Search Results - "Walker, Paul R."
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Phagocytic function of tumor-associated macrophages as a key determinant of tumor progression control: a review
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-12-2020)“…Tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) phagocytic activity is emerging as a new mechanism to harness for cancer treatment. Currently, many approaches are…”
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Glioma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles – Far More Than Local Mediators
Published in Frontiers in immunology (31-05-2021)“…Extracellular vesicle (EV) secretion is a ubiquitous cellular process with both physiologic and pathologic consequences. EVs are small lipid bilayer vesicles…”
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Responsiveness to anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 immune checkpoint blockade in SB28 and GL261 mouse glioma models
Published in Oncoimmunology (02-12-2018)“…Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is currently evaluated in patients with glioblastoma (GBM), based on encouraging clinical data in other cancers, and results…”
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Phase I/II trial testing safety and immunogenicity of the multipeptide IMA950/poly-ICLC vaccine in newly diagnosed adult malignant astrocytoma patients
Published in Neuro-oncology (Charlottesville, Va.) (11-07-2019)“…Abstract Background Peptide vaccines offer the opportunity to elicit glioma-specific T cells with tumor killing ability. Using antigens eluted from the surface…”
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Harnessing Microglia and Macrophages for the Treatment of Glioblastoma
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (05-06-2019)“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant form of brain tumors, with a dismal prognosis. During the course of the disease, microglia and macrophages…”
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Hypoxic glioblastoma-cell-derived extracellular vesicles impair cGAS-STING activity in macrophages
Published in Cell communication and signaling (22-02-2024)“…Solid tumors such as glioblastoma (GBM) exhibit hypoxic zones that are associated with poor prognosis and immunosuppression through multiple cell intrinsic…”
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ER–mitochondria contacts control surface glycan expression and sensitivity to killer lymphocytes in glioma stem‐like cells
Published in The EMBO journal (01-06-2017)“…Glioblastoma is a highly heterogeneous aggressive primary brain tumor, with the glioma stem‐like cells (GSC) being more sensitive to cytotoxic…”
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Case Report: Peripheral blood T cells and inflammatory molecules in lung cancer patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced thyroid dysfunction: Case studies and literature review
Published in Frontiers in oncology (07-12-2022)“…Immunotherapy has changed the paradigm of cancer treatment, yet immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) such as PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies may cause…”
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Deep immune profiling reveals targetable mechanisms of immune evasion in immune checkpoint inhibitor-refractory glioblastoma
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-06-2021)“…BackgroundGlioblastoma (GBM) is refractory to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. We sought to determine to what extent this immune evasion is due to…”
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Decitabine Treatment of Glioma-Initiating Cells Enhances Immune Recognition and Killing
Published in PloS one (31-08-2016)“…Malignant gliomas are aggressive brain tumours with very poor prognosis. The majority of glioma cells are differentiated (glioma-differentiated cells: GDCs),…”
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Identification of a miRNA multi-targeting therapeutic strategy in glioblastoma
Published in Cell death & disease (25-09-2023)“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is a deadly and the most common primary brain tumor in adults. Due to their regulation of a high number of mRNA transcripts, microRNAs…”
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Cardiac toxicity in patients with lung cancer receiving thoracic radiotherapy and immunotherapy
Published in Frontiers in oncology (09-01-2023)“…Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are used to treat locally-advanced and metastatic lung cancer, which can lead to severe immunogenic-related…”
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Enhancing Antitumor Immune Responses by Optimized Combinations of Cell-penetrating Peptide-based Vaccines and Adjuvants
Published in Molecular therapy (01-09-2016)“…Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) from the protein ZEBRA are promising candidates to exploit in therapeutic cancer vaccines, since they can transport antigenic…”
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Antigenic expression and spontaneous immune responses support the use of a selected peptide set from the IMA950 glioblastoma vaccine for immunotherapy of grade II and III glioma
Published in Oncoimmunology (01-02-2018)“…Gliomas are lethal brain tumors that resist standard therapeutic approaches. Immunotherapy is a promising alternative strategy mostly developed in the context…”
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Synthesis, Formulation and Characterization of Immunotherapeutic Glycosylated Dendrimer/cGAMP Complexes for CD206 Targeted Delivery to M2 Macrophages in Cold Tumors
Published in Pharmaceutics (01-09-2022)“…Anti-tumor responses can be achieved via the stimulation of the immune system, a therapeutic approach called cancer immunotherapy. Many solid tumor types are…”
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Increased interleukin-6/C-reactive protein levels are associated with the upregulation of the adenosine pathway and serve as potential markers of therapeutic resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapies in non-small cell lung cancer
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-10-2023)“…BackgroundSystemic immune activation, hallmarked by C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), can modulate antitumor immune responses. In this study,…”
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Isolated neutropenia as a rare but serious adverse event secondary to immune checkpoint inhibition
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (05-07-2019)“…Compared to conventional chemotherapy, Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are known to have a distinct toxicity profile commonly identified as immune-related…”
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Synergy between CD8 T cells and Th1 or Th2 polarised CD4 T cells for adoptive immunotherapy of brain tumours
Published in PloS one (23-05-2013)“…The feasibility of cancer immunotherapy mediated by T lymphocytes is now a clinical reality. Indeed, many tumour associated antigens have been identified for…”
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Local Radiotherapy Intensification for Locally Advanced Non-small-cell Lung Cancer – A Call to Arms
Published in Clinical lung cancer (01-01-2018)“…Abstract Chemoradiotherapy, the standard of care for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), often fails to eradicate all known disease. Despite…”
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Treating ICB-resistant glioma with anti-CD40 and mitotic spindle checkpoint controller BAL101553 (lisavanbulin)
Published in JCI insight (22-09-2021)“…Glioblastoma is a highly malignant brain tumor with no curative treatment options, and immune checkpoint blockade has not yet shown major impact. We…”
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