Efficacy-Effectiveness Analysis of Encorafenib-Cetuximab Treatment in Patients with Oncogene-Mutated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Cohort Study Research Background With the advancement of personalized medicine, targeted therapy has become an important means to treat various cancers. In metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), the combination of encor...

The Relationship Between Autoimmune Diseases and Gastric Cancer Risk in the British Population Background Introduction Despite the overall incidence of gastric cancer has declined over the past few decades, the incidence of gastric cancer among young people in some Western countries has increased in recent years. This trend may be related to the in...

Research Report on Comprehensive Genomic and Transcriptomic Characteristics of High-Grade Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Research Background High-grade gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (HG GEP-NENs) are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors characterized by neuroendocrine differentiation. According to WHO 2019 [...

Research Report: The Regulatory Role of ROR2 in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Plasticity Background Introduction Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly disease with most patients lacking the possibility of a cure. This is partly due to the difficulty in early detection. One of the characteristics of PDAC is its extensive tumor cell heterogene...

Iron (Ferric Ion, Fe3+)-Dependent Telomerase Reactivation Drives Colorectal Cancer Development I. Research Background Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer globally, involving both genetic and non-genetic factors in its pathogenesis. Existing research shows a significant association between high iron content, hereditary iron overl...

Long-term Model for Studying Tumor Microenvironment Complexity: Patient-derived Mini-colons Background: The interaction between tumors and their surrounding microenvironment has profound implications for cancer development and treatment. However, existing in vitro tumor models lack the ability to capture these complex interactions. To address this ...

Nucleotide Base Adducts Bind MR1 and Stimulate MR1-Restricted T Cells Abstract This article provides an overview of the latest research by Vacchini et al. on MR1-restricted T cells (MR1T cells), which discovered the presence of nucleotide base adducts as MR1T cell antigens and unveiled their metabolic pathways and physiological functions in tumor c...

TREM2 Deficiency Remodels Intestinal Macrophages and Microbiota to Enhance Anti-PD-1 Tumor Immunotherapy A research team from the Washington University School of Medicine, led by Blanda Di Luccia and other scientists, recently published a study in the journal Science Immunology, revealing how intestinal microbiota and tumor-associated macrophages i...

MAIT Cells Monitor Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Protect the Host in Colitis Research Background As research on the relationship between the gut and host health deepens, changes in the gut microbiome are closely related to various human diseases, especially inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Currently, it is recognized that under homeostatic conditio...

Targeting T Cell Plasticity to Treat Inflammation in the Kidney and Gut: A Study Using Pooled Single-cell CRISPR Screening Background of the Study This paper, co-authored by Leon U.B. Enk and others, was published in the June 14, 2024, issue of “Science Immunology” under the title “Targeting T cell plasticity in kidney and gut inflammation by poole...