS) highly aggressive murine model of CRC was fully evaluated. RESULTS Dual LMWH and ACT objectively mediated the stagnation of tumor growth and inhibition of liver metastasis, neither LMWH nor ACT alone had any antitumoral activity on them. The combination of LMWH and ACT obviously increased the infiltration of intratumor CD8+ T cells, as revealed by multiplex immunohistochemistry, purified CD8+ T-cell transfer assay, and IVIM in vivo imaging. Mechanistically, evaluation of changes in the tumor microenvironment revealed that LMWH improved tumor vascular normalization and facilitated the trafficking of activated CD8+ T cells into tumors. Similarly, LMWH combined with anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) therapy provided superior antitumor activity as compared with the single PD-1 blockade in murine CT26 tumor models. CONCLUSIONS LMWH could enhance ACT and ICIs-based immunotherapy by increasing lymphocyte infiltration into tumors, especially cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. These results indicate that combining LMWH with an immunotherapy strategy presents a promising and safe approach for CRC treatment, especially in MSS tumors.
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- Yibo Quan
- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, The South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, The South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, The South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, The South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, The South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Digestive Disease Center, Guangzhou First People's Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital, South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, The South China University of Technology School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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Dickerson LK, Carter JA, Kohli K, Pillarisetty VG. Emerging interleukin targets in the tumour microenvironment: implications for the treatment of gastrointestinal tumours. Gut 2023; 72:1592-1606. [PMID: 37258094 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-329650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The effectiveness of antitumour immunity is dependent on intricate cytokine networks. Interleukins (ILs) are important mediators of complex interactions within the tumour microenvironment, including regulation of tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte proliferation, differentiation, migration and activation. Our evolving and increasingly nuanced understanding of the cell type-specific and heterogeneous effects of IL signalling has presented unique opportunities to fine-tune elaborate IL networks and engineer new targeted immunotherapeutics. In this review, we provide a primer for clinicians on the challenges and potential of IL-based treatment. We specifically detail the roles of IL-2, IL-10, IL-12 and IL-15 in shaping the tumour-immune landscape of gastrointestinal malignancies, paying particular attention to promising preclinical findings, early-stage clinical research and innovative therapeutic approaches that may properly place ILs to the forefront of immunotherapy regimens.
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Flatiron Bio, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Czajka-Francuz P, Prendes MJ, Mankan A, Quintana Á, Pabla S, Ramkissoon S, Jensen TJ, Peiró S, Severson EA, Achyut BR, Vidal L, Poelman M, Saini KS. Mechanisms of immune modulation in the tumor microenvironment and implications for targeted therapy. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1200646. [PMID: 37427115 PMCID: PMC10325690 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1200646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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The efficacy of cancer therapies is limited to a great extent by immunosuppressive mechanisms within the tumor microenvironment (TME). Numerous immune escape mechanisms have been identified. These include not only processes associated with tumor, immune or stromal cells, but also humoral, metabolic, genetic and epigenetic factors within the TME. The identification of immune escape mechanisms has enabled the development of small molecules, nanomedicines, immune checkpoint inhibitors, adoptive cell and epigenetic therapies that can reprogram the TME and shift the host immune response towards promoting an antitumor effect. These approaches have translated into series of breakthroughs in cancer therapies, some of which have already been implemented in clinical practice. In the present article the authors provide an overview of some of the most important mechanisms of immunosuppression within the TME and the implications for targeted therapies against different cancers.
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- Breast Cancer Unit, Vall d'Hebrón Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Breast Cancer Unit, Vall d'Hebrón Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fortrea, Inc., Durham, NC, United States
- Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Liu J, Chiang HC, Xiong W, Laurent V, Griffiths SC, Dülfer J, Deng H, Sun X, Yin YW, Li W, Audoly LP, An Z, Schürpf T, Li R, Zhang N. A highly selective humanized DDR1 mAb reverses immune exclusion by disrupting collagen fiber alignment in breast cancer. J Immunother Cancer 2023; 11:e006720. [PMID: 37328286 PMCID: PMC10277525 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Immune exclusion (IE) where tumors deter the infiltration of immune cells into the tumor microenvironment has emerged as a key mechanism underlying immunotherapy resistance. We recently reported a novel role of discoidin domain-containing receptor 1 (DDR1) in promoting IE in breast cancer and validated its critical role in IE using neutralizing rabbit monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in multiple mouse tumor models. METHODS To develop a DDR1-targeting mAb as a potential cancer therapeutic, we humanized mAb9 with a complementarity-determining region grafting strategy. The humanized antibody named PRTH-101 is currently being tested in a Phase 1 clinical trial. We determined the binding epitope of PRTH-101 from the crystal structure of the complex between DDR1 extracellular domain (ECD) and the PRTH-101 Fab fragment with 3.15 Å resolution. We revealed the underlying mechanisms of action of PRTH-101 using both cell culture assays and in vivo study in a mouse tumor model. RESULTS PRTH-101 has subnanomolar affinity to DDR1 and potent antitumor efficacy similar to the parental rabbit mAb after humanization. Structural information illustrated that PRTH-101 interacts with the discoidin (DS)-like domain, but not the collagen-binding DS domain of DDR1. Mechanistically, we showed that PRTH-101 inhibited DDR1 phosphorylation, decreased collagen-mediated cell attachment, and significantly blocked DDR1 shedding from the cell surface. Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with PRTH-101 in vivo disrupted collagen fiber alignment (a physical barrier) in the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) and enhanced CD8+ T cell infiltration in tumors. CONCLUSIONS This study not only paves a pathway for the development of PRTH-101 as a cancer therapeutic, but also sheds light on a new therapeutic strategy to modulate collagen alignment in the tumor ECM for enhancing antitumor immunity.
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- Junquan Liu
- Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Evotec (France) SAS, Campus Curie, 195 route d'Espagne, 31036 Toulouse CEDEX, Toulouse, France
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Texas Therapeutics Institute, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Bruni S, Mercogliano MF, Mauro FL, Cordo Russo RI, Schillaci R. Cancer immune exclusion: breaking the barricade for a successful immunotherapy. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1135456. [PMID: 37284199 PMCID: PMC10239871 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1135456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Immunotherapy has changed the course of cancer treatment. The initial steps were made through tumor-specific antibodies that guided the setup of an antitumor immune response. A new and successful generation of antibodies are designed to target immune checkpoint molecules aimed to reinvigorate the antitumor immune response. The cellular counterpart is the adoptive cell therapy, where specific immune cells are expanded or engineered to target cancer cells. In all cases, the key for achieving positive clinical resolutions rests upon the access of immune cells to the tumor. In this review, we focus on how the tumor microenvironment architecture, including stromal cells, immunosuppressive cells and extracellular matrix, protects tumor cells from an immune attack leading to immunotherapy resistance, and on the available strategies to tackle immune evasion.
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Feng Y, Yang T, Zhu J, Li M, Doyle M, Ozcoban V, Bass GT, Pizzolla A, Cain L, Weng S, Pasam A, Kocovski N, Huang YK, Keam SP, Speed TP, Neeson PJ, Pearson RB, Sandhu S, Goode DL, Trigos AS. Spatial analysis with SPIAT and spaSim to characterize and simulate tissue microenvironments. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2697. [PMID: 37188662 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37822-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Spatial proteomics technologies have revealed an underappreciated link between the location of cells in tissue microenvironments and the underlying biology and clinical features, but there is significant lag in the development of downstream analysis methods and benchmarking tools. Here we present SPIAT (spatial image analysis of tissues), a spatial-platform agnostic toolkit with a suite of spatial analysis algorithms, and spaSim (spatial simulator), a simulator of tissue spatial data. SPIAT includes multiple colocalization, neighborhood and spatial heterogeneity metrics to characterize the spatial patterns of cells. Ten spatial metrics of SPIAT are benchmarked using simulated data generated with spaSim. We show how SPIAT can uncover cancer immune subtypes correlated with prognosis in cancer and characterize cell dysfunction in diabetes. Our results suggest SPIAT and spaSim as useful tools for quantifying spatial patterns, identifying and validating correlates of clinical outcomes and supporting method development.
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- Yuzhou Feng
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Research & Development, CSL Innovation, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Bioinformatics Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Alese OB, Wu C, Chapin WJ, Ulanja MB, Zheng-Lin B, Amankwah M, Eads J. Update on Emerging Therapies for Advanced Colorectal Cancer. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2023; 43:e389574. [PMID: 37155942 DOI: 10.1200/edbk_389574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy worldwide. It is projected to increase by 3.2 million new cases and account for 1.6 million deaths by 2040. Mortality is largely due to limited treatment options for patients who present with advanced disease. Thus, the development of effective and tolerable therapies is crucial. Chemotherapy has been the backbone of systemic treatment of advanced CRC, but utility has been limited because of invariable resistance to therapy, narrow mechanisms of action, and unfavorable toxicity profile. Tumors that are mismatch repair-deficient have demonstrated remarkable response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. However, most CRC tumors are mismatch repair-proficient and represent an unmet medical need. Although ERBB2 amplification occurs only in a few cases, it is associated with left-sided tumors and a higher incidence of brain metastasis. Numerous combinations of HER2 inhibitors have demonstrated efficacy, and antibody-drug conjugates against HER2 represent innovative strategies in this area. The KRAS protein has been classically considered undruggable. Fortunately, new agents targeting KRAS G12C mutation represent a paradigm shift in the management of affected patients and could lead the advancement in drug development for the more common KRAS mutations. Furthermore, aberrant DNA damage response is present in 15%-20% of CRCs, and emerging innovative combinations with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors could improve the current therapeutic landscape. Multiple novel biomarker-driven approaches in the management of patients with advanced CRC tumors are reviewed in this article.
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- Olatunji B Alese
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles, LA
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- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Recent advances in cancer immunotherapy - ranging from immune-checkpoint blockade therapy to adoptive cellular therapy and vaccines - have revolutionized cancer treatment paradigms, yet the variability in clinical responses to these agents has motivated intense interest in understanding how the T cell landscape evolves with respect to response to immune intervention. Over the past decade, the advent of multidimensional single-cell technologies has provided the unprecedented ability to dissect the constellation of cell states of lymphocytes within a tumour microenvironment. In particular, the rapidly expanding capacity to definitively link intratumoural phenotypes with the antigen specificity of T cells provided by T cell receptors (TCRs) has now made it possible to focus on investigating the properties of T cells with tumour-specific reactivity. Moreover, the assessment of TCR clonality has enabled a molecular approach to track the trajectories, clonal dynamics and phenotypic changes of antitumour T cells over the course of immunotherapeutic intervention. Here, we review the current knowledge on the cellular states and antigen specificities of antitumour T cells and examine how fine characterization of T cell dynamics in patients has provided meaningful insights into the mechanisms underlying effective cancer immunotherapy. We highlight those T cell subsets associated with productive T cell responses and discuss how diverse immunotherapies might leverage the pre-existing tumour-reactive T cell pool or instruct de novo generation of antitumour specificities. Future studies aimed at elucidating the factors associated with the elicitation of productive antitumour T cell immunity are anticipated to instruct the design of more efficacious treatment strategies.
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- Giacomo Oliveira
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Yang Z, Pietrobon V, Bobbin M, Stefanson O, Yang J, Goswami A, Alphson B, Choi H, Magallanes K, Cai Q, Barrett D, Wang B, Qi LS, Marincola FM. Nanoscale, antigen encounter-dependent, IL-12 delivery by CAR T cells plus PD-L1 blockade for cancer treatment. J Transl Med 2023; 21:158. [PMID: 36855120 PMCID: PMC9976446 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04014-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies for the treatment of hematological malignancies experienced tremendous progress in the last decade. However, essential limitations need to be addressed to further improve efficacy and reduce toxicity to assure CAR-T cell persistence, trafficking to the tumor site, resistance to an hostile tumor microenvironment (TME), and containment of toxicity restricting production of powerful but potentially toxic bioproducts to the TME; the last could be achieved through contextual release upon tumor antigen encounter of factors capable of converting an immune suppressive TME into one conducive to immune rejection. METHODS We created an HER2-targeting CAR-T (RB-312) using a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) activation (CRISPRa) system, which induces the expression of the IL-12 heterodimer via conditional transcription of its two endogenous subunits p35 and p40. This circuit includes two lentiviral constructs. The first one (HER2-TEV) expresses an anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) CAR single chain variable fragment (scFv), with CD28 and CD3z co-stimulatory domains linked to the tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease and two single guide RNAs (sgRNA) targeting the interleukin (IL)-12A and IL12B transcription start site (TSS), respectively. The second construct (LdCV) encodes linker for activation of T cells (LAT) fused to nuclease-deactivated Streptococcus Pyogenes Cas9 (dCas9)-VP64-p65-Rta (VPR) via a TEV-cleavable sequence (TCS). Activation of the CAR brings HER2-TEV in close proximity to LdCV releasing dCas9 for nuclear localization. This conditional circuit leads to conditional and reversible induction of the IL-12/p70 heterodimer. RB-312 was compared in vitro to controls (cRB-312), lacking the IL-12 sgRNAs and conventional HER2 CAR (convCAR). RESULTS The inducible CRISPRa system activated endogenous IL-12 expression resulting in enhanced secondary interferon (FN)-γ production, cytotoxicity, and CAR-T proliferation in vitro, prolonged in vivo persistence and greater suppression of HER2+ FaDu oropharyngeal cancer cell growth compared to the conventional CAR-T cell product. No systemic IL-12 was detected in the peripheral circulation. Moreover, the combination with programmed death ligand (PD-L1) blockade demonstrated robust synergistic effects. CONCLUSIONS RB-312, the first clinically relevant product incorporating a CRISPRa system with non-gene editing and reversible upregulation of endogenous gene expression that promotes CAR-T cells persistence and effectiveness against HER2-expressing tumors. The autocrine effects of reversible, nanoscale IL-12 production limits the risk of off-tumor leakage and systemic toxicity.
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- Zhifen Yang
- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Kite Pharma Inc., Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, ChEM-H, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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Yu I, Dakwar A, Takabe K. Immunotherapy: Recent Advances and Its Future as a Neoadjuvant, Adjuvant, and Primary Treatment in Colorectal Cancer. Cells 2023; 12:cells12020258. [PMID: 36672193 PMCID: PMC9856401 DOI: 10.3390/cells12020258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Immunotherapy in colorectal cancer (CRC) has made great strides within the past decade. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a class of immunotherapy and have been shown to greatly improve patient outcomes in mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) CRC. Now, they are part of the standard of care for this subset of CRC. Because of this, there has been a growing interest in the efficacy and timing of immunotherapy for other subsets of CRC, including locally advanced, metastatic, and microsatellite stable (MSS). In this review, we aim to examine the three main classes of immunotherapy for CRC-immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), adoptive cell transfer therapy (ACT), and tumor vaccines-and discuss the most recent advances and future directions for each.
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- Irene Yu
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
- Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
- Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
- Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
- Department of Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
- Department of Breast Surgery and Oncology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan
- Department of Breast Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-716-845-5128
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Tiwari A, Oravecz T, Dillon LA, Italiano A, Audoly L, Fridman WH, Clifton GT. Towards a consensus definition of immune exclusion in cancer. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1084887. [PMID: 37033994 PMCID: PMC10073666 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1084887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The immune cell topography of solid tumors has been increasingly recognized as an important predictive factor for progression of disease and response to immunotherapy. The distribution pattern of immune cells in solid tumors is commonly classified into three categories - namely, "Immune inflamed", "Immune desert" and "Immune excluded" - which, to some degree, connect immune cell presence and positioning within the tumor microenvironment to anti-tumor activity. Materials and methods In this review, we look at the ways immune exclusion has been defined in published literature and identify opportunities to develop consistent, quantifiable definitions, which in turn, will allow better determination of the underlying mechanisms that span cancer types and, ultimately, aid in the development of treatments to target these mechanisms. Results The definitions of tumor immune phenotypes, especially immune exclusion, have largely been conceptual. The existing literature lacks in consistency when it comes to practically defining immune exclusion, and there is no consensus on a definition. Majority of the definitions use somewhat arbitrary cut-offs in an attempt to place each tumor into a distinct phenotypic category. Tumor heterogeneity is often not accounted for, which limits the practical application of a definition. Conclusions We have identified two key issues in existing definitions of immune exclusion, establishing clinically relevant cut-offs within the spectrum of immune cell infiltration as well as tumor heterogeneity. We propose an approach to overcome these limitations, by reporting the degree of immune cell infiltration, tying cut-offs to clinically meaningful outcome measures, maximizing the number of regions of a tumor that are analyzed and reporting the degree of heterogeneity. This will allow for a consensus practical definition for operationalizing this categorization into clinical trial and signal-seeking endpoints.
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- Ankur Tiwari
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Sorbonne Université, Université Sorbonne Paris-Cité (USPC), Université de Paris, Equipe Inflammation, Paris, France
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- Parthenon Therapeutics, Boston, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Guy Travis Clifton,
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Drouillard D, Craig BT, Dwinell MB. Physiology of chemokines in the cancer microenvironment. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2023; 324:C167-C182. [PMID: 36317799 PMCID: PMC9829481 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00151.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Chemokines are chemotactic cytokines whose canonical functions govern movement of receptor-expressing cells along chemical gradients. Chemokines are a physiological system that is finely tuned by ligand and receptor expression, ligand or receptor oligomerization, redundancy, expression of atypical receptors, and non-GPCR binding partners that cumulatively influence discrete pharmacological signaling responses and cellular functions. In cancer, chemokines play paradoxical roles in both the directed emigration of metastatic, receptor-expressing cancer cells out of the tumor as well as immigration of tumor-infiltrating immune cells that culminate in a tumor-unique immune microenvironment. In the age of precision oncology, strategies to effectively harness the power of immunotherapy requires consideration of chemokine gradients within the unique spatial topography and temporal influences with heterogeneous tumors. In this article, we review current literature on the diversity of chemokine ligands and their cellular receptors that detect and process chemotactic gradients and illustrate how differences between ligand recognition and receptor activation influence the signaling machinery that drives cellular movement into and out of the tumor microenvironment. Facets of chemokine physiology across discrete cancer immune phenotypes are contrasted to existing chemokine-centered therapies in cancer.
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- Donovan Drouillard
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Center for Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Padinharayil H, Alappat RR, Joy LM, Anilkumar KV, Wilson CM, George A, Valsala Gopalakrishnan A, Madhyastha H, Ramesh T, Sathiyamoorthi E, Lee J, Ganesan R. Advances in the Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Approaches. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:1963. [PMID: 36423060 PMCID: PMC9693102 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10111963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Despite the progress in the comprehension of LC progression, risk, immunologic control, and treatment choices, it is still the primary cause of cancer-related death. LC cells possess a very low and heterogeneous antigenicity, which allows them to passively evade the anticancer defense of the immune system by educating cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs), tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), regulatory T cells (Treg), immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). Though ICIs are an important candidate in first-line therapy, consolidation therapy, adjuvant therapy, and other combination therapies involving traditional therapies, the need for new predictive immunotherapy biomarkers remains. Furthermore, ICI-induced resistance after an initial response makes it vital to seek and exploit new targets to benefit greatly from immunotherapy. As ICIs, tumor mutation burden (TMB), and microsatellite instability (MSI) are not ideal LC predictive markers, a multi-parameter analysis of the immune system considering tumor, stroma, and beyond can be the future-oriented predictive marker. The optimal patient selection with a proper adjuvant agent in immunotherapy approaches needs to be still revised. Here, we summarize advances in LC immunotherapy approaches with their clinical and preclinical trials considering cancer models and vaccines and the potential of employing immunology to predict immunotherapy effectiveness in cancer patients and address the viewpoints on future directions. We conclude that the field of lung cancer therapeutics can benefit from the use of combination strategies but with comprehension of their limitations and improvements.
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- Hafiza Padinharayil
- Jubilee Centre for Medical Research, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur 680005, Kerala, India
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- Jubilee Centre for Medical Research, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur 680005, Kerala, India
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- Jubilee Centre for Medical Research, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur 680005, Kerala, India
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- Jubilee Centre for Medical Research, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur 680005, Kerala, India
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- Life Sciences Industry Liaison Lab, School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Sandwich CT13 9ND, UK
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- Jubilee Centre for Medical Research, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur 680005, Kerala, India
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 173, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24253, Republic of Korea
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Warrick JI, Hu W, Yamashita H, Walter V, Shuman L, Craig JM, Gellert LL, Castro MAA, Robertson AG, Kuo F, Ostrovnaya I, Sarungbam J, Chen YB, Gopalan A, Sirintrapun SJ, Fine SW, Tickoo SK, Kim K, Thomas J, Karan N, Gao SP, Clinton TN, Lenis AT, Chan TA, Chen Z, Rao M, Hollman TJ, Li Y, Socci ND, Chavan S, Viale A, Mohibullah N, Bochner BH, Pietzak EJ, Teo MY, Iyer G, Rosenberg JE, Bajorin DF, Kaag M, Merrill SB, Joshi M, Adam R, Taylor JA, Clark PE, Raman JD, Reuter VE, Chen Y, Funt SA, Solit DB, DeGraff DJ, Al-Ahmadie HA. FOXA1 repression drives lineage plasticity and immune heterogeneity in bladder cancers with squamous differentiation. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6575. [PMID: 36323682 PMCID: PMC9630410 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34251-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancers arising from the bladder urothelium often exhibit lineage plasticity with regions of urothelial carcinoma adjacent to or admixed with regions of divergent histomorphology, most commonly squamous differentiation. To define the biologic basis for and clinical significance of this morphologic heterogeneity, here we perform integrated genomic analyses of mixed histology bladder cancers with separable regions of urothelial and squamous differentiation. We find that squamous differentiation is a marker of intratumoral genomic and immunologic heterogeneity in patients with bladder cancer and a biomarker of intrinsic immunotherapy resistance. Phylogenetic analysis confirms that in all cases the urothelial and squamous regions are derived from a common shared precursor. Despite the presence of marked genomic heterogeneity between co-existent urothelial and squamous differentiated regions, no recurrent genomic alteration exclusive to the urothelial or squamous morphologies is identified. Rather, lineage plasticity in bladder cancers with squamous differentiation is associated with loss of expression of FOXA1, GATA3, and PPARG, transcription factors critical for maintenance of urothelial cell identity. Of clinical significance, lineage plasticity and PD-L1 expression is coordinately dysregulated via FOXA1, with patients exhibiting morphologic heterogeneity pre-treatment significantly less likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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- Joshua I Warrick
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Laboratory, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- BC Cancer, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
- Department of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
- Deparment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Jungles KM, Holcomb EA, Pearson AN, Jungles KR, Bishop CR, Pierce LJ, Green MD, Speers CW. Updates in combined approaches of radiotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1022542. [PMID: 36387071 PMCID: PMC9643771 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1022542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most prevalent non-skin cancer diagnosed in females and developing novel therapeutic strategies to improve patient outcomes is crucial. The immune system plays an integral role in the body’s response to breast cancer and modulating this immune response through immunotherapy is a promising therapeutic option. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors were recently approved for the treatment of breast cancer patients, not all patients respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors as a monotherapy, highlighting the need to better understand the biology underlying patient response. Additionally, as radiotherapy is a critical component of breast cancer treatment, understanding the interplay of radiation and immune checkpoint inhibitors will be vital as recent studies suggest that combined therapies may induce synergistic effects in preclinical models of breast cancer. This review will discuss the mechanisms supporting combined approaches with radiotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer. Moreover, this review will analyze the current clinical trials examining combined approaches of radiotherapy, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Finally, this review will evaluate data regarding treatment tolerance and potential biomarkers for these emerging therapies aimed at improving breast cancer outcomes.
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- Kassidy M. Jungles
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biology, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- *Correspondence: Michael D. Green, ; Corey W. Speers,
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, United States
- *Correspondence: Michael D. Green, ; Corey W. Speers,
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Cherry ABC, Gherardin NA, Sikder HI. Intracellular radar: Understanding γδ T cell immune surveillance and implications for clinical strategies in oncology. Front Oncol 2022; 12:1011081. [PMID: 36212425 PMCID: PMC9539555 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.1011081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
T cells play a key role in anticancer immunity, with responses mediated through a diversity of αβ or γδ T cell receptors. Although αβ and γδ T cells stem from common thymic precursors, the development and subsequent biological roles of these two subsets differ considerably. γδ T cells are an unconventional T cell subset, uniquely poised between the adaptive and innate immune systems, that possess the ability to recognize intracellular disturbances and non-peptide-based antigens to eliminate tumors. These distinctive features of γδ T cells have led to recent interest in developing γδ-inspired therapies for treating cancer patients. In this minireview, we explore the biology of γδ T cells, including how the γδ T cell immune surveillance system can detect intracellular disturbances, and propose a framework to understand the γδ T cell-inspired therapeutic strategies entering the clinic today.
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- Anne B. C. Cherry
- Axiom Healthcare Strategies, Princeton, NJ, United States
- *Correspondence: Anne B. C. Cherry,
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Atkins MB, Abu-Sbeih H, Ascierto PA, Bishop MR, Chen DS, Dhodapkar M, Emens LA, Ernstoff MS, Ferris RL, Greten TF, Gulley JL, Herbst RS, Humphrey RW, Larkin J, Margolin KA, Mazzarella L, Ramalingam SS, Regan MM, Rini BI, Sznol M. Maximizing the value of phase III trials in immuno-oncology: A checklist from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC). J Immunother Cancer 2022; 10:jitc-2022-005413. [PMID: 36175037 PMCID: PMC9528604 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
The broad activity of agents blocking the programmed cell death protein 1 and its ligand (the PD-(L)1 axis) revolutionized oncology, offering long-term benefit to patients and even curative responses for tumors that were once associated with dismal prognosis. However, only a minority of patients experience durable clinical benefit with immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in most disease settings. Spurred by preclinical and correlative studies to understand mechanisms of non-response to the PD-(L)1 antagonists and by combination studies in animal tumor models, many drug development programs were designed to combine anti-PD-(L)1 with a variety of approved and investigational chemotherapies, tumor-targeted therapies, antiangiogenic therapies, and other immunotherapies. Several immunotherapy combinations improved survival outcomes in a variety of indications including melanoma, lung, kidney, and liver cancer, among others. This immunotherapy renaissance, however, has led to many combinations being advanced to late-stage development without definitive predictive biomarkers, limited phase I and phase II data, or clinical trial designs that are not optimized for demonstrating the unique attributes of immune-related antitumor activity-for example, landmark progression-free survival and overall survival. The decision to activate a study at an individual site is investigator-driven, and generalized frameworks to evaluate the potential for phase III trials in immuno-oncology to yield positive data, particularly to increase the number of curative responses or otherwise advance the field have thus far been lacking. To assist in evaluating the potential value to patients and the immunotherapy field of phase III trials, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) has developed a checklist for investigators, described in this manuscript. Although the checklist focuses on anti-PD-(L)1-based combinations, it may be applied to any regimen in which immune modulation is an important component of the antitumor effect.
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- Michael B Atkins
- Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione "G Pascale", Napoli, Italy
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- The David and Etta Jonas Center for Cellular Therapy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Engenuity Life Sciences, Burlingame, California, USA
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- Center for Cancer Immunology, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- DCTD/DTP-IOB, ImmunoOncology Branch, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Gastrointestinal Malignancies Section, National Cancer Institue CCR Liver Program, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Immuno-Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- St. John's Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California, USA
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- Experimental Oncology, New Drug Development, European Instititue of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Intratumoral electroporation of a self-amplifying RNA expressing IL-12 induces antitumor effects in mouse models of cancer. MOLECULAR THERAPY - NUCLEIC ACIDS 2022; 29:387-399. [PMID: 36035753 PMCID: PMC9386029 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alphavirus vectors based on self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) generate high and transient levels of transgene expression and induce innate immune responses, making them an interesting tool for antitumor therapy. These vectors are usually delivered as viral particles, but it is also possible to administer them as RNA. We evaluated this possibility by in vivo electroporation of Semliki Forest virus (SFV) saRNA for local treatment of murine colorectal MC38 subcutaneous tumors. Optimization of saRNA electroporation conditions in tumors was performed using an SFV vector coding for luciferase. Then we evaluated the therapeutic potential of this approach using an SFV saRNA coding for interleukin-12 (SFV-IL-12), a proinflammatory cytokine with potent antitumor effects. Delivery of SFV-IL-12 saRNA by electroporation led to improvement in tumor control and higher survival compared with mice treated with electroporation or with SFV-IL-12 saRNA alone. The antitumor efficacy of SFV-IL-12 saRNA electroporation increased by combination with systemic PD-1 blockade. This therapy, which was also validated in a hepatocellular carcinoma tumor model, suggests that local delivery of saRNA by electroporation could be an attractive strategy for cancer immunotherapy. This approach could have easy translation to the clinical practice, especially for percutaneously accessible tumors.
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T-Cell Density at the Invasive Margin and Immune Phenotypes Predict Outcome in Vulvar Squamous Cell Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14174246. [PMID: 36077784 PMCID: PMC9454842 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14174246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background: Although quantification of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) has become of increasing interest in immuno-oncology, only little is known about TILs infiltration in the tumor microenvironment and its predictive value in vulvar cancer. Methods: Immunohistochemistry and automated digital image analysis was applied to measure the densities of CD3+ (DAKO, #IR503) and CD8+ (DAKO, #IR623) TILs at the invasive margin and in the center of 530 vulvar squamous cell cancers. Results: An elevated density of CD3+ T-cell at the invasive margin was significantly associated with low tumor stage (p = 0.0012) and prolonged survival (overall survival [OS] p = 0.0027, progression free survival [PFS] p = 0.024) and was independent from tumor stage, nodal stage, grade, and HPV-status in multivariate analysis (p < 0.05). The prognostic impact of CD3+ cells in the center of the tumor was weaker compared to the invasive margin (OS p = 0.046, PFS p = 0.031) and lacking for CD8+ T-cell densities at any location (p ≥ 0.14 each). Unsupervised clustering of CD3+ and CD8+ T-cell densities identified three major subgroups corresponding to the immune desert (137 patients), immune excluded (220 patients) and immune inflamed phenotypes (133 patients). Survival analysis revealed a particular poor prognosis for the immune desert phenotype for OS (p = 0.0071) and PFS (p = 0.0027). Conclusion: Our data demonstrate a high prognostic value of CD3+ T-cells at the invasive margin and immune phenotypes in vulvar squamous cell cancer.
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Papadas A, Deb G, Cicala A, Officer A, Hope C, Pagenkopf A, Flietner E, Morrow ZT, Emmerich P, Wiesner J, Arauz G, Bansal V, Esbona K, Capitini CM, Matkowskyj KA, Deming DA, Politi K, Abrams SI, Harismendy O, Asimakopoulos F. Stromal remodeling regulates dendritic cell abundance and activity in the tumor microenvironment. Cell Rep 2022; 40:111201. [PMID: 35977482 PMCID: PMC9402878 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Stimulatory type 1 conventional dendritic cells (cDC1s) engage in productive interactions with CD8+ effectors along tumor-stroma boundaries. The paradoxical accumulation of “poised” cDC1s within stromal sheets is unlikely to simply reflect passive exclusion from tumor cores. Drawing parallels with embryonic morphogenesis, we hypothesized that invasive margin stromal remodeling generates developmentally conserved cell fate cues that regulate cDC1 behavior. We find that, in human T cell-inflamed tumors, CD8+ T cells penetrate tumor nests, whereas cDC1s are confined within adjacent stroma that recurrently displays site-specific proteolysis of the matrix proteoglycan versican (VCAN), an essential organ-sculpting modification in development. VCAN is necessary, and its proteolytic fragment (matrikine) versikine is sufficient for cDC1 accumulation. Versikine does not influence tumor-seeding pre-DC differentiation; rather, it orchestrates a distinctive cDC1 activation program conferring exquisite sensitivity to DNA sensing, supported by atypical innate lymphoid cells. Thus, peritumoral stroma mimicking embryonic provisional matrix remodeling regulates cDC1 abundance and activity to elicit T cell-inflamed tumor microenvironments. T cell-inflamed tumor microenvironments are a prerequisite for immunotherapy efficacy; however, why some tumors are inflamed and others not remains poorly understood. Papadas et al. link stromal reaction dynamics with T cell-induced inflammation. Peritumoral stroma emulating embryonic provisional matrix remodeling regulates cDC1-NK-CD8+ crosstalk to promote T cell repriming and penetration into tumor nests.
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- Athanasios Papadas
- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA; Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA
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- UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; UW Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA; McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA; Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Bridges K, Miller-Jensen K. Mapping and Validation of scRNA-Seq-Derived Cell-Cell Communication Networks in the Tumor Microenvironment. Front Immunol 2022; 13:885267. [PMID: 35572582 PMCID: PMC9096838 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.885267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Recent advances in single-cell technologies, particularly single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq), have permitted high throughput transcriptional profiling of a wide variety of biological systems. As scRNA-seq supports inference of cell-cell communication, this technology has and continues to anchor groundbreaking studies into the efficacy and mechanism of novel immunotherapies for cancer treatment. In this review, we will highlight methods developed to infer inter- and intracellular signaling from scRNA-seq and discuss how they have contributed to studies of immunotherapeutic intervention in the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, a central challenge remains in validating the hypothesized cell-cell interactions. Therefore, this review will also cover strategies for integration of these scRNA-seq-derived interaction networks with existing experimental and computational approaches. Integration of these networks with imaging, protein secretion measurements, and network analysis and mathematical modeling tools addresses challenges that remain with scRNA-seq to enhance studies of immunosuppressive and immunotherapy-altered signaling in the TME.
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- Kate Bridges
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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Pomponio R, Tang Q, Mei A, Caron A, Coulibaly B, Theilhaber J, Rogers-Grazado M, Sanicola-Nadel M, Naimi S, Olfati-Saber R, Combeau C, Pollard J, Lin TT, Wang R. An integrative approach of digital image analysis and transcriptome profiling to explore potential predictive biomarkers for TGFβ blockade therapy. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:3594-3601. [PMID: 36176910 PMCID: PMC9513441 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence suggests that the presence and spatial localization and distribution pattern of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is associate with response to immunotherapies. Recent studies have identified TGFβ activity and signaling as a determinant of T cell exclusion in the tumor microenvironment and poor response to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. Here we coupled the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital image analysis and gene expression profiling as an integrative approach to quantify distribution of TILs and characterize the associated TGFβ pathway activity. Analysis of T cell spatial distribution in the solid tumor biopsies revealed substantial differences in the distribution patterns. The digital image analysis approach achieves 74% concordance with the pathologist assessment for tumor-immune phenotypes. The transcriptomic profiling suggests that the TIL score was negatively correlated with TGFβ pathway activation, together with elevated TGFβ signaling activity observed in excluded and desert tumor phenotypes. The present results demonstrate that the automated digital pathology algorithm for quantitative analysis of CD8 immunohistochemistry image can successfully assign the tumor into one of three infiltration phenotypes: immune desert, immune excluded or immune inflamed. The association between “cold” tumor-immune phenotypes and TGFβ signature further demonstrates their potential as predictive biomarkers to identify appropriate patients that may benefit from TGFβ blockade.
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Yang Q, Xu F, Jian A, Yu H, Ye T, Hu W. m6A Regulator-Mediated Methylation Modification Patterns and Tumor Microenvironment Cell-Infiltration Characterization in Head and Neck Cancer. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 9:803141. [PMID: 35198565 PMCID: PMC8859267 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.803141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background: Recently, RNA modifications have emerged as essential epigenetic regulators of gene expression. However, the mechanism of how RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification interacts with tumor microenvironment (TME) infiltration remains obscure. Methods: A total of 876 head and neck cancer samples considering 21 m6A regulators were included and analyzed to determine the m6A modification patterns. These modification patterns were then correlated with TME immune cell-infiltrating characteristics. A scoring system, the m6Ascore, was constructed using principal component analysis algorithms to quantify m6A modification of tumors. Results: Three m6A modification patterns were identified, with TME infiltrating characteristics highly consistent with tumors with three distinct immune phenotypes, including immune-inflamed, immune-exclude, and immune-desert phenotypes. It was demonstrated that the identification of the m6A modification patterns via m6Ascore could predict tumor progression, subtypes, TME stromal activity, variation of relevant genes, and patient prognosis. Low m6Ascore, identified to be an inflamed phenotype, is found to be associated with low stroma activity and tumor mutation burden, high survival probability, increased tumor neoantigen burden, and enhanced response to anti-PD-1/L1 immunotherapy. The therapeutic advantages and clinical benefits of patients with low m6Ascore were further verified in two immunotherapy cohorts. Conclusion: This study identified the significant role that the m6A modification played in the formation of TME characteristics. A more comprehensive understanding of the m6A modification patterns and their correlation with TME infiltration will contribute to the discovery of immunotherapy strategies with better efficacy.
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- Qinghui Yang
- Department of Oncology, Minhang Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Whole-Period Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Digestive Cancer (SMHC), Minhang Hospital & AHS, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Oncology, Minhang Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Whole-Period Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Digestive Cancer (SMHC), Minhang Hospital & AHS, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Minhang Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Whole-Period Monitoring and Precise Intervention of Digestive Cancer (SMHC), Minhang Hospital & AHS, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Minhang Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Andrea AE, Chiron A, Mallah S, Bessoles S, Sarrabayrouse G, Hacein-Bey-Abina S. Advances in CAR-T Cell Genetic Engineering Strategies to Overcome Hurdles in Solid Tumors Treatment. Front Immunol 2022; 13:830292. [PMID: 35211124 PMCID: PMC8861853 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.830292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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During this last decade, adoptive transfer of T lymphocytes genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) emerged as a valuable therapeutic strategy in hematological cancers. However, this immunotherapy has demonstrated limited efficacy in solid tumors. The main obstacle encountered by CAR-T cells in solid malignancies is the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). The TME impedes tumor trafficking and penetration of T lymphocytes and installs an immunosuppressive milieu by producing suppressive soluble factors and by overexpressing negative immune checkpoints. In order to overcome these hurdles, new CAR-T cells engineering strategies were designed, to potentiate tumor recognition and infiltration and anti-cancer activity in the hostile TME. In this review, we provide an overview of the major mechanisms used by tumor cells to evade immune defenses and we critically expose the most optimistic engineering strategies to make CAR-T cell therapy a solid option for solid tumors.
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- Alain E. Andrea
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Thérapies Moléculaires, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité des technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé, Paris, France
- Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris-Sud, Hôpital Kremlin-Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité des technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité des technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité des technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé, Paris, France
- Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Paris-Sud, Hôpital Kremlin-Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le-Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Yang Z, Li L, Turkoz A, Chen P, Harari-Steinfeld R, Bobbin M, Stefanson O, Choi H, Pietrobon V, Alphson B, Goswami A, Balan V, Kearney A, Patel D, Yang J, Inel D, Vinod V, Cesano A, Wang B, Roh KH, Qi LS, Marincola FM. Contextual reprogramming of CAR-T cells for treatment of HER2 + cancers. J Transl Med 2021; 19:459. [PMID: 34743703 PMCID: PMC8573881 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-03132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adoptive transfer of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T cells combined with checkpoint inhibition may prevent T cell exhaustion and improve clinical outcomes. However, the approach is limited by cumulative costs and toxicities. METHODS To overcome this drawback, we created a CAR-T (RB-340-1) that unites in one product the two modalities: a CRISPR interference-(CRISPRi) circuit prevents programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) expression upon antigen-encounter. RB-340-1 is engineered to express an anti-human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) CAR single chain variable fragment (scFv), with CD28 and CD3ζ co-stimulatory domains linked to the tobacco etch virus (TEV) protease and a single guide RNA (sgRNA) targeting the PD-1 transcription start site (TSS). A second constructs includes linker for activation of T cells (LAT) fused to nuclease-deactivated spCas9 (dCas9)-Kruppel-associated box (KRAB) via a TEV-cleavable sequence (TCS). Upon antigen encounter, the LAT-dCas9-KRAB (LdCK) complex is cleaved by TEV allowing targeting of dCas9-KRAB to the PD-1 gene TSS. RESULTS Here, we show that RB-340-1 consistently demonstrated higher production of homeostatic cytokines, enhanced expansion of CAR-T cells in vitro, prolonged in vivo persistence and more efficient suppression of HER2+ FaDu oropharyngeal cancer growth compared to the respective conventional CAR-T cell product. CONCLUSIONS As the first application of CRISPRi toward a clinically relevant product, RB-340-1 with the conditional, non-gene editing and reversible suppression promotes CAR-T cells resilience to checkpoint inhibition, and their persistence and effectiveness against HER2-expressing cancer xenografts.
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- Zhifen Yang
- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- ESSA Pharma, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, ChEM-H, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- Refuge Biotechnologies Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
- Gilead/Kite, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA.
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Jiang X, Liu F, Liu P, Yan Y, Lan S, Zhuang K, Liu Y, Jiang K, Huang Y, Nie K, Zheng Z, Pan J, Zheng J, Liu F, Xu S, Li P, Wen Y. Ferroptosis Patterns Correlate with Immune Microenvironment Characterization in Gastric Cancer. Int J Gen Med 2021; 14:6573-6586. [PMID: 34675624 PMCID: PMC8520437 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s331291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Objective We aimed to build a ferroptosis-based classifier to characterize the molecular features of gastric cancers (GC) and investigate the relationship between different ferroptosis patterns and GC tumor microenvironment (TME). Methods Based on the genomic and clinical information from TCGA portal and GEO database, non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) was used to identify ferroptosis subtypes in GC patients. In order to estimate the ferroptosis levels, we established ferroptosis subtype score (FSS) to quantify ferroptosis patterns and ferroptosis potential index (FPI) by principal component analysis (PCA). The correlations of different ferroptosis patterns with TME cell-infiltrating characteristics (including immune cell infiltration, immune checkpoints expression levels, tumor mutational burden (TMB) and immunotherapy response) were systematically analyzed. Results Two ferroptosis subtypes, C1 (with lower FSS) and C2 (with higher FSS), were determined. C2 displayed a significantly lower FPI than C1. Besides, C2 was associated with diffuse subtype while C1 with intestinal subtype. As for TME characteristics, C2 was in accordance with the immune-excluded phenotype as it showed more active immune and stromal activities but lower TMB, less probability of immunotherapy response and poorer prognosis. C1 was linked to immune-inflamed phenotype as it had lower stromal activities but increased neoantigen load, enhanced response to immunotherapy and relatively better prognosis. Conclusion The systematic assessment of ferroptosis patterns and ferroptosis levels presented in our study implied that ferroptosis serves as an important factor in the formation of TME, which may expand the understanding of TME and provide a novel perspective for the development of targeted immunotherapeutic strategies for GC patients.
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- Xiaotao Jiang
- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,Zhaoqing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Southern Medical University, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,Baiyun Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hainan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.,Baiyun Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Pietrobon V, Todd LA, Goswami A, Stefanson O, Yang Z, Marincola F. Improving CAR T-Cell Persistence. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910828. [PMID: 34639168 PMCID: PMC8509430 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Over the last decade remarkable progress has been made in enhancing the efficacy of CAR T therapies. However, the clinical benefits are still limited, especially in solid tumors. Even in hematological settings, patients that respond to CAR T therapies remain at risk of relapsing due to several factors including poor T-cell expansion and lack of long-term persistence after adoptive transfer. This issue is even more evident in solid tumors, as the tumor microenvironment negatively influences the survival, infiltration, and activity of T-cells. Limited persistence remains a significant hindrance to the development of effective CAR T therapies due to several determinants, which are encountered from the cell manufacturing step and onwards. CAR design and ex vivo manipulation, including culture conditions, may play a pivotal role. Moreover, previous chemotherapy and lymphodepleting treatments may play a relevant role. In this review, the main causes for decreased persistence of CAR T-cells in patients will be discussed, focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying T-cell exhaustion. The approaches taken so far to overcome these limitations and to create exhaustion-resistant T-cells will be described. We will also examine the knowledge gained from several key clinical trials and highlight the molecular mechanisms determining T-cell stemness, as promoting stemness may represent an attractive approach to improve T-cell therapies.
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- Violena Pietrobon
- Refuge Biotechnologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (A.G.); (O.S.); (Z.Y.)
- Correspondence: (V.P.); (F.M.)
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada;
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- Refuge Biotechnologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (A.G.); (O.S.); (Z.Y.)
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- Refuge Biotechnologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (A.G.); (O.S.); (Z.Y.)
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- Refuge Biotechnologies, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (A.G.); (O.S.); (Z.Y.)
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- Kite Pharma, Inc., Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
- Correspondence: (V.P.); (F.M.)
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Wojas-Krawczyk K, Paśnik I, Kucharczyk T, Wieleba I, Krzyżanowska N, Gil M, Krawczyk P, Milanowski J. Immunoprofiling: An Encouraging Method for Predictive Factors Examination in Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Immunotherapy. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179133. [PMID: 34502043 PMCID: PMC8431454 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The efficiency of immunotherapy using monoclonal antibodies that inhibit immune checkpoints has been proven in many clinical studies and well documented by numerous registration approaches. To date, PD-L1 expression on tumor and immune cells, tumor mutation burden (TMB), and microsatellite instability (MSI) are the only validated predictive factors used for the qualification of cancer patients for immunotherapy. However, they are not the ideal predictive factors. No response to immunotherapy could be observed in patients with high PD-L1 expression, TMB, or MSI. On the other hand, the effectiveness of this treatment method also may occur in patients without PD-L1 expression or with low TMB and with microsatellite stability. When considering the best predictive factor, we should remember that the effectiveness of immunotherapy relies on an overly complex process depending on many factors. To specifically stimulate lymphocytes, not only should their activity in the tumor microenvironment be unlocked, but above all, they should recognize tumor antigens. The proper functioning of the anticancer immune system requires the proper interaction of many elements of the specific and non-specific responses. For these reasons, a multi-parameter analysis of the immune system at its different activity levels is considered a very future-oriented predictive marker. Such complex immunological analysis is performed using modern molecular biology techniques. Based on the gene expression studies, we can determine the content of individual immune cells within the tumor, its stroma, and beyond. This includes all cell types from active memory cytotoxic T cells, M1 macrophages, to exhausted T cells, regulatory T cells, and M2 macrophages. In this article, we summarize the possibilities of using an immune system analysis to predict immunotherapy efficacy in cancer patients. Moreover, we present the advantages and disadvantages of immunoprofiling as well as a proposed future direction for this new method of immune system analysis in cancer patients who receive immunotherapy.
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- Kamila Wojas-Krawczyk
- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland; (T.K.); (I.W.); (N.K.); (J.M.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland;
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- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland; (T.K.); (I.W.); (N.K.); (J.M.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland; (T.K.); (I.W.); (N.K.); (J.M.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland; (T.K.); (I.W.); (N.K.); (J.M.); (P.K.)
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- Institute of Genetics and Immunology GENIM LCC in Lublin, 20-609 Lublin, Poland;
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- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland; (T.K.); (I.W.); (N.K.); (J.M.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-605 Lublin, Poland; (T.K.); (I.W.); (N.K.); (J.M.); (P.K.)
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Kim NY, Park JH. Engineered immune cells with nanomaterials to improve adoptive cell therapy. Biomed Eng Lett 2021; 11:183-195. [PMID: 34350047 DOI: 10.1007/s13534-021-00197-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Cell-based cancer immunotherapy is mainly performed to re-stimulate or boost the anti-tumor immunity by leveraging the anti-tumoral functions of infused cells. Although conventional adoptive cell therapy with T cells and DC vaccines had potentiated the use of ex vivo engineered cells for cancer immunotherapy, these approaches had a low success rate and some off-target side effects. Recent developments on this intervention are adopting nanoengineering to overcome limitations imposed by the environment the therapeutic cells would be in and the natural characteristics of the cells; thus, enhancing the efficacy of therapies. For this purpose, T cells, NK cells, DCs, and macrophages are engineered to either maintain anti-tumoral phenotypes, target tumor efficiently, or improve the innate functionalities and viability.
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- Na Yeon Kim
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, and KAIST Institute for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, and KAIST Institute for Health Science and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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Pecci F, Cantini L, Bittoni A, Lenci E, Lupi A, Crocetti S, Giglio E, Giampieri R, Berardi R. Beyond Microsatellite Instability: Evolving Strategies Integrating Immunotherapy for Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2021; 22:69. [PMID: 34110510 PMCID: PMC8192371 DOI: 10.1007/s11864-021-00870-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OPINION STATEMENT Advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous disease, characterized by several subtypes with distinctive genetic and epigenetic patterns. During the last years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revamped the standard of care of several tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma, highlighting the role of immune cells in tumor microenvironment (TME) and their impact on cancer progression and treatment efficacy. An "immunoscore," based on the percentage of two lymphocyte populations both at tumor core and invasive margin, has been shown to improve prediction of treatment outcome when added to UICC-TNM classification. To date, pembrolizumab, an anti-programmed death protein 1 (PD1) inhibitor, has gained approval as first-line therapy for mismatch-repair-deficient (dMMR) and microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) advanced CRC. On the other hand, no reports of efficacy have been presented in mismatch-repair-proficient (pMMR) and microsatellite instability-low (MSI-L) or microsatellite stable (MSS) CRC. This group includes roughly 95% of all advanced CRC, and standard chemotherapy, in addition to anti-EGFR or anti-angiogenesis drugs, still represents first treatment choice. Hopefully, deeper understanding of CRC immune landscape and of the impact of specific genetic and epigenetic alterations on tumor immunogenicity might lead to the development of new drug combination strategies to overcome ICIs resistance in pMMR CRC, thus paving the way for immunotherapy even in this subgroup.
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- Federica Pecci
- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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- Clinical Oncology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Via Conca 71, 60126 Ancona, Italy
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Fessas P, Spina P, Boldorini RL, Pirisi M, Minisini R, Mauri FA, Simpson F, Olivieri P, Gennari A, Wong CN, Siddique A, Goldin RD, Akarca AU, Marafioti T, Pinato DJ. Phenotypic Characteristics of the Tumour Microenvironment in Primary and Secondary Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:2137. [PMID: 33946676 PMCID: PMC8124398 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13092137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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(1) Background: The intra-tumoural heterogeneity (ITH) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its microenvironment (TME) across primary and secondary disease is poorly characterised. (2) Methods: Intra-tumoural (IT) and peri-tumoural (PT) staining of matched primary and secondary samples was conducted to evaluate the distribution of CD4+/FOXP3+ and CD8+/PD1+ T-cells. Samples underwent PD-L1/2 immunostaining, tumour mutational burden (TMB) evaluation, and high-resolution T-cell receptor (TCR) sequencing to derive T-cell clonality and targeted transcriptomics. (3) Results: We analysed 24 samples from matched primary (n = 11) and secondary (n = 13; 5 synchronous, 6 metachronous) deposits, 11 being extrahepatic (84.6%). IT CD8+ density was lower than PT in both primary (p = 0.005) and secondary deposits (p = 0.01), consistent with immune exclusion. PD-L1+ tumours displayed higher IT and PT CD8+/PD1+ cell density compared to PD-L1- (p < 0.05), and primary IT infiltrate was enriched in CD4+/FOXP3+ cells, compared to PT regions (p = 0.004). TCR-sequencing demonstrated enrichment of the top T-cell clonotype in secondary versus primary HCC (p = 0.02), without differences in overall productive clonality (p = 0.35). TMB was similar across primary versus secondary HCC (p = 0.95). While directed gene set analysis demonstrated the uniformity of transcriptional signatures of individual immune cell types, secondary deposits demonstrated higher COLEC12 (p = 0.004), CCL26 (p = 0.02), CD1E (p = 0.02) and CD36 (p = 0.03) expression with downregulation of CXCL1 (p = 0.03), suggesting differential regulation of innate immunity. (4) Conclusion: Immune exclusion is a defining feature of the HCC TME. Despite evidence of homogeneity in somatic TMB, secondary HCC is characterised by the expansion of a distinct T-cell clonotype and differential regulation of innate immune pathways.
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- Petros Fessas
- Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W120 HS, UK; (P.F.); (F.A.M.); (C.N.W.); (A.S.)
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- Cantonal Institute of Pathology, Via in Selva 24, 6601 Locarno, Switzerland;
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- Department of Health Sciences, Universitá degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Via Solaroli 17, 13100 Novara, Italy;
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.P.); (R.M.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.P.); (R.M.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W120 HS, UK; (P.F.); (F.A.M.); (C.N.W.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment & Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (F.S.); (P.O.)
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment & Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (F.S.); (P.O.)
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.P.); (R.M.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W120 HS, UK; (P.F.); (F.A.M.); (C.N.W.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W120 HS, UK; (P.F.); (F.A.M.); (C.N.W.); (A.S.)
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- Centre for Pathology, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK;
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- Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospital, London SW7 2AZ, UK; (A.U.A.); (T.M.)
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- Department of Histopathology, University College London Hospital, London SW7 2AZ, UK; (A.U.A.); (T.M.)
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- Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W120 HS, UK; (P.F.); (F.A.M.); (C.N.W.); (A.S.)
- Department of Translational Medicine, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.P.); (R.M.); (A.G.)
- Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Medical Oncology, Imperial College London Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK
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Ayuso JM, Rehman S, Virumbrales-Munoz M, McMinn PH, Geiger P, Fitzgerald C, Heaster T, Skala MC, Beebe DJ. Microfluidic tumor-on-a-chip model to evaluate the role of tumor environmental stress on NK cell exhaustion. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/8/eabc2331. [PMID: 33597234 PMCID: PMC7888951 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc2331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Solid tumors generate a suppressive environment that imposes an overwhelming burden on the immune system. Nutrient depletion, waste product accumulation, hypoxia, and pH acidification severely compromise the capacity of effector immune cells such as T and natural killer (NK) cells to destroy cancer cells. However, the specific molecular mechanisms driving immune suppression, as well as the capacity of immune cells to adapt to the suppressive environment, are not completely understood. Thus, here, we used an in vitro microfluidic tumor-on-a-chip platform to evaluate how NK cells respond to the tumor-induced suppressive environment. The results demonstrated that the suppressive environment created by the tumor gradually eroded NK cell cytotoxic capacity, leading to compromised NK cell surveillance and tumor tolerance. Further, NK cell exhaustion persisted for an extended period of time after removing NK cells from the microfluidic platform. Last, the addition of checkpoint inhibitors and immunomodulatory agents alleviated NK cell exhaustion.
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- Jose M Ayuso
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, 330 N Orchard Street, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, 330 N Orchard Street, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, 330 N Orchard Street, Madison, WI, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Pietrobon V, Cesano A, Marincola F, Kather JN. Next Generation Imaging Techniques to Define Immune Topographies in Solid Tumors. Front Immunol 2021; 11:604967. [PMID: 33584676 PMCID: PMC7873485 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.604967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In recent years, cancer immunotherapy experienced remarkable developments and it is nowadays considered a promising therapeutic frontier against many types of cancer, especially hematological malignancies. However, in most types of solid tumors, immunotherapy efficacy is modest, partly because of the limited accessibility of lymphocytes to the tumor core. This immune exclusion is mediated by a variety of physical, functional and dynamic barriers, which play a role in shaping the immune infiltrate in the tumor microenvironment. At present there is no unified and integrated understanding about the role played by different postulated models of immune exclusion in human solid tumors. Systematically mapping immune landscapes or "topographies" in cancers of different histology is of pivotal importance to characterize spatial and temporal distribution of lymphocytes in the tumor microenvironment, providing insights into mechanisms of immune exclusion. Spatially mapping immune cells also provides quantitative information, which could be informative in clinical settings, for example for the discovery of new biomarkers that could guide the design of patient-specific immunotherapies. In this review, we aim to summarize current standard and next generation approaches to define Cancer Immune Topographies based on published studies and propose future perspectives.
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- Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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Natural Compounds of Marine Origin as Inducers of Immunogenic Cell Death (ICD): Potential Role for Cancer Interception and Therapy. Cells 2021; 10:cells10020231. [PMID: 33504012 PMCID: PMC7912082 DOI: 10.3390/cells10020231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Regulated cell death (RCD) has always been considered a tolerogenic event. Immunogenic cell death (ICD) occurs as a consequence of tumour cell death accompanied by the release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), triggering an immune response. ICD plays a major role in stimulating the function of the immune system in cancer during chemotherapy and radiotherapy. ICD can therefore represent one of the routes to boost anticancer immune responses. According to the recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death (2018), apoptosis (type I cell death) and necrosis (type II cell death) represent are not the only types of RCD, which also includes necroptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis and others. Specific downstream signalling molecules and death-inducing stimuli can regulate distinct forms of ICD, which develop and promote the immune cell response. Dying cells deliver different potential immunogenic signals, such as DAMPs, which are able to stimulate the immune system. The acute exposure of DAMPs can prime antitumour immunity by inducing activation of antigen-presenting cells (APC), such as dendritic cells (DC), leading to the downstream response by cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells (NK). As ICD represents an important target to direct and develop new pharmacological interventions, the identification of bioactive natural products, which are endowed with low side effects, higher tolerability and preferentially inducing immunogenic programmed cell death, represents a priority in biomedical research. The ability of ICD to drive the immune response depends on two major factors, neither of which is intrinsic to cell death: ‘Antigenicity and adjuvanticity’. Indeed, the use of natural ICD-triggering molecules, alone or in combination with different (immuno)therapies, can result in higher efficacy and tolerability. Here, we focused on natural (marine) compounds, particularly on marine microalgae derived molecules such as exopolysaccharides, sulphated polysaccharides, glycopeptides, glycolipids, phospholipids, that are endowed with ICD-inducing properties and sulfavants. Here, we discuss novel and repurposed small-molecule ICD triggers, as well as their ability to target important molecular pathways including the IL-6, TNF-α and interferons (IFNs), leading to immune stimulation, which could be used alone or in combinatorial immunotherapeutic strategies in cancer prevention and therapies.
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Over the last few years, cancer immunotherapy experienced tremendous developments and it is nowadays considered a promising strategy against many types of cancer. However, the exclusion of lymphocytes from the tumor nest is a common phenomenon that limits the efficiency of immunotherapy in solid tumors. Despite several mechanisms proposed during the years to explain the immune excluded phenotype, at present, there is no integrated understanding about the role played by different models of immune exclusion in human cancers. Hypoxia is a hallmark of most solid tumors and, being a multifaceted and complex condition, shapes in a unique way the tumor microenvironment, affecting gene transcription and chromatin remodeling. In this review, we speculate about an upstream role for hypoxia as a common biological determinant of immune exclusion in solid tumors. We also discuss the current state of ex vivo and in vivo imaging of hypoxic determinants in relation to T cell distribution that could mechanisms of immune exclusion and discover functional-morphological tumor features that could support clinical monitoring.
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Duru G, van Egmond M, Heemskerk N. A Window of Opportunity: Targeting Cancer Endothelium to Enhance Immunotherapy. Front Immunol 2020; 11:584723. [PMID: 33262763 PMCID: PMC7686513 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.584723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Vascular abnormalities in tumors have a major impact on the immune microenvironment in tumors. The consequences of abnormal vasculature include increased hypoxia, acidosis, high intra-tumoral fluid pressure, and angiogenesis. This introduces an immunosuppressive microenvironment that alters immune cell maturation, activation, and trafficking, which supports tumor immune evasion and dissemination of tumor cells. Increasing data suggests that cancer endothelium is a major barrier for traveling leukocytes, ranging from a partial blockade resulting in a selective endothelial barrier, to a complete immune infiltration blockade associated with immune exclusion and immune desert cancer phenotypes. Failed immune cell trafficking as well as immunosuppression within the tumor microenvironment limits the efficacy of immunotherapeutic approaches. As such, targeting proteins with key roles in angiogenesis may potentially reduce immunosuppression and might restore infiltration of anti-tumor immune cells, creating a therapeutic window for successful immunotherapy. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of established as well as more controversial endothelial pathways that govern selective immune cell trafficking across cancer endothelium. Additionally, we discuss recent insights and strategies that target tumor vasculature in order to increase infiltration of cytotoxic immune cells during the therapeutic window of vascular normalization hereby improving the efficacy of immunotherapy.
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- Gizem Duru
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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