Neutrophils Physically Interact with Tumor Cells to Form a Signaling Niche Promoting Breast Cancer Aggressiveness

Academic Background Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors among women worldwide, with a complex pathogenesis involving interactions among multiple cell types and signaling pathways. In recent years, the role of the tumor microenvironment (TME) in cancer progression has gradually gained attention. Neutrophils, as an essential comp...

Odronextamab Monotherapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma: Primary Efficacy and Safety Analysis in Phase 2 ELM-2 Trial

Academic Background Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL), accounting for approximately 30% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Although first-line immunochemotherapy (e.g., R-CHOP regimen) has shown efficacy in DLBCL patients, about 30% of patients relapse or become refractory (relapsed/refrac...

Structural Insights into Spliceosome Fidelity: DHX35–GPATCH1-Mediated Rejection of Aberrant Splicing Substrates

Academic Background Introduction The spliceosome is a highly dynamic macromolecular complex responsible for the precise excision of introns from pre-mRNA. Although recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have provided a comprehensive structural understanding of the stepwise assembly, catalytic splicing, and final disassembly of the sp...

Molecular Mechanism of the Arrestin-Biased Agonism of Neurotensin Receptor 1 by an Intracellular Allosteric Modulator

Academic Background G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most abundant family of cell surface receptors in the human body and are also the most common targets of FDA-approved drugs. GPCRs play a crucial role in the treatment of various diseases, including pain, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. However, drug development targetin...

An Antibody–Toxin Conjugate Targeting CD47 Linked to the Bacterial Toxin Listeriolysin O for Cancer Immunotherapy

Academic Background Cancer immunotherapy has become a hot topic in cancer research in recent years, with its core goal being to activate the patient’s own immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells. However, cancer cells evade immune system attacks through various mechanisms, one of which is the expression of the “don’t eat me” signal mo...