ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2019
From bench to bed: the tumor immune microenvironment and current immunotherapeutic strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma.
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263 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Efficacy and Safety of Cellular Immunotherapy by Local Infusion for Liver Tumor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Effect and safety of tislelizumab combined with anlotinib and radiotherapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-arm, single-center, phase II clinical study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Exposure-Response Analyses of Tremelimumab Monotherapy or in Combination with Durvalumab in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2023Trial
- Mapping research trends in esophageal cancer immunotherapy: A decade of thematic evolution and emerging priorities.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Stemness plasticity in hepatocellular carcinoma: spatial niches and therapeutic implications.Journal of liver cancer · 2026Article
- Identification of STEAP4, EPC1, and CLEC1B as non-invasive candidate biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma using integrated bioinformatics analysis.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Mesoporous polydopamine nanoplatform enhances IL-2 immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma via mild photothermal therapy and lactate regulation.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2026Article
- Cracking the shield: oncolytic viruses versus the tumor-immune fortress.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- Signalling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) metastasis and invasion: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Review
- Deciphering the intratumor microbiota in malignant gastrointestinal tumors: multifaceted interplay and clinical implications.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Dynamic remodeling of the tumor immune microenvironment: immunometabolic regulatory networks of astragalus polysaccharides and astragaloside IV.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Machine learning-driven multi-omics integration uncovers a senescence associated molecular axis in HCC.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Multimodal tumor thermal therapy enhances antitumor immunity by expanding tumor-reactive CX3CR1⁺GPR56⁺ T cells in hepatocellular carcinoma.Theranostics · 2026Article
- Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: From Ontogeny and Heterogeneity to Immune Evasion and Therapeutic Targeting.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2026Review
- Peripheral immune dynamics during treatment predict prognosis in HCC receiving TACE plus ICIs and anti-VEGF/TKIs.Clinical & translational immunology · 2026Article
- Immunologic effects of locoregional therapies for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2025Article
- Targeting tumor-intrinsic BCL9 reverses immunotherapy resistance by eliciting macrophage-mediated phagocytosis and antigen presentation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Novel immune-related prognostic models for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection.Hepatology international · 2025Article
- Combination immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: synergies among immune checkpoints, TKIs, and chemotherapy.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks the most common primary liver malignancy and the third leading cause of tumor-related mortality worldwide. Unfortunately, despite advances in HCC treatment, less than 40% of HCC patients are eligible for potentially curative therapies. Recently, cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most promising approaches for cancer treatment. It has been proven therapeutically effective in many types of solid tumors, such as non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma. As an inflammation-associated tumor, it's well-evidenced that the immunosuppressive microenvironment of HCC can promote immune tolerance and evasion by various mechanisms. Triggering more vigorous HCC-specific immune response represents a novel strategy for its management. Pre-clinical and clinical investigations have revealed that various immunotherapies might extend current options for needed HCC treatment. In this review, we provide the recent progress on HCC immunology from both basic and clinical perspectives, and discuss potential advances and challenges of immunotherapy in HCC.
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