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The Cancer Microenvironment section publishes research on the cellular and molecular components of the cancer mivroenvironment. Edited by Davide Bedognetti, the section provides a particular focus on translational research that has important implications for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human neoplasms.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic, chronic inflammatory disease characterized by destructive systemic organ involvement, mostly in young women, with an increasing number of early, mild and atypical cases.
In this study, Zhao and colleagues aimed to explore the accurate molecular targets included in the occurrence and progression of SLE. Findings demonstrate that IFI27 may be closely related to the pathogenesis of SLE, representing a new candidate molecular marker in the occurrence and progression of SLE, and that immune cell infiltration plays an important role in the progression of SLE.
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Cancer immunotherapy has experienced tremendous developments and is nowadays considered a promising strategy against many types of cancer. However, the exclusion of lymphocytes from the tumor nest is a common phenomenon that limits the efficiency of immunotherapy in solid tumors. Despite several mechanisms proposed during the years to explain the immune excluded phenotype, at present, there is no integrated understanding about the role played by different models of immune exclusion in human cancers.
Hypoxia is a hallmark of most solid tumors and, being a multifaceted and complex condition, shapes in a unique way the tumor microenvironment, affecting gene transcription and chromatin remodeling. In this review, Pietrobon & Marincola speculate about an upstream role for hypoxia as a common biological determinant of immune exclusion in solid tumors.
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Journal of Translational Medicine would like to warmly thank the top reviewers whose comments helped to shape the journal, for their assistance with review of manuscripts in Volume 18 (2020).
Translational Medicine Communications. the companion journal to Journal of Translational Medicine, is an interdisciplinary forum for all scientifically valid research from across translational medicine.
The journal aims to improve transparency and reproducibility within translational medicine and considers research papers regardless of outcome or significance of findings.
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We are excited to announce the addition of a new section to Journal of Translational Medicine entitled Cancer Metabolism. Led by Section Editor Violena Pietrobon, this exciting new section aims to provide a platform to promote and disseminate innovative studies examining metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells, including fatty acid, mitochondrial, glycolytic and other metabolic networks.
The section will focus on research that investigates and characterizes metabolic alterations in tumors at the molecular level by explaining why this reprogramming occurs and identifying links between such phenomena and cell proliferation and metastasis. The section also welcomes studies regarding the correlation between genomic mutations, gene expression, epigenetic regulation and metabolic pathway alterations. Of particular interest are investigations focused on translational and clinical aspects and those regarding metabolically targeted pharmacological therapies, with emphasis on patient responsiveness.
Dr. Marincola received his MD, summa cum laude from the University of Milan, Italy and Surgery training at Stanford University, California. His research interest lies in translational medicine and focuses on the development of strategies for the dynamic study of patients’ response to immunotherapy. His approach has brought seminal observations regarding the mechanisms leading to rejection of tumors, allograft rejection, graft-versus-host disease and autoimmunity.
Dr. Marincola is currently Global Head of Research at Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, California. He previously was President and Chief Scientific Officer at Refuge Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, California, Distinguished Research Fellow at AbbVie Corporation in Redwood City, California, Chief Research Officer at Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha Qatar and Tenured Investigator at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland. Dr. Marincola founded in 2003 the Journal of Translational Medicine of which he is currently the Editor-in-Chief. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Translational Medicine Communications. He is past-president of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and of the International Society for Translational Medicine. Dr. Marincola is editor of several biomedical books including the SITC-affiliated Cancer Immunotherapy Principles and Practice Textbook. Dr. Marincola is an award winning fiction writer author of The Wise Men of Pizzo and the Cat Behind the Window.
Journal of Translational Medicine is an open access journal publishing articles focusing on information derived from human experimentation so as to optimise the communication between basic and clinical science.
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