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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2025

Emerging insights into intravital imaging, unraveling its role in cancer immunotherapy.

Minfeng Yang, Shiqiang Hou, Yao Chen, Hongzhao Chen, Minjie Chu, Song-Bai Liu

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Minfeng YangSchool of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Shiqiang HouThe First People's Hospital of Chuzhou, The Affiliated Chuzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Chuzhou, China.
Yao ChenJiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Molecular Target Therapy and Companion Diagnostics in Oncology, Suzhou Vocational Health College, Suzhou, 215009, China.
Hongzhao ChenDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Minjie ChuSchool of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China. chuminjie@ntu.edu.cn.
Song-Bai LiuJiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Molecular Target Therapy and Companion Diagnostics in Oncology, Suzhou Vocational Health College, Suzhou, 215009, China. liusongbai@126.com.

Funding

The Natural Science Key Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China 24KJA310008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy has attracted great attention as a potential therapeutic approach for advanced malignancies due to its promising survival benefits. Comprehension of intricate interactions between the tumor microenvironment (TME) and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is crucial for optimizing and improving immunotherapies. Currently, several experimental strategies are available to monitor this complexity but most of them fail to facilitate real-time monitoring of the immune response such as cellular phagocytosis and cytolysis. Consequently, the application of intravital imaging has been extensively studied in the domain of cancer immunotherapy. Intravital imaging has been proven to be a powerful real-time imaging modality that provides insights into intratumoral immune responses, cellular metabolic signatures, tumor vasculature, and cellular functions. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research on intravital imaging in cancer immunotherapy, especially addressing how intravital imaging sheds light on essential features of tumor immunity, immune infiltrations, tumor angiogenesis, and aids in the clarification of underlying immunotherapeutic mechanisms. Moreover, a variety of labeling tools, imaging windows and models for real-time visualizations of TME are also summarized. We will also investigate the full potential of using intravital imaging to circumvent the limitations of currently available imaging modalities, which hold promise to advent efficient immunotherapy for cancer patients.

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ImmunotherapyIntravital MicroscopyNeoplasmsAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentImaging windowsImmunotherapyIntravital imagingTumor angiogenesisTumor immunity

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PMCPMC11794739

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