The NF-kB Pathway as Therapeutic Target

A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Signaling".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 November 2021) | Viewed by 7426

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1. Section of Dermatology, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
2. Department of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Interests: cell signalling in inflammation; autoimmunity and cancer

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Dear Colleagues,

In 2021, the field will mark 35 years of investigating how NF-kB is regulated and regulates a wide array of physiological functions. An expansive body of research has made fundamental insights into mechanisms of cell signalling, cell death, and innate and adaptive immunity.  Along the way, the role of NF-kB in normal physiology and the dysregulation of this pathway in human diseases has been well established. At the same time, there has been massive growth in efforts to target specific signalling pathways in order to manipulate the immune response and treat auto-immune, inflammatory, and oncological diseases. However, and despite the clear contribution of NF-kB to the aetiology and pathophysiology of various diseases, the impact of therapies targeting NF-kB has been far more limited than was once predicted. This Special Issue of Cells welcomes original research and review papers that review the role of NF-kB in human health; explore past and ongoing efforts to target NF-kB in disease; and provide perspectives on future directions in NF-kB research and NF-kB drug development.

Dr. Matthew S. Hayden
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Keywords

  • NF-kB
  • inflammation
  • immuno-therapy
  • IKK
  • immunomodulatory compounds
  • immuno-oncology
  • anti-inflammatory
  • cytokines
  • toll-like receptors

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NF-κB in Cancer Immunity: Friend or Foe?
by Guilhem Lalle, Julie Twardowski and Yenkel Grinberg-Bleyer
Cells 2021, 10(2), 355; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10020355 - 9 Feb 2021
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The emergence of immunotherapies has definitely proven the tight relationship between malignant and immune cells, its impact on cancer outcome and its therapeutic potential. In this context, it is undoubtedly critical to decipher the transcriptional regulation of these complex interactions. Following early observations [...] Read more.
The emergence of immunotherapies has definitely proven the tight relationship between malignant and immune cells, its impact on cancer outcome and its therapeutic potential. In this context, it is undoubtedly critical to decipher the transcriptional regulation of these complex interactions. Following early observations demonstrating the roles of NF-κB in cancer initiation and progression, a series of studies converge to establish NF-κB as a master regulator of immune responses to cancer. Importantly, NF-κB is a family of transcriptional activators and repressors that can act at different stages of cancer immunity. In this review, we provide an overview of the selective cell-intrinsic contributions of NF-κB to the distinct cell types that compose the tumor immune environment. We also propose a new view of NF-κB targeting drugs as a new class of immunotherapies for cancer. Full article
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