Tumor-Induced Immunosuppression
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 53456
Special Issue Editors
Interests: immunosupression; adenosine; CAR T cells; immune checkpoint blockade
Interests: immunoregulation; TGF-beta superfamily; NK cells; innate immunity
Interests: CRISPR/Cas9; cancer immunotherapy; tumour Immunology; CAR T cells; lymphocyte trafficking
Interests: cancer immunotherapy; CAR T cells; dendritic cells; adoptive cell therapy
Interests: cancer immunology; hematological malignancies; immunotherapy; natural killer cells; dendritic cells
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Dear Colleagues,
The role of the immune system in cancer surveillance is now well established. The immune system acts to eliminate malignancies through immunosurveillance. Through a process known as immune escape, tumors can upregulate immunosuppressive pathways to prevent effective immune responses, resulting in tumor outgrowth and potentially metastasis. Identifying the mechanisms of tumor-induced immunosuppression and developing therapeutics to overcome this has become a major focus in oncology. The potential of this approach is highlighted by the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting CTLA-4, PD-1 or its cognate ligand PD-L1. There are now thousands of ongoing clinical trials either combining these therapeutics with other treatment modalities or evaluating novel immune-based therapies designed to overcome alternative suppression pathways. Tumor-induced immunosuppression encompasses direct suppression of immune cells through ligand to ligand interactions, the secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines and metabolites, the establishment of a hypoxic environment that is unfavorable to effective antitumor immune responses, and the recruitment and differentiation of host immunosuppressive cells such as myeloid derived suppressor cells and regulatory T cells. Tumors can also suppress immune responses through the establishment of a niche which leads to the exclusion of immune cells, a so-called immune desert phenotype. This Special Issue will address the key barriers for effective antitumor immunity, approaches that have been developed to overcome them, and current clinical data using therapeutics developed to overcome immunosuppression. We hope this will provide a key resource for the field and provide insight into research areas which warrant further attention.
Dr. Paul A. Beavis
Dr. Fernando S. F. Guimaraes
Dr. Imran House
Dr. Junyun Lai
Dr. Camille Guillerey
Guest Editors
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