Gliomas respond poorly to therapy and are considered immunologically “cold” tumors. Cakmak et al. identify tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) in a subset of gliomas that show signs of functional adap...

Glioma‑associated microglia/macrophages (GAM) constitute the predominant immune cell population in glioblastoma (GB). Both GB cells and GAM exhibit upregulated mTOR signaling. The present study aimed ...

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are key players in tumor progression, yet their role in this process remains only partially understood. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Sheban et al. demonstrate that zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox 2 (ZEB2) acts as a master regulator that reprograms TAMs toward a pro-tumor phenotype and that therapeutic targeting of ZEB2 exhibits anti-tumor activity.

Despite recent advances in anti-cancer therapies, metastasis, especially to the brain, represents a major clinical challenge with rising incidences. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Xing et al. present a comprehensive transcriptomic map of the metastatic brain tumor environment at single-cell resolution.

A patient with newly diagnosed glioblastoma was safely treated with neoadjuvant nivolumab, relatlimab and ipilimumab before maximal resection, with comprehensive immune profiling showing the induction...