Targeting LAG-3, TIM-3, and TIGIT for cancer immunotherapy

L Cai, Y Li, J Tan, L Xu, Y Li - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2023 - Springer
In one decade, immunotherapy based on immune checkpoint blockades (ICBs) has become
a new pillar of cancer treatment following surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and targeted …

The promising immune checkpoint LAG-3 in cancer immunotherapy: from basic research to clinical application

JL Huo, YT Wang, WJ Fu, N Lu, ZS Liu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
LAG-3, a type of immune checkpoint receptor protein belonging to the immunoglobulin
superfamily, is confirmed to be expressed on activated immune cells, mainly including …

Hypoxic niches attract and sequester tumor-associated macrophages and cytotoxic T cells and reprogram them for immunosuppression

A Sattiraju, S Kang, B Giotti, Z Chen, VJ Marallano… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM), a highly lethal brain cancer, is notorious for immunosuppression, but
the mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we documented a temporospatial patterning of tumor …

Stem cell pluripotency genes Klf4 and Oct4 regulate complex SMC phenotypic changes critical in late-stage atherosclerotic lesion pathogenesis

GF Alencar, KM Owsiany, S Karnewar, K Sukhavasi… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Rupture and erosion of advanced atherosclerotic lesions with a resultant
myocardial infarction or stroke are the leading worldwide cause of death. However, we have …

LAG 3 (CD 223) as a cancer immunotherapy target

LP Andrews, AE Marciscano, CG Drake… - Immunological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the impressive impact of CTLA 4 and PD 1‐PDL 1‐targeted cancer immunotherapy,
a large proportion of patients with many tumor types fail to respond. Consequently, the focus …

[HTML][HTML] Galectin-3 as a novel biomarker for disease diagnosis and a target for therapy

R Dong, M Zhang, Q Hu, S Zheng… - International …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Galectin-3 is a member of the galectin family, which are β‑galactoside‑binding lectins with≥
1 evolutionary conserved carbohydrate‑recognition domain. It binds proteins in a …

[HTML][HTML] The promising immune checkpoint LAG-3: from tumor microenvironment to cancer immunotherapy

L Long, X Zhang, F Chen, Q Pan… - Genes & …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer immunotherapy and tumor microenvironment have been at the forefront of research
over the past decades. Targeting immune checkpoints especially programmed death 1 (PD …

Protein glycosylation and tumor microenvironment alterations driving cancer hallmarks

A Peixoto, M Relvas-Santos, R Azevedo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Decades of research have disclosed a plethora of alterations in protein glycosylation that
decisively impact in all stages of disease and ultimately contribute to more aggressive cell …

Galectin-3: one molecule for an alphabet of diseases, from A to Z

S Sciacchitano, L Lavra, A Morgante, A Ulivieri… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Galectin-3 (Gal-3) regulates basic cellular functions such as cell–cell and cell–matrix
interactions, growth, proliferation, differentiation, and inflammation. It is not surprising …

Lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG3): The next immune checkpoint receptor

E Ruffo, RC Wu, TC Bruno, CJ Workman… - Seminars in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by blocking inhibitory
pathways in T cells that limits the an effective anti-tumor immune response. Therapeutics …