Table 4. Translational studies demonstrating effects on tumor microenvironment of BRAF and MEK inhibitors.
| Class of Drugs | Effect on microenvironment | Type of cancer | Model | ref |
| BRAFi, MEKi | Increase of Melanocyte Differentiation Agents | Melanoma | Bioptic samples of treated patients | Frederick et al. |
| BRAFi | Reduction of MDSCs | Melanoma | Serum of treated patients | Schilling et al. |
| BRAFi | Increased intratumoral CD8+ T cells | Melanoma | Bioptic samples of treated patients | Wilmott et al. Frederick, et al. |
| BRAFi | CXCL8 lowering | Melanoma | Serum of treated patients | Willmott et al. |