Erin Murphy

TL;DR: It is reported that the chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CCR7 are highly expressed in human breast cancer cells, malignant breast tumours and metastases and their respective ligands CXCL12/SDF-1α and CCL21/6Ckine exhibit peak levels of expression in organs representing the first destinations of breast cancer metastasis.

TL;DR: A member of theIL-1 family, IL-33, which mediates its biological effects via IL-1 receptor ST 2, activates NF-kappaB and MAP kinases, and drives production of T(H)2-associated cytokines from in vitro polarized T( H)2 cells is reported.

TL;DR: The T cell–inflamed GEP contained IFN-&ggr;–responsive genes related to antigen presentation, chemokine expression, cytotoxic activity, and adaptive immune resistance, and these features were necessary, but not always sufficient, for clinical benefit.

TL;DR: The potential for TMB and a T cell–inflamed GEP to jointly predict clinical response to pembrolizumab was assessed in >300 patient samples with advanced solid tumors and melanoma across 22 tumor types from four KEYNOTE clinical trials.

TL;DR: Indirect intradermal administration of IL-23 in mouse skin initiates a tumor necrosis factor–dependent, but IL-17A–independent, cascade of events resulting in erythema, mixed dermal infiltrate, and epidermal hyperplasia associated with parakeratosis.