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Bhlhe40: Required For Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling And Immune Checkpoint Therapy Efficacy, Avery Salmon, Avery J. Salmon
Bhlhe40: Required For Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling And Immune Checkpoint Therapy Efficacy, Avery Salmon, Avery J. Salmon
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Advancements in immunotherapy treatments have become essential in the treatment of various cancers, such as those with high tumor burden like melanoma(Brahmer et al., 2012; Hodi et al., 2010). Immunotherapy, specifically immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) provides antagonist effect on specific immune checkpoints to control effector T cell functions(Pardoll, 2012). This therapy allows for the modulation of anti-tumor responses through the use of monoclonal antibodies, such as anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1 that block the receptors from binding with their ligands, thus allowing for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell priming and activation(Wei et al., 2017). However, the required epigenetic and transcriptional …
Investigation Of The Functional Impact Of Anti-Pd-1 On Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (Til) And Mapping Of Tumor Genomic Features Relevant For Response To Til Therapy, Caitlin Creasy
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With the growing use of both cellular and antibody-based immunotherapies, it has become more important to uncover biomarkers to predict patient response to therapy and ideally aid in patient selection for specific therapeutics, thereby enhancing treatment outcome. At MD Anderson, we have a 43% response rate to therapy when treating metastatic melanoma patients with adoptive cell therapy (ACT) of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), but it is unknown what makes the other 57% of patients not respond to therapy. It is further unknown how particularly early doses of checkpoint inhibitors, like anti-PD-1, attribute to TIL functionality, adding another confounding factor in determining …