FDA approval summary: pembrolizumab for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high solid tumors

L Marcus, SJ Lemery, P Keegan, R Pazdur�- Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
The FDA approved pembrolizumab on May 23, 2017, for the treatment of adult and pediatric
patients with unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H), or mismatch�…

[HTML][HTML] CTLA-4 and PD-1 pathways: similarities, differences, and implications of their inhibition

EI Buchbinder, A Desai�- American journal of clinical oncology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death 1 (PD-1)
immune checkpoints are negative regulators of T-cell immune function. Inhibition of these�…

PD-L1 (B7-H1) and PD-1 pathway blockade for cancer therapy: Mechanisms, response biomarkers, and combinations

W Zou, JD Wolchok, L Chen�- Science translational medicine, 2016 - science.org
Gloss PD-L1 and PD-1 (PD) pathway blockade is a highly promising therapy and has
elicited durable antitumor responses and long-term remissions in a subset of patients with a�…

Global characterization of T cells in non-small-cell lung cancer by single-cell sequencing

X Guo, Y Zhang, L Zheng, C Zheng, J Song, Q Zhang…�- Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapies have shown sustained clinical responses in treating non-small-
cell lung cancer,–, but efficacy varies and depends in part on the amount and properties of�…

[HTML][HTML] A phase Ib trial of personalized neoantigen therapy plus anti-PD-1 in patients with advanced melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, or bladder cancer

PA Ott, S Hu-Lieskovan, B Chmielowski, R Govindan…�- Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Neoantigens arise from mutations in cancer cells and are important targets of T cell-
mediated anti-tumor immunity. Here, we report the first open-label, phase Ib clinical trial of a�…

STK11/LKB1 Mutations and PD-1 Inhibitor Resistance in KRAS-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma

F Skoulidis, ME Goldberg, DM Greenawalt…�- Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
KRAS is the most common oncogenic driver in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAC). We previously
reported that STK11/LKB1 (KL) or TP53 (KP) comutations define distinct subgroups of KRAS�…

[HTML][HTML] Anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 therapies in cancer: mechanisms of action, efficacy, and limitations

JA Seidel, A Otsuka, K Kabashima�- Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Melanoma, a skin cancer associated with high mortality rates, is highly radio-and
chemotherapy resistant but can also be very immunogenic. These circumstances have led to�…

Blood-based tumor mutational burden as a predictor of clinical benefit in non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with atezolizumab

DR Gandara, SM Paul, M Kowanetz, E Schleifman…�- Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Although programmed death-ligand 1–programmed death 1 (PD-L1–PD-1) inhibitors are
broadly efficacious, improved outcomes have been observed in patients with high PD-L1�…

[HTML][HTML] Organoid modeling of the tumor immune microenvironment

JT Neal, X Li, J Zhu, V Giangarra, CL Grzeskowiak, J Ju…�- Cell, 2018 - cell.com
In vitro cancer cultures, including three-dimensional organoids, typically contain exclusively
neoplastic epithelium but require artificial reconstitution to recapitulate the tumor�…

Cholangiocarcinoma—evolving concepts and therapeutic strategies

SI Ilyas, SA Khan, CL Hallemeier, RK Kelley…�- Nature reviews Clinical�…, 2018 - nature.com
Cholangiocarcinoma is a disease entity comprising diverse epithelial tumours with features
of cholangiocyte differentiation: cholangiocarcinomas are categorized according to�…