In September 2020, the Japanese government approved cetuximab saratolacan (previously known as RM-1929, commercial name: Akalux) for the treatment of unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer. Cetuximab saratolacan is a chemical conjugate of the photosensitizer IR700 with cetuximab, which targets EGFR. The treatment consists in the intravenous injection of cetuximab saratolacan, which bind...
Cystic fibrosis is a disease caused by defective function of a chloride channel coupled to a blockade of autophagic flux. It has been proposed to use synthetic chloride transporters as pharmacological agents to compensate insufficient chloride fluxes. Here, we report that such chloride anionophores block autophagic flux in spite of the fact that they activate the pro-autophagic transcription factor EB (TFEB) co...
In the version of this article originally submitted, it was stated that the first three authors (Shaoyi_ Than, Yan Wang, Wei Xie) had contributed equally. However, in the published version this information was missing.
Oncolytic peptides and peptidomimetics are being optimized for the treatment of cancer by selecting agents with high cytotoxic potential to kill a maximum of tumor cells as well as the capacity to trigger anticancer immune responses and hence to achieve long-term effects beyond therapeutic discontinuation. Here, we report on the characterization of two novel oncolytic peptides, DTT-205 and DTT-304 that both sel...
The term "immunogenic cell death" (ICD) is commonly employed to indicate a peculiar instance of regulated cell death (RCD) that engages the adaptive arm of the immune system. The inoculation of cancer cells undergoing ICD into immunocompetent animals elicits a specific immune response associated with the establishment of immunological memory. Only a few agents are intrinsically endowed with the ability to trigg...
[This corrects the article on p. 187 in vol. 6, PMID: 25964783.].
During the past decades, anticancer immunotherapy has evolved from a promising therapeutic option to a robust clinical reality. Many immunotherapeutic regimens are now approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency for use in cancer patients, and many others are being investigated as standalone therapeutic interventions or combined with conventional treatments in clinical stud...