2024
Understanding and overcoming resistance to immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers
Evans S, Jani Y, Jansen C, Yildirim A, Kalemoglu E, Bilen M. Understanding and overcoming resistance to immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers. Cancer Biology & Therapy 2024, 25: 2342599. PMID: 38629578, PMCID: PMC11028033, DOI: 10.1080/15384047.2024.2342599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntineoplastic AgentsB7-H1 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsNivolumabUrogenital NeoplasmsConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsResistance to immunotherapyImmunotherapy resistanceTargeted therapyGenitourinary (GU) cancersCombined immune checkpoint inhibitorsIntroduction of novel immunotherapiesMechanisms of immunotherapy resistanceOvercome resistance to immunotherapyCancer cellsHost immune profileResponse to immunotherapyNovel targeted therapiesImmune system's rolePredictors of responseAttack cancer cellsImmune system's abilityStandard of careCheckpoint inhibitorsSequential therapyNovel immunotherapiesCombination therapyTreatment failureGU cancersTreatment landscape
2021
A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes
Calagua C, Ficial M, Jansen C, Hirz T, Del Balzo L, Wilkinson S, Lake R, Ku A, Voznesensky O, Sykes D, Saylor P, Ye H, Signoretti S, Kissick H, Sowalsky A, Balk S, Einstein D. A Subset of Localized Prostate Cancer Displays an Immunogenic Phenotype Associated with Losses of Key Tumor Suppressor Genes. Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: 4836-4847. PMID: 34168052, PMCID: PMC8416924, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-0121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 expressionLocalized prostate cancerPrimary prostate cancerProstate cancerT cellsPD-L1Density of CD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsHigh-risk primary prostate cancerCD8 T-cell densityCharacterized tumor infiltrating lymphocytesLocalized prostate cancer casesPD-1<sup>+</sup> cellsTumor PD-L1 expressionUnique tumor immune microenvironmentPD-1 expressionTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesT-cell densityCD8 T cellsTumor immune microenvironmentTumor mutational burdenProstate cancer casesT-cell content