ReviewCancers2021
Pathological Characterization of Tumor Immune Microenvironment (TIME) in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
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- ONCOS-102 plus pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a randomized phase 2 study investigating clinical outcomes and the tumor microenvironment.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2023Trial
- Adjuvant dendritic cell-based immunotherapy after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase II clinical trial.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2023Trial
- Pathobiology and clinical significance of malignant pleural effusions.EMBO molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Proteomics of malignant pleural mesothelioma under hypoxic and normoxic conditions in a large animal (porcine) tumor model.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- The Effect of Cuproptosis-Related Proteins on Macrophage Polarization in Mesothelioma is Revealed by scRNA-seq.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Ecteinascidin synthetic analogues: a new class of selective inhibitors of transcription, exerting immunogenic cell death in refractory malignant pleural mesothelioma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
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- Editorial: Advances in malignant pleural mesothelioma: Diagnosis, treatment, and molecular mechanisms.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Clinical, Laboratory, Histological, Radiological, and Metabolic Features and Prognosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Informative Power Evaluation of Clinical Parameters to Predict Initial Therapeutic Response in Patients with Advanced Pleural Mesothelioma: A Machine Learning Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Recent Advances of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition and Potential for (Combined) TIGIT Blockade as a New Strategy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Pleural mesothelioma classification-update and challenges.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2022Review
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- Local Therapies and Modulation of Tumor Surrounding Stroma in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Translational Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Malignant Mesothelioma.Cancers · 2021Article
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Abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and highly aggressive disease that arises from pleural mesothelial cells, characterized by a median survival of approximately 13-15 months after diagnosis. The primary cause of this disease is asbestos exposure and the main issues associated with it are late diagnosis and lack of effective therapies. Asbestos-induced cellular damage is associated with the generation of an inflammatory microenvironment that influences and supports tumor growth, possibly in association with patients' genetic predisposition and tumor genomic profile. The chronic inflammatory response to asbestos fibers leads to a unique tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) composed of a heterogeneous mixture of stromal, endothelial, and immune cells, and relative composition and interaction among them is suggested to bear prognostic and therapeutic implications. TIME in MPM is known to be constituted by immunosuppressive cells, such as type 2 tumor-associated macrophages and T regulatory lymphocytes, plus the expression of several immunosuppressive factors, such as tumor-associated PD-L1. Several studies in recent years have contributed to achieve a greater understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms in tumor development and pathobiology of TIME, that opens the way to new therapeutic strategies. The study of TIME is fundamental in identifying appropriate prognostic and predictive tissue biomarkers. In the present review, we summarize the current knowledge about the pathological characterization of TIME in MPM.
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