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Lisa M. Coussens

Researcher at Oregon Health & Science University

Publications -  266
Citations -  71080

Lisa M. Coussens is an academic researcher from Oregon Health & Science University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Immune system & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 88, co-authored 232 publications receiving 60476 citations. Previous affiliations of Lisa M. Coussens include Genentech & Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Inflammation and cancer

TL;DR: It is now becoming clear that the tumour microenvironment, which is largely orchestrated by inflammatory cells, is an indispensable participant in the neoplastic process, fostering proliferation, survival and migration.
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Accessories to the Crime: Functions of Cells Recruited to the Tumor Microenvironment

TL;DR: Most of the hallmarks of cancer are enabled and sustained to varying degrees through contributions from repertoires of stromal cell types and distinctive subcell types, which presents interesting new targets for anticancer therapy.
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Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients

TL;DR: Examination of the oral and gut microbiome of melanoma patients undergoing anti-programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1) immunotherapy suggested enhanced systemic and antitumor immunity in responding patients with a favorable gut microbiome as well as in germ-free mice receiving fecal transplants from responding patients.
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Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors and Cancer—Trials and Tribulations

TL;DR: The studies that brought MPIs into clinical testing are reviewed and the design and outcome of the trials are discussed in light of new information about the cellular source, substrates, and mode of action of MMPs at different stages of tumor progression.