Immunobiology and Cytokine Modulation of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Microenvironment: A Scoping Review

Shreya Budhiraja; Hinda Najem; Shashwat Tripathi; Nitin R. Wadhawani; Craig Horbinski; Matthew McCord; Alicia C. Lenzen; Amy B. Heimberger; Michael DeCuypere

doi:10.3390/cancers15143655

Immunobiology and Cytokine Modulation of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Microenvironment: A Scoping Review

Shreya Budhiraja, Hinda Najem, Shashwat Tripathi, Nitin R. Wadhawani, Craig Horbinski, Matthew McCord, Alicia C. Lenzen, Amy B. Heimberger, Michael DeCuypere^*

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Abstract

Utilizing a Scoping Review strategy in the domain of immune biology to identify immune therapeutic targets, knowledge gaps for implementing immune therapeutic strategies for pediatric brain tumors was assessed. The analysis demonstrated limited efforts to date to characterize and understand the immunological aspects of tumor biology with an over-reliance on observations from the adult glioma population. Foundational knowledge regarding the frequency and ubiquity of immune therapeutic targets is an area of unmet need along with the development of immune-competent pediatric tumor models to test therapeutics and especially combinatorial treatment. Opportunities arise in the evolution of pediatric tumor classification from histological to molecular with targeted immune therapeutics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	3655
Journal	Cancers
Volume	15
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15143655
State	Published - Jul 2023

Funding

This study was funded by the NIH grants CA120813, NS120547, and P30CA060553, P50CA221747, the Remission Alliance, and gracious funding from the Malnati Brain Tumor Institute.

Keywords

immunotherapy
microenvironment
pediatric brain tumor
therapeutic strategies

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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