2024
Peripheral blood cytokines and outcomes with immune checkpoint blockade: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Karol A, Fujiwara Y, D'Ovidio T, Baldwin E, Joshi H, Doroshow D, Galsky M. Peripheral blood cytokines and outcomes with immune checkpoint blockade: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Immunotherapy 2024, 16: 829-840. PMID: 39155854, PMCID: PMC11457654, DOI: 10.1080/1750743x.2024.2379230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune checkpoint blockadeProgression-free survivalC-reactive proteinPeripheral blood cytokinesOverall survivalTumor-promoting inflammationCheckpoint blockadeInterleukin-6Interleukin-8Blood cytokinesOn-treatment declineIL-8 levelsTrial end pointsIL-6 levelsPharmacodynamic biomarkersInflammatory cytokinesEnd pointsResponse rateCytokinesMeta-analysisSystematic reviewBlockadeInflammationORRSurvivalC-reactive protein (CRP) as a prognostic biomarker in patients with urothelial carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Fujiwara Y, Karol A, Joshi H, Reford E, Izadmehr S, Doroshow D, Galsky M. C-reactive protein (CRP) as a prognostic biomarker in patients with urothelial carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Critical Reviews In Oncology/Hematology 2024, 197: 104352. PMID: 38614269, PMCID: PMC11219184, DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalC-reactive proteinUrothelial carcinomaTumor-promoting inflammationOverall survivalCRP valuesHazard ratioPro-inflammatory tumor microenvironmentAssociated with shorter OSICB-treated patientsImmune checkpoint blockadeEvaluate survival outcomesRandom-effects model meta-analysesHigher CRP levelsSystematic reviewMeta-analysesLow CRP valuesCheckpoint blockadeShorter OSSurvival outcomesTumor microenvironmentCRP levelsPrognostic biomarkerCarcinomaPatients
2023
An IL-4 signalling axis in bone marrow drives pro-tumorigenic myelopoiesis
LaMarche N, Hegde S, Park M, Maier B, Troncoso L, Le Berichel J, Hamon P, Belabed M, Mattiuz R, Hennequin C, Chin T, Reid A, Reyes-Torres I, Nemeth E, Zhang R, Olson O, Doroshow D, Rohs N, Gomez J, Veluswamy R, Hall N, Venturini N, Ginhoux F, Liu Z, Buckup M, Figueiredo I, Roudko V, Miyake K, Karasuyama H, Gonzalez-Kozlova E, Gnjatic S, Passegué E, Kim-Schulze S, Brown B, Hirsch F, Kim B, Marron T, Merad M. An IL-4 signalling axis in bone marrow drives pro-tumorigenic myelopoiesis. Nature 2023, 625: 166-174. PMID: 38057662, PMCID: PMC11189607, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06797-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterleukin-4IL-4RαMyeloid cellsCheckpoint blockadeTumor burdenPD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockadePD-1/PD-L1 blockadeBone marrowTumor-infiltrating CD8 T cellsType 2 cytokines interleukin-4PD-L1 checkpoint blockadeCell lung cancer lesionsNon-small cell lung cancer lesionsDepletion of basophilsPD-L1 blockadePrimary disease siteCD8 T cellsImmune checkpoint blockadeLung cancer lesionsNovel combination therapiesCytokine interleukin-4Bone marrow basophilsConditional knockout miceRefractory NSCLCEarly myeloid progenitors