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Table 3 Methods for inducing TLS

From: Tertiary lymphoid structural heterogeneity determines tumour immunity and prospects for clinical application

Therapy

Treatment

Cancer type

Experimental Subject

Identification Method

TLS Change

References

Using cytokines or chemokines

CXCL13, CCL21

PDAC

Mice

IF, IHC

increase

[149]

LIGHT-VTP

Insulinoma

Mice

H&E,

IHC,

IF,

flow cytometry

increase

[140]

STING agonists

melanoma

Mice

IF,

flow cytometry

increase

[150]

CD40 agonists

glioma

Mice

H&E,

IHC,

IF,

flow cytometry,

RNA-seq

increase

[151]

Cancer therapies

Radiation Therapy

LUAD

Mice

H&E,

IHC

increase

[145]

neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Hepatoblastoma

12 patients

H&E,

IHC,

RNA-seq

increase

[152]

epithelioid mesothelioma

138 patients

H&E

increase

[153]

lung cancer

122 patients

H&E,

IHC

UC (unchanged)

[154]

urothelial cancer

24 patients

H&E,

IHC,

IF,

RNA-seq

increase

[155]

Maintenance immunotherapy

Melanoma, RCC

34 patients

H&E,

IHC,

IF,

RNA-seq,

flow cytometry

UC

[17]

HPV 16 vaccine

cervical

39 patients

H&E,

IHC,

RNA-seq

increase

[156]

pancreatic tumour vaccine

pancreatic cancer

12 patients

H&E,

IHC,

RNA-seq,

flow cytometry

increase

[143]

  1. VTP: vascular targeting peptide; IF: Immunofluorescence; H&E: Hematoxylin and eosin staining; IHC: Immunohistochemistry; RNA seq: RNA sequencing