@inbook{210e1ae7f34e47e9a042ffda017e6271,
title = "Targeting Tertiary Lymphoid Structures for Tumor Immunotherapy",
abstract = "Tumor microenvironments (TME) are usually immunosuppressive and prevent lymphocyte priming. Recent clinical trials have shown that cancer immunotherapy such as immune checkpoint inhibitors can induce unprecedented durable responses in patients with a variety of cancers. Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) can form inside or adjacent to tumor tissues due to persistent inflammation. The formation of TLS facilitates lymphocyte trafficking and infiltration into tumor tissues. It can also support effective antigen presentation and lymphocyte activation. Thus, TLS have become an intriguing target to manipulate antitumor immunity. Several therapeutics targeting TLS have been developed and shown promising antitumor effects in various mouse models. In this chapter, we describe the general approach to establish transplantable mouse tumor models for the study of immunotherapy. We introduce the strategies for therapy through systemic or local treatment targeting TLS. We also present approaches to evaluate the antitumor immune responses provoked by the therapies.",
keywords = "Cancer, Immunotherapy, Mouse tumor model, Tertiary lymphoid structure",
author = "Haidong Tang and Xiangyan Qiu and Casey Timmerman and Fu, {Yang Xin}",
note = "Funding Information: Y.X.F. holds the Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Professorship in Immunology. This work was in part supported by the US National Institutes of Health through National Cancer Institute grants CA141975 and CA97296, CPRIT grant RR150072, grants from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA09030303), and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (2012ZX10002006, 2011DFA31250, and 2012AA020701) to Y.X.F. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4939-8709-2_16",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
publisher = "Humana Press Inc.",
pages = "275--286",
booktitle = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
}