ReviewCancers2023
Cytokine Profile in Lung Cancer Patients: Anti-Tumor and Oncogenic Cytokines.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Circulating cytokines as potential dynamic biomarkers of PD-1 blockade response and prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- Comparative Transcriptomics Study of Curcumin and Conventional Therapies in Translocation, Clear Cell, and Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Subtypes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- IFI30 Knockdown Inhibits ESCC Progression by Promoting Apoptosis and Senescence via Activation of JNK and P21/P16 Pathways.Thoracic cancer · 2025Article
- Impact of Lithium on the Immune System: An Investigation of T-Cell Subpopulations and Cytokine Responses in Rats.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
- Long non-coding RNAs as key orchestrators of the tumor microenvironment in lung cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- The challenge of cytotoxic T cell responses in carcinoma with a focus on lung carcinoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Review
- Leveraging Evolutionary Immunology in Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-17 Signaling for Lung Cancer Therapeutics.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024Review
- The mechanism of cytokine regulation of cancer occurrence and development in the tumor microenvironment and its application in cancer treatment: a narrative review.Translational cancer research · 2024Review
- Integrated whole-exome and bulk transcriptome sequencing delineates the dynamic evolution from preneoplasia to invasive lung adenocarcinoma featured with ground-glass nodules.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- The Triterpenoid CDDO-Methyl Ester Reduces Tumor Burden, Reprograms the Immune Microenvironment, and Protects from Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicity in a Preclinical Mouse Model of Established Lung Cancer.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Synergistic B and T lymphocyte interaction: prognostic implications in non-small cell lung cancer.American journal of cancer research · 2024Article
- Biomarkers of success of anti-PD-(L)1 immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer derived from RNA- and whole-exome sequencing: results of a prospective observational study on a cohort of 85 patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Observational
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11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Lung cancer is currently the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In recent years, checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy (ICI) has emerged as a new treatment. A better understanding of the tumor microenvironment (TMJ) or the immune system surrounding the tumor is needed. Cytokines are small proteins that carry messages between cells and are known to play an important role in the body's response to inflammation and infection. Cytokines are important for immunity in lung cancer. They promote tumor growth (oncogenic cytokines) or inhibit tumor growth (anti-tumour cytokines) by controlling signaling pathways for growth, proliferation, metastasis, and apoptosis. The immune system relies heavily on cytokines. They can also be produced in the laboratory for therapeutic use. Cytokine therapy helps the immune system to stop the growth or kill cancer cells. Interleukins and interferons are the two types of cytokines used to treat cancer. This article begins by addressing the role of the TMJ and its components in lung cancer. This review also highlights the functions of various cytokines such as interleukins (IL), transforming growth factor (TGF), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
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