Checkpoint blockade for cancer therapy: revitalizing a suppressed immune system

YP de Coaña, A Choudhury, R Kiessling - Trends in molecular medicine, 2015 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint receptors are crucial molecules for fine-tuning immune responses.
Checkpoint signaling dampens T cell activation to avoid autoimmunity and the destructive …

[HTML][HTML] Introduction to checkpoint inhibitors and cancer immunotherapy

AH Sharpe - Immunological reviews, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immune responses are regulated by an exquisite system of checks and balances that
enable effective protective immunity and tolerance. A number of immunological checkpoints …

Immune checkpoint blockade: a common denominator approach to cancer therapy

SL Topalian, CG Drake, DM Pardoll - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
The immune system recognizes and is poised to eliminate cancer but is held in check by
inhibitory receptors and ligands. These immune checkpoint pathways, which normally …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking immune checkpoint blockade:'Beyond the T cell'

X Liu, GD Hogg, DG DeNardo - Journal for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The clinical success of immune checkpoint inhibitors has highlighted the central role of the
immune system in cancer control. Immune checkpoint inhibitors can reinvigorate anti-cancer …

Next generation of immune checkpoint inhibitors and beyond

JA Marin-Acevedo, EMO Kimbrough, Y Lou - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
The immune system is the core defense against cancer development and progression.
Failure of the immune system to recognize and eliminate malignant cells plays an important …

Immune checkpoint blockade opens a new way to cancer immunotherapy

S Sadreddini, B Baradaran… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Among the main promising systems to triggering therapeutic antitumor immunity is the
blockade of immune checkpoints. Immune checkpoint pathways regulate the control and …

Recent advances in the clinical development of immune checkpoint blockade therapy

A Ghahremanloo, A Soltani, SMS Modaresi… - Cellular Oncology, 2019 - Springer
Background The discovery of immune checkpoint proteins and the mechanisms by which
cancer cells utilize them to evade the immune system has transformed our approach to …

Immune checkpoint blockade therapy for cancer: an overview of FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitors

KM Hargadon, CE Johnson, CJ Williams - International …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although T lymphocytes have long been appreciated for their role in the immunosurveillance
of cancer, it has been the realization that cancer cells may ultimately escape a response …

Novel immune checkpoint targets: A promising therapy for cancer treatments

M Patwekar, N Sehar, F Patwekar, A Medikeri… - International …, 2024 - Elsevier
The immune system frequently comprises immunological checkpoints. They serve as a
barrier to keep the immune system from overreacting and damaging cells that are robust …

The future of immune checkpoint therapy

P Sharma, JP Allison - Science, 2015 - science.org
Immune checkpoint therapy, which targets regulatory pathways in T cells to enhance
antitumor immune responses, has led to important clinical advances and provided a new …