2020
Dissecting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments in Glioblastoma-on-a-Chip for optimized PD-1 immunotherapy
Cui X, Ma C, Vasudevaraja V, Serrano J, Tong J, Peng Y, Delorenzo M, Shen G, Frenster J, Morales R, Qian W, Tsirigos A, S A, Jain R, Kurz S, Sulman E, Placantonakis D, Snuderl M, Chen W. Dissecting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments in Glioblastoma-on-a-Chip for optimized PD-1 immunotherapy. ELife 2020, 9: e52253. PMID: 32909947, PMCID: PMC7556869, DOI: 10.7554/elife.52253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgrammed cell death protein 1Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironmentTumor-associated macrophagesTumor microenvironmentCD163+ tumor-associated macrophagesPD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpointCSF-1R inhibitor BLZ945Molecularly distinct GBM subtypesCell death protein 1Anti-PD-1 immunotherapyT cell functionNivolumab efficacyImmunotherapy efficacyImmune checkpointsImmune signaturesImmunosuppressive mechanismsT cellsM2-TAMsCo-administeredGlioblastoma patientsIL-10CSF-1RCSF-1ImmunotherapyProneural glioblastoma
2018
Quo Vadis—Do Immunotherapies Have a Role in Glioblastoma?
Kurz S, Wen P. Quo Vadis—Do Immunotherapies Have a Role in Glioblastoma? Current Treatment Options In Neurology 2018, 20: 14. PMID: 29666934, DOI: 10.1007/s11940-018-0499-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmunotherapeutic strategiesSafety of CAR-T cell therapyCAR-T cell therapyT cells in vivoChallenges of immunotherapyCAR-T cellsT-cell therapySuccess of immunotherapyHigh-grade gliomasStudy evaluated treatmentIncreased polyclonalityDC vaccinesDiagnosed glioblastomaImmunotherapy researchRecurrent glioblastomaT cellsImmunotherapyEffective therapyClinical evidenceClinical studiesClinical trialsGlioblastoma microenvironmentGlioblastomaPatientsTherapy