Immunologic Approaches to Targeting Cancer Stem Cells

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Immunologic Approaches to Targeting Cancer Stem Cells

Tumor type Markers Reference Bladder ABCG2high SP (side population, Hoechst dye) [12] ALDH1high [13] Breast CD44+CD24−/low [10] ALDH1high [14] Colon CD133+ [15] EpCAMhigh CD44+ [16] ALDH1high [17] Gastric CD44+ [18]…

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Overcoming Cancer Tolerance with Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Overcoming Cancer Tolerance with Immune Checkpoint Blockade

Fig. 6.1 Multiple immunomodulatory coinhibitory and costimulatory receptor-ligand pairs have been identified (although not all are depicted here). These pathways set the immunologic context when an antigen is presented on…

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Strategies to Target Tumor Immunosuppression

Feb 18, 2017 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Strategies to Target Tumor Immunosuppression

Type of therapy Targeted pathway Achieved effect Local tumor irradiation Antigen presentation and processing Enhanced intratumor homing of effector CTLs Release of TAAs Production of inflammatory cytokines Endothelin receptor blockade…

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