Cancer Epigenetics, Tumor Immunity, and Immunotherapy
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Micevic G, Bosenberg M, Yan Q. The Crossroads of Cancer Epigenetics and Immune Checkpoint Therapy. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 29: 1173-1182. PMID: 36449280, PMCID: PMC10073242, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-0784.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsImmune checkpoint therapyT cell exhaustionCheckpoint therapyAntitumor immune responseT cell populationsCell-intrinsic immunityTypes of cancerViral mimicry responseLow response rateCheckpoint inhibitorsCurrent immunotherapiesPancreatic cancerSustained responsePreclinical modelsTreatment outcomesImmune responseEndogenous antigensResponse rateTumor typesMultiple epigenetic regulatorsCritical mediatorLow immunogenicityTherapyCancerKDM5 histone demethylases repress immune response via suppression of STING
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