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Auteurs principaux: Li, Chenghang, Zhang, Haifeng, Lai, Xiulan, Lei, Jinzhi
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Publié: 2026
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05118
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author Li, Chenghang
Zhang, Haifeng
Lai, Xiulan
Lei, Jinzhi
author_facet Li, Chenghang
Zhang, Haifeng
Lai, Xiulan
Lei, Jinzhi
contents The tumor-immune system plays a critical role in colorectal cancer progression. Recent preclinical and clinical studies showed that combination therapy with anti-PD-L1 and cancer vaccines improved treatment response. In this study, we developed a multiscale mathematical model of interactions among tumors, immune cells, and cytokines to investigate tumor evolutionary dynamics under different therapeutic strategies. Additionally, we established a computational framework based on approximate Bayesian computation to generate virtual tumor samples and capture inter-individual heterogeneity in treatment response. The results demonstrated that a multiple low-dose regimen significantly reduced advanced tumor burden compared to baseline treatment in anti-PD-L1 therapy. In contrast, the maximum dose therapy yielded superior tumor growth control in cancer vaccine therapy. Furthermore, cytotoxic T cells were identified as a consistent predictive biomarker both before and after treatment initiation. Notably, the cytotoxic T cells-to-regulatory T cells ratio specifically served as a robust pre-treatment predictive biomarker, offering potential clinical utility for patient stratification and therapy personalization.
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spellingShingle Combination therapy for colorectal cancer with anti-PD-L1 and cancer vaccine: A multiscale mathematical model of tumor-immune interactions
Li, Chenghang
Zhang, Haifeng
Lai, Xiulan
Lei, Jinzhi
Populations and Evolution
The tumor-immune system plays a critical role in colorectal cancer progression. Recent preclinical and clinical studies showed that combination therapy with anti-PD-L1 and cancer vaccines improved treatment response. In this study, we developed a multiscale mathematical model of interactions among tumors, immune cells, and cytokines to investigate tumor evolutionary dynamics under different therapeutic strategies. Additionally, we established a computational framework based on approximate Bayesian computation to generate virtual tumor samples and capture inter-individual heterogeneity in treatment response. The results demonstrated that a multiple low-dose regimen significantly reduced advanced tumor burden compared to baseline treatment in anti-PD-L1 therapy. In contrast, the maximum dose therapy yielded superior tumor growth control in cancer vaccine therapy. Furthermore, cytotoxic T cells were identified as a consistent predictive biomarker both before and after treatment initiation. Notably, the cytotoxic T cells-to-regulatory T cells ratio specifically served as a robust pre-treatment predictive biomarker, offering potential clinical utility for patient stratification and therapy personalization.
title Combination therapy for colorectal cancer with anti-PD-L1 and cancer vaccine: A multiscale mathematical model of tumor-immune interactions
topic Populations and Evolution
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05118