Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

Immunostimulation with chemotherapy in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors

L Galluzzi, J Humeau, A Buqué, L Zitvogel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Conventional chemotherapeutics have been developed into clinically useful agents based
on their ability to preferentially kill malignant cells, generally owing to their elevated …

M1 macrophage exosomes engineered to foster M1 polarization and target the IL-4 receptor inhibit tumor growth by reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages …

GR Gunassekaran, SMP Vadevoo, MC Baek, B Lee - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract M2-polarized, pro-tumoral tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) express the
interleukin-4 receptor (IL4R) at higher levels compared with M1-polarized, anti-tumoral …

Immune checkpoint therapy for solid tumours: clinical dilemmas and future trends

Q Sun, Z Hong, C Zhang, L Wang, Z Han… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICBs), in addition to targeting CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-
L1, novel targeting LAG-3 drugs have also been approved in clinical application. With the …

Paradigms on immunotherapy combinations with chemotherapy

D Salas-Benito, JL Pérez-Gracia, M Ponz-Sarvisé… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Checkpoint inhibitors are being added to standard-of-care chemotherapy in multiple clinical
trials. Success has been reported in non–small and small cell lung carcinomas and …

Tumor-associated macrophages in human breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian and prostate cancers

I Larionova, G Tuguzbaeva, A Ponomaryova… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are major innate immune cells that constitute up to
50% of the cell mass of human tumors. TAMs are highly heterogeneous cells that originate …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted nanomedicines remodeling immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

Y Xu, J Xiong, X Sun, H Gao - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy has significantly flourished and revolutionized the limited
conventional tumor therapies, on account of its good safety and long-term memory ability …

The role of macrophages in cancer development and therapy

E Cendrowicz, Z Sas, E Bremer, TP Rygiel - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in the
development of tumors, modulation of neoangiogenesis, immune suppression, and …

A Compressive Review about Taxol®: History and Future Challenges

J Gallego-Jara, G Lozano-Terol, RA Sola-Martínez… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Taxol®, which is also known as paclitaxel, is a chemotherapeutic agent widely used to treat
different cancers. Since the discovery of its antitumoral activity, Taxol® has been used to …

Targeting tumor-associated macrophages for cancer treatment

M Li, L He, J Zhu, P Zhang, S Liang - Cell & bioscience, 2022 - Springer
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are abundant, nearly accounting for 30–50% of
stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment. TAMs exhibit an immunosuppressive M2-like …