Download or read book Innate Immune Regulation and Cancer Immunotherapy written by Rong-Fu Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innate and adaptive immunity play important roles in immunosurveillance and tumor destruction. However, increasing evidence suggests that tumor-infiltrating immune cells may have a dual function: inhibiting or promoting tumor growth and progression. Although regulatory T (Treg) cells induce immune tolerance by suppressing host immune responses against self- or non self-antigens, thus playing critical roles in preventing autoimmune diseases, they might inhibit antitumor immunity and promote tumor growth. Recent studies demonstrate that elevated proportions of Treg cells are present in various types of cancers and suppress antitumor immunity. Furthermore, tumor-specific Treg cells can inhibit immune responses only when they are exposed to antigens presented by tumor cells. Therefore, Treg cells at tumor sites have detrimental effects on immunotherapy directed to cancer.
Download or read book Innate Immune Regulation and Cancer Immunotherapy written by and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New insights into innate immune cell based immunotherapies in cancer written by Mary Poupot-Marsan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-04-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation X written by Sudhir Gupta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is edited by Dr. Sudhir Gupta, internationally recognized expert in Immunology, Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Topics include toll receptors, dendritic cells, NK cells, and complement receptors.
Download or read book Immunomodulation of Innate Immune Cells written by Catarina R. Almeida and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Molecular Biology of The Cell written by Bruce Alberts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy written by Robert C. Rees and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patients are beginning to benefit from antibody based, cellular and vaccine approaches that are effective against genetically diverse and therapy-resistance cancers. BCG immunotherapy is now being used as a first line treatment for human bladder cancer and the introduction of prophylactic vaccination against Hepatitis B and HPV cancers is starting to show positive results. Following recent FDA approval for a vaccination against prostate cancer, and optimistic results in clinical trials for a vaccine targeting cancer antigens in lung cancer, cancer immunotherapy is now significantly impacting patient clinical management. Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of cancer immunity and immunotherapy. It discusses our adaptive and innate immunity to cancer, the mechanisms underpinning our immune response, current approaches to cancer immunotherapy, and how tumour and host responses can circumvent effective anti-cancer immunity. The book examines recent results, publications and current areas of interest including 'immune editing' and the specific issues that are affecting the research and development of vaccines, providing insight into how these problems may be overcome, as viewed by world leaders in the field. Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy will appeal to clinicians working in oncology and cancer immunotherapy, and research scientists including PhD and masters students, post-doctoral researchers and senior investigators.
Download or read book Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy written by Glenn Dranoff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interplay between tumors and their immunologic microenvironment is complex, difficult to decipher, but its understanding is of seminal importance for the development of novel prognostic markers and therapeutic strategies. The present review discusses tumor-immune interactions in several human cancers that illustrate various aspects of this complexity and proposes an integrated scheme of the impact of local immune reactions on clinical outcome. Current active immunotherapy trials have shown durable tumor regressions in a fraction of patients. However, clinical efficacy of current vaccines is limited, possibly because tumors skew the immune system by means of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, inflammatory type 2 T cells and regulatory T cells (Tregs), all of which prevent the generation of effector cells. To improve the clinical efficacy of cancer vaccines in patients with metastatic disease, we need to design novel and improved strategies that can boost adaptive immunity to cancer, help overcome Tregs and allow the breakdown of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
Download or read book Cancer Immunotherapy written by Kenneth F. May and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interplay of innate and adaptive antitumor immunity dictates the intensity and outcome of the endogenous anticancer response. Stress-induced molecules on tumor cells trigger innate immune reactions, whereas the processing and presentation of tumor-associated antigens evokes adaptive immune recognition. Innate and adaptive antitumor responses may impact tumor development in different ways. In some cases, endogenous reactions suppress tumor formation, while exerting a selective pressure that fosters the emergence of escape variants. Alternatively, some host responses promote tumor cell growth, invasion, and metastasis through the elaboration of inflammatory mediators and cytokines. Investigations have uncovered unique and overlapping roles for innate and adaptive anti tumor immunity, revealing a complex network of interactions among tumor cells, immune elements, and stromal components within the tumor microenvironment, which together shape the direction, quality, and dynamics of the anticancer response.
Download or read book Cancer Immunotherapy written by Jenni Punt and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once alerted by the innate immune system to the presence of a pathogen or a cellular abnormality, the adaptive immune system responds by activating and expanding antigen-specific B and T lymphocytes. This chapter focuses specifically on the activation and activities of T lymphocytes, which coordinate the adaptive immune response. We open with a description of where and how naïve T cells first encounter antigen. We then examine what factors influence the differentiation of helper CD4+ T lymphocytes into one of several effector subsets, each of which secretes a distinct subset of cytokines. We follow with a discussion of the origin and function of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells, the lymphocyte with the capacity to directly kill tumor cells. We close with a brief summary of the unique challenges that face the adaptive immune system when it tried to mount a response to a tumor.
Download or read book Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy written by Mansoor M. Amiji and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivery Technologies for Immuno-Oncology: Volume 1: Delivery Strategies and Engineering Technologies in Cancer Immunotherapy examines the challenges of delivering immuno-oncology therapies. Immuno-oncology (IO) is a growing field of medicine at the interface of immunology and cancer biology leading to development of novel therapeutic approaches, such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) and immune checkpoint blockade antibodies, that are clinically approved approaches for cancer therapy. Although currently approved IO approaches have shown tremendous promise for select types of cancers, broad application of IO strategies could even further improve the clinical success, especially for diseases such as pancreatic cancer, brain tumors where the success of IO so far has been limited. Nanotechnology-based targeted delivery strategies could improve the delivery efficiency of IO agents as well as provide additional avenues for novel therapeutic and vaccination strategies. Additionally, a number of locally-administered immunogenic scaffolds and therapeutic strategies, such as the use of STING agonist, could benefit from rationally designed biomaterials and delivery approaches. Delivery Technologies for Immuno-Oncology: Volume 1: Delivery Strategies and Engineering Technologies in Cancer Immunotherapy creates a comprehensive treaty that engages the scientific and medical community who are involved in the challenges of immunology, cancer biology, and therapeutics with possible solutions from the nanotechnology and drug delivery side. Comprehensive treaty covering all aspects of immuno-oncology (IO) Novel strategies for delivery of IO therapeutics and vaccines Forecasting on the future of nanotechnology and drug delivery for IO
Download or read book Crossroads between Innate and Adaptive Immunity III written by Bali Pulendran and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of reviews derived from work presented at the Aegean Conference: “3rd Crossroads between innate and adaptive immunity” which occurred during September 27 - October 2, 2009 at the Minoa Palace Conference Center in Chania, Crete, Greece. This meeting was the third in a series, and assembled a team of scientists working on mechanisms by which the innate immune system of the host senses pathogens, the cellular and signaling networks that orchestrate the innate response and antigen presentation and adaptive immunity. The various facets of the innate response, including dendritic cells, T cells, B cells, NK cells, NK-T cells and the complement cascade during the host response to pathogens and tumors is only now starting to be elucidated. The respective fields that focus on these immune cells and molecules have tended to be relatively compartmentalized, and yet emerging evidence points to the interconnectedness of these facets in coordinating the innate response, and its subsequent impact on the adaptive response. The goal of this conference was to initiate cross-talk between these diverse immunological fields, and promote and facilitate discussion on the interactions between the innate immune response and the adaptive immune response and ultimately facilitate collaboration between these areas of study. Following on the footsteps of the outstanding success of its precursors, the “3rd Crossroads between Innate and Adaptive Immunity” Aegean Conference was highly successful in bringing together and connecting scientists and experts from around the world to address critical areas of Innate and Adaptive immunity.
Download or read book Systems Biology in Cancer Immunotherapy written by Mahbuba Rahman and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decades, systems biology approaches have been applied in different areas of life science research including oncology. Researchers now understand the hallmarks of cancer cells such as abnormal cell growth, inflammation, dysregulated metabolic pathways and drug resistance properties at a molecular level. Systems biology approaches have enabled researchers to investigate cancer immunology by identifying cancer related biomarkers on immune cells, and to study the effect of different therapies in tissue cultures and mouse models. Systems Biology in Cancer Immunotherapy explains the scope of systems biology in understanding the immune response to neoplasms. The book introduces readers to the concepts crucial to cancer immunology before delving into the applied systems biology topics such as the metabolic pathways in cancer cells, the biomolecular roles of signal transduction molecules and their respective biochemical pathways ad cancer immunotherapy. A brief conclusion at the end also provides some information from a clinical and commercial perspective on cancer immunotherapy. This volume is intended as an introductory reference for life science and medical students, researchers and academics interested in the application of systems biology to the immune system in oncology research and chemotherapy practice.
Download or read book Immunoregulatory Aspects of Immunotherapy written by Seyyed Shamsadin Athari and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immunotherapy is an innovative, leading and valuable approach to the treatment and control of many diseases. It can solve many problems of public health worldwide. Many people in numerous countries are suffering from a wide range of diseases (communicable and non-communicable) that can be cured or controlled by the immune system and immunotherapy. Some immunological diseases (i.e. allergic reactions and asthma, autoimmune disease, immunodeficiency disease, hypersensitivity reactions, etc.) have immune response pathophysiology and by controlling immune system mechanisms, these diseases can be controlled and cured. Immunoregulatory Aspects of Immunotherapy focuses on immune system mechanism, diagnosis, treatment and other related problems. The chapters have applicable and scientific data in immunotherapeutic approaches based on medical sciences, and would be of benefit to all researchers in immunology, allergy and asthma fields. The book discusses the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients who have dangerous diseases. We hope this book will be a new approach to the immunotherapy of diseases and will improve public health and wellbeing.
Download or read book Innate Immune Cell Therapy of Cancer written by Asha B. Pillai and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adoptive cellular immunotherapy of cancer, particularly chimeric antigen receptor-transduced T cell (CAR-T) therapies, have enjoyed an explosion of clinical trials and translational and basic research in the past decade. The concept and design of the CAR, though originally intended to optimize targeting of innate natural killer cells (NK cells) to tumor-specific antigens, was laterally applied in the past decade to conventional autologous and later third-party allogeneic T cells with first-in-kind successes in leukemia immunotherapy in both adults and children. This approach also spawned the development of an entire industry focused on cancer immunotherapy, laying the foundation for the current paradigm shifts away from toxic chemo/radiotherapy to immune targeting. Aside from cytokine-release toxicities, specific obstacles plaguing existing CAR-T cell therapies include suboptimal killing by fatigued or senescent autologous patient-derived T cells derived, acquisition of tumor resistance to T-cell based immune therapies, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) associated with allogeneic conventional T cell therapies.
Download or read book The Intricate Innate Immune Cancer Cell Relationship in the Context of Tumor Angiogenesis Immunity and Microbiota the Angiogenic Switch in the Tumor Microenvironment as a Key Target for Immunotherapies written by Lorenzo Mortara and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Immunotherapy of Cancer written by Mary L. Disis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-28 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert bench and clinical scientists join forces to concurrently review both the state-of-the-art in tumor immunology and its clinical translation into promising practical treatments. The authors explain in each chapter the scientific basis behind such therapeutic agents as monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, vaccines, and T-cells, and illustrate their clinical manipulation to combat cancer. Additional chapters address statistical analysis-both of clinical trials and assay evaluations-methods for the discovery of antigens, adoptive T cell therapy, and adaptive and innate immunity. The challenges in clinical trial design, the need for biomarkers of response-such as novel imaging techniques and immunologic monitoring-and the new advances and directions in cancer immunotherapy are also fully examined.
