Laura Lorenzo-Sanz
@lauralorenzos.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York | Fascinated by cancer cell plasticity, tumor microenvironment, immunology and therapy resistance
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Congrats Patricia and team!
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Hi! Can I be added please? 😃
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It's true that the #TIGIT space has seen ups and downs in the last few years. Curious to see clinical trials implementing better patient stratification strategies based on epithelial/mesenchymal markers to improve responses to #immunotherapy!
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Hi Jon! I'd love to join as well!!
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5️⃣ Many more insights in the main article and supplementary material, so have a closer look to all our findings! Hope you enjoy the reading, it’s been a long and challenging ride but we are one step closer to defeat #cancer! 👩🏻‍🔬
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4️⃣ Finally, the enrichment of mesenchymal cancer cells and the change in the IC ligand repertoire towards CD80/CD155 predicts response to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 in cSCC, HNSCC & melanoma patient samples, revealing the importance of cancer cell heterogeneity as indicative of responsiveness
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3️⃣ Epithelial cSCCs respond to anti-PD-1/L1 therapies, whereas mesenchymal cSCCs respond to anti-CTLA-4 and anti-TIGIT therapies. The anti-PD-L1/TIGIT combination is the most effective strategy for blocking the growth of cSCCs containing both epithelial and mesenchymal cancer cells
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2️⃣ Using a cSCC model, we reveal that cancer cells change their IC ligand profile according to their epithelial/mesenchymal features, dictating the IC pathways involved in immune evasion: epithelial cancer cells via PD-1/L1 and mesenchymal cancer cells via CTLA-4/CD80 & TIGIT/CD155
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1️⃣ Immune checkpoint inhibitors have changed the therapeutic landscape for many tumors. However, many patients don't respond/develop resistance. This motivated us to unravel why this occurs and whether we could enhance antitumor responses in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC)
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Delighted to present our project on cell plasticity and immunotherapy resistance at the @irbbarcelona.bsky.social conference 'Molecular determinants of cancer therapy resistance'.
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Wrapping up an incredible #ASEICACongress where I presented my recently published project on how cancer cell plasticity influences #immunotherapy response in skin tumors. Inspiring talks from colleagues and friends dedicated to #cancer research!