Cancer immunotherapy: a focus on the regulation of immune checkpoints

T Shi, Y Ma, L Yu, J Jiang, S Shen, Y Hou… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the role of cancer immunotherapy has become increasingly important
compared to traditional cancer treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy and …

Diversity of immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy

Z Guo, R Zhang, AG Yang, G Zheng - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Finding effective treatments for cancer remains a challenge. Recent studies have found that
the mechanisms of tumor evasion are becoming increasingly diverse, including abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] Progress of immune checkpoint therapy in the clinic

Y Fan, C Zhang, S Jin, Z Gao, J Cao… - Oncology …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Cancer cells can escape antitumor immune responses by exploiting inhibitory immune
checkpoints. Immune checkpoint therapy, mainly including anti‑CTLA‑4 therapy and anti‑PD …

Harnessing the immune system by targeting immune checkpoints: Providing new hope for Oncotherapy

L Yu, M Sun, Q Zhang, Q Zhou, Y Wang - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the goal of harnessing the host's immune system to provide long-lasting remission and
cures for various cancers, the advent of immunotherapy revolutionized the cancer therapy …

Transcriptional regulation of cancer immune checkpoints: emerging strategies for immunotherapy

S Venkatraman, J Meller, S Hongeng, R Tohtong… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The study of immune evasion has gained a well-deserved eminence in cancer research by
successfully developing a new class of therapeutics, immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as …

Immune checkpoint blockade opens an avenue of cancer immunotherapy with a potent clinical efficacy

K Adachi, K Tamada - Cancer science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress in tumor immunology has revealed that tumors generate immunologically
restrained milieu during the process of their growth, which facilitates the escape of tumors …

Emerging immune checkpoints in the tumor microenvironment: Implications for cancer immunotherapy

G Wei, H Zhang, H Zhao, J Wang, N Wu, L Li, J Wu… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoints within the tumor microenvironment (TME) play important roles in
modulating host antitumor immunity. Checkpoint-based immunotherapies (eg immune …

Molecular pathways: coexpression of immune checkpoint molecules: signaling pathways and implications for cancer immunotherapy

CJ Nirschl, CG Drake - Clinical cancer research, 2013 - AACR
The expression of immune checkpoint molecules on T cells represents an important
mechanism that the immune system uses to regulate responses to self-proteins. Checkpoint …

Newly emerging immune checkpoints: promises for future cancer therapy

RJ Torphy, RD Schulick, Y Zhu - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cancer immunotherapy has been a great breakthrough, with immune checkpoint inhibitors
leading the way. Despite the clinical effectiveness of certain immune checkpoint inhibitors …

Current progress and future perspectives of immune checkpoint in cancer and infectious diseases

X Cai, H Zhan, Y Ye, J Yang, M Zhang, J Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The inhibitory regulators, known as immune checkpoints, prevent overreaction of the
immune system, avoid normal tissue damage, and maintain immune homeostasis during the …