CSF1 expression

We observed in vitro that the activation of lymphocytes mediated by pembrolizumab was hindered by the treatment of PBMC with recombinant CSF-1, suggesting that CSF-1 creates a systemic immunosuppressive state that interferes with ICI treatment. In conclusion, baseline CSF-1 levels represent a potential predictive marker to ICI treatment in NSCLC.

Our findings provide additional evidence that the CSF1/CSF1R pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of XGET/KPGCT. These findings suggest a possible role for CSF1R inhibition in the treatment of unresectable or metastatic XGET/KPGCT.

Single-cell analysis of human lung cancers revealed a significant reduction in the immunosuppressive TAMs in former smokers compared with individuals who had never smoked. These findings demonstrate that carcinogen exposure impairs the development of an immunosuppressive TME and indicate a novel link between carcinogens and cancer immunogenicity.

This phenomenon extended to human lung cancers, as evidenced by TAM reprogramming in smokers versus nonsmokers. This study substantially advances our understanding of carcinogen-mediated effects on cancer immunogenicity, potentially redirecting approaches to cancer immunotherapy.

Inhibition of Brd4 not only reduces tumor invasion and lung metastasis, but also reduces circulating Csf-1 levels. Overall, our results establish a novel p53-R172H-dependent Brd4-Csf-1 axis that promotes ESCC lung metastasis, and suggest avenues for therapeutic strategies for this difficult-to-treat disease.

Pts with TGCT not amenable to surgery and no prior anti-CSF1/CSF1R therapy (previous treatment with imatinib or nilotinib was allowed) were enrolled and treated with vimseltinib 30 mg twice weekly (recommended phase 2 dose). Longer follow-up demonstrated that vimseltinib continued to be well tolerated with a manageable safety profile in pts with TGCT not amenable to surgery with no prior anti-CSF1/CSF1R therapy. Antitumor activity continued to improve with a promising overall ORR. At week 25, the majority of responders experienced ≥30% reductions in worst and average pain.

Pts with TGCT not amenable to surgery who received prior anti-CSF1/CSF1R therapy (including pexidartinib, cabiralizumab, or vimseltinib) were enrolled and treated with vimseltinib 30 mg twice weekly (recommended phase 2 dose). Longer follow-up demonstrated that vimseltinib continued to be well tolerated with a manageable safety profile in pts with TGCT not amenable to surgery who received prior anti-CSF1/CSF1R therapy. Antitumor activity continued to improve in this pretreated population, with an increased ORR. At week 25, all responders experienced ≥30% reductions in worst and average pain.

To assess the mechanism of CSF-1-mediated suppression of immunotherapy, Isolated PBMC, activated with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) with or without pembrolizumab (20 nM), were cultured alone, or in the presence of macrophages or on an established NSCLC monolayer...The use of Pexidartinib (PLX-3397), a CSF-1R inhibitor, reversed the effects of CSF-1 by restoring lymphocyte activation. However, these effects were dependent on the presence of monocytes/macrophages, suggesting that the immune suppression mediated by CSF-1 was an indirect effect resulting from the stimulation of monocytes that promote their differentiation into macrophages. Conclusions Our study suggests that plasma levels of CSF-1 could serve as a useful predictive biomarker for resistance to ICIs, while targeting the CSF-1/CSF-1R signaling pathway could potentially overcome resistance to ICIs in patients with NSCLC.

Furthermore, we developed cell lines from the GEMM tumors, including a dTAG-Myc model system, which validated our Myc-dependent findings both in vitro and in vivo. Our studies utilized innovative, and clinically relevant models to identify a novel molecular mechanism through which Myc regulates the profile and function of the osteosarcoma immune landscape.

In conclusion, three preoperative immunological plasma markers were prognostic for survival after surgery for BTC, providing good discrimination, even compared to postoperative pathology. TRAIL and CSF1, prognostic factors in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, showed marked differences in expression and activity between intra- and peritumoral immune cells.

A combination of CBG and αPD-L1 was more effective in reducing tumor progression, enhancing survival and increasing the infiltration of activated cytotoxic T-cells than each treatment separately. We show a novel mechanism for CBG in modulating the TME and enhancing immune checkpoint blockade therapy, underlining its promising therapeutic potential for the treatment of a variety of tumors with elevated CSF-1 expression.

SMAE attenuated the infiltration of TAMs into tumors and synergized with anti-PD-L1 to treat CRC via modulating Cox2/PGE2 cascade.

In conclusion, we developed and validated a novel bottom-up computational-experimental approach for the assembly and design of multi-domain protein biosensors with programmable input-output behavior. We demonstrate that our strategy can overcome major challenges posed by the TME and results in potent and tumor selective enhancement of CAR T cell therapy for cancer.

Reducing the expression of either SPP1 or CSF1 could significantly reduce the proliferation of HCC cells and the expression of CSF1, SPP1, and the other four hub genes. This study suggested that SPP1 and CSF1 interact with each other and have the potential to be therapeutic and prognostic targets for HCC.

We have demonstrated novel roles and mechanisms of mutant p53-dependent CSF1-CSF1R signaling pathway in fostering ESCC tumor invasion and lung metastasis that may be applicable to other SCCs. We believe this can open up new avenues for therapeutic applications.

Other signaling pathways with evidence for involvement in TGCT pathogenesis include programmed death ligand-1, matrix metalloproteinases, and the Casitas B-cell lymphoma family of ubiquitin ligases. While growing understanding of the pathways leading to TGCT has resulted in the development of both regulatory approved and investigational therapies, more detail on underlying disease mechanisms still needs to be elucidated in order to improve the choice of individualized therapies and to enhance treatment outcomes.

Cellular proliferation in mouse PitNETs was inhibited by high concentrations of M-CSFR inhibitors, suggesting that cell-to-cell communication between PitNETs and macrophages induces M-CSF expression, which in turn enhances TAM chemotaxis and maturation in the tumor microenvironment. Blocking the M-CSFR signaling pathway might be a novel therapeutic adjuvant in treating recurrent PitNETs.

This study reported molecular heterogeneity in TGCT, contrasting with the clinical and pathological homogeneity and the ubiquitous high CSF1 and CSF1R expression levels. Whether molecular diversity may impact the efficacy of systemic treatments needs to be further investigated.

Our results revealed that HCG18 promoted M2 macrophage polarization to facilitate CET resistance to CRC cells through modulating miR-365a-3p/FOXO1/CSF-1 axis.

DHX9/TCF12/CSF1 axis regulated the increases in the infiltration of TAMs to promote glioma progression and might be a novel potential target for future immune therapies against gliomas.

We conclude that PHFT may be even more indolent than has been appreciated, although classification as an "intermediate" tumor is correct. We hypothesize that the CSF1-producing "null cells" of PHFT may represent the neoplastic element, with the bulk of the tumor masses comprising recruited and reactive cell populations.

We revealed characteristic CSF1 expression on IHC in cases of TSGCT, whereas the cases of non-TSGCT exhibited no CSF1 expression. CSF1 IHC may be useful for differentiating TSGCTs from histologically mimicking GCRTs and GCRT-like lesions.

FGFR mRNA overexpression occurs frequently in cholangiocarcinoma in the absence of genetic FGFR alterations. This study identifies a molecular subpopulation in cholangiocarcinoma for which further investigation of FGFR inhibitors is merited outside currently approved indications.

Vimseltinib demonstrated long-term tolerability in patients with TGCT not amenable to surgery. The ORR continues to improve; sustained responses were observed across all dose cohorts both within and after 6 months, demonstrating continued benefit with prolonged treatment.Previously presented at ESMO 2022, FPN: Pending, Gelderblom, et al. Reused with permission.

We report safety, efficacy, and preliminary patient-reported outcome data for patients with TGCT treated with the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D; 30 mg twice weekly; NCT03069469). Patients with TGCT not amenable to surgery were treated in 2 cohorts: A (no prior anti-CSF1/CSF1R therapy except imatinib and/or nilotinib) and B (prior anti-CSF1/CSF1R therapy). At RP2D, vimseltinib demonstrated encouraging antitumour activity with clinical benefit (partial response + stable disease) in 100% of patients. AEs were manageable in both cohorts. Patients reported symptomatic benefit (improved BPI scores).

Inhibition of CSF1 receptor partly suppressed the paracrine effects of HPCs on HUVECs. Taken together, our study indicates that inhibition of the paracrine function of HPCs through modulation of their differentiation status and inhibition of CSF1 signaling is a promising strategy for inhibition of angiogenesis during pathological progression.

Furthermore, by evaluating many parameters, including surface markers, cytokines, metabolic enzymes and characteristic molecules, IL-32γ was verified to induce the polarization of M2 MΦs, a function that was partly dependent on increasing the expression of colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF1). Taken together, the results of our study indicate that IL-32γ promotes MΦ-mediated MM drug resistance and modifies MΦs toward the M2 phenotype, providing a crucial theoretical basis for targeted MΦ immunotherapy.

Amongst TAM subsets, expression of CSF-1R was lowest in F4/80 TAMs, however Ly6C TAMs had higher intracellular CSF-1R expression. This suggests downstream CSF-1R signaling may vary between macrophage subsets, which can have implications towards CSF-1R blockade therapies targeting macrophages in cancer.

We investigated in depth the mechanism of β-Klotho regulating CSF-1 secretion and found that β-Klotho inhibits the phosphorylation of p65, which blocked the nuclear translocation of p65, thereby inhibiting the secretion of CSF-1 by EC cells. The above results indicate that β-Klotho-mediated inhibition of CSF-1 secretion reduces the migration of macrophages to tumor tissue and delays the progression of EC.

Capitalizing on studies on HCC cells and tissues, animal models, and clinical information, we reveal a previously unappreciated TAM-mediated oncogenic network via multiple reciprocal enforcing molecular nodes. Targeting this network may be an approach to treat HCC patients.

Using the DNB method and network pharmacology approach, this study revealed that CEBPA, IL7R, EGFR, and CSF1 expression was remarkably altered in chronic liver disease and thus, may play an important role in driving the progression of cirrhosis. Therefore, CEBPA, IL7R, EGFR, and CSF1 may be important targets of Xiaoyaosan in treating cirrhosis and can be considered for developing novel therapeutics.

Our study shows that TAMs were increased in MM patients which can inhibit the function of cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) through the PD-1/ PD-L1 signaling pathway and participate in the occurrence of immune escape of myeloma cells.

PDAC patient T cells that were found phenotypically anergic (CD3+CD25+CTLA4+PD1L1+) in PortalBMC could be re-activated (CD3+CD25+CTLA4-PD1L1-), and displayed increased interferon gamma (IFNγ) production when PortalBMC ex vivo cultures were treated with anti-CSF1R, anti-IL-8, and anti-IL-34 antibodies alone or in combination. These findings suggest that PDAC CTC have the potential to influence myeloid differentiation and/or antigen presenting cell activation in the PDAC portal blood microenvironment, and that disruption of CTC/M-FB interactions may be potential targets for reversing the immunosuppression supporting CTC survival in the portal blood.

Using a biomaterial-based platform, we found that cancer cells seeded on stiffer substrates recruited more macrophages, supporting our in vivo findings. Together, our results demonstrate a key role of matrix stiffness in affecting cell-cell communication and macrophage recruitment.

Collectively, this work describes a novel enhancer that is active in the TNBC subtype, which is associated with cellular growth, and requires eRNA transcripts for proper enhancer function. These results demonstrate the significant impact of enhancers in cancer biology and highlight their potential as tractable targets for therapeutic intervention.

Our findings provide the rationale for testing the trametinib/αPD-1 combination in HNC and highlight the importance of sensitizing tumors to αPD-1 by using MEK1/2 to interfere with the tumor-host interaction. Moreover, we describe the concept that treatment of cancer with a targeted therapy transiently induces an immune-active microenvironment, and supplementation of immunotherapy during this time further activates the antitumor machinery to cause tumor elimination.

ChIP-Seq analysis reveals altered AR binding in 2482 genes although there is no significant widespread change in global AR transcriptional activity. Collectively, our study demonstrates that increased macrophage infiltration causes PIN formation but fails to transform prostate cells.