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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

A question of TiME: how microenvironmental interactions shape response to immunotherapy in CLL and Richter Transformation.

Alexander F Vom Stein, Phuong-Hien Nguyen, Elisa Ten Hacken

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Alexander F Vom SteinFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Phuong-Hien NguyenFaculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Elisa Ten HackenDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment landscape for many cancers, including some B- cell lymphomas. Immune checkpoint blockade, CAR-T cells and bispecific antibodies have shown promise for the treatment of Richter Transformation (RT) but have displayed reduced activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). These observations suggest that, besides the intrinsic differences between CLL cells and transformed RT cells, there are also marked differences in tumor immune microenvironmental (TiME) composition and tumor-immune cell interactions between these two entities, which remain to be fully characterized. In this perspective, we highlight recent studies describing the TiME in CLL and RT, utilizing both patient-derived tissues and novel mouse models. We then provide a brief overview of current clinical trials employing immunotherapy in CLL and RT and offer a perspective on current challenges and future research efforts in the field.

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Cell Transformation, NeoplasticImmunotherapyLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMicechronic lymphocytic leukemiaclinical trialsimmunotherapymicroenvironmentmouse modelspreclinical studiesRichter Transformation

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PMID40510357
PMCPMC12159015

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