
OLD Category: Oncology
November 13, 2023 / eLife
Treatment with tumor-treating fields (TTFields) suppresses intercellular tunneling nanotube formation in vitro and upregulates immuno-oncologic biomarkers in vivo in malignant mesothelioma
Disruption of intercellular communication within tumors is emerging as a novel potential strategy for cancer-directed therapy. Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy is a treatment modality that has itself emerged over the…
November 1, 2023 / Nature
IL-1β+ macrophages fuel pathogenic inflammation in pancreatic cancer
Inflammatory and immunomodulatory signals co-exist in the pancreatic tumour microenvironment, leading to dysregulated repair and cytotoxic responses. Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) have key roles in PDAC2, but their diversity has prevented…
November 1, 2023 / Neuro-oncol adv
Spatial architecture of high-grade glioma reveals tumor heterogeneity within distinct domains
Background: High-grade gliomas (HGG) are aggressive primary brain cancers with poor response to standard regimens, driven by immense heterogeneity. In isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type high-grade glioma (glioblastoma, GBM), increased intra-tumoral…
October 28, 2023 / Pharmacol Res
Characterization of the tumor microenvironment and identification of spatially predictive biomarkers associated with beneficial neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) has become the standard treatment for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). However, 20-40% of patients with LARC show little to no response to nCRT. Thus,…
October 25, 2023 / Mol Cancer Res
Spatial transcriptomics suggests that alterations occur in the preneoplastic breast microenvironment of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females, affecting one in every eight women and accounting for the majority of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide. Germline mutations in the…
October 24, 2023 / Gastric Cancer
Stroma AReactive Invasion Front Areas (SARIFA) proves prognostic relevance in gastric carcinoma and is based on a tumor-adipocyte interaction indicating an altered immune response. Gastric Cancer
Background: Recently, we presented Stroma AReactive Invasion Front Areas (SARIFA) as a new histomorphologic negative prognostic biomarker in gastric cancer. It is defined as direct contact between tumor cells and…
October 23, 2023 / Cancer Immunol Res
Spatial Distribution Of Immune Cells Drives Resistance To Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) alone or combined with target therapies represents the standard of care for localized triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, only a fraction of patients have a response, necessitating…
October 21, 2023 / Acta Pharm Sin B
Targeting stroma and tumor, silencing galectin 1 treats orthotopic mouse hepatocellular carcinoma
This study examines inhibiting galectin 1 (Gal1) as a treatment option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Gal1 has immunosuppressive and cancer-promoting roles. Our data showed that Gal1 was highly expressed in…
October 19, 2023 / Cancers (Basel)
Digital Spatial Profiling Identifies the Tumor Periphery as a Highly Active Biological Niche in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Simple Summary: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma is characterized by a high degree of genomic intratumoral heterogeneity. The extent of spatial and functional heterogeneity, however, is much less understood. In…
October 16, 2023 / Anal Bioanal Chem
Evaluation of antibody-based single cell type imaging techniques coupled to multiplexed imaging of N-glycans and collagen peptides by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging
The integration of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) with single cell spatial omics methods allows for a comprehensive investigation of single cell spatial information and matrisomal N-glycan and…
October 13, 2023 / Lab Invest
Expression of IDO1 in tumor microenvironment significantly predicts the risk of recurrence/distant metastasis for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
In this study, we aimed to explore immune markers predicting locoregional recurrence/distant metastasis (R/M) for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) post-surgical intervention by using a novel high-throughput spatial…
October 9, 2023 / Cancers (Basel)
Stress Keratin 17 Is a Predictive Biomarker Inversely Associated with Response to Immune Check-Point Blockade in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas and Beyond
Simple Summary: Between 15 and 35% of head and neck cancer patients respond to immune check-point blockade therapy (ICB), and some may experience potentially life-threatening adverse events. Biomarkers that can…