The use of supercytokines, immunocytokines, engager cytokines, and other synthetic cytokines in immunotherapy

X Zheng, Y Wu, J Bi, Y Huang, Y Cheng, Y Li… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Cytokines exert powerful immunomodulatory effects that are critical to physiology and
pathology in humans. The application of natural cytokines in clinical studies has not been …

Insights into cytokine–receptor interactions from cytokine engineering

JB Spangler, I Moraga, JL Mendoza… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Cytokines exert a vast array of immunoregulatory actions critical to human biology and
disease. However, the desired immunotherapeutic effects of native cytokines are often …

Redirecting cell-type specific cytokine responses with engineered interleukin-4 superkines

IS Junttila, RJ Creusot, I Moraga, DL Bates… - Nature chemical …, 2012 - nature.com
Cytokines dimerize their receptors, with the binding of the'second chain'triggering signaling.
In the interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 system, different cell types express varying numbers of …

Engineering strategies for immunomodulatory cytokine therapies: challenges and clinical progress

IS Pires, PT Hammond, DJ Irvine - Advanced therapeutics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cytokines are immunoregulatory proteins involved in many pathological states with
promising potential as therapeutic agents. A diverse array of cytokines has been studied in …

Antibody–cytokine fusion proteins

RE Kontermann - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Cytokines are key players in stimulating and regulating immune responses in physiological
and pathophysiological processes. Various cytokines have been approved for therapy of …

Immunocytokines: a novel class of potent armed antibodies

N Pasche, D Neri - Drug discovery today, 2012 - Elsevier
Several cytokines have been investigated in clinical trials, based on their potent therapeutic
activity observed in animal models of cancer and other diseases. However, substantial …

Strategies to therapeutically modulate cytokine action

WJ Leonard, JX Lin - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted or membrane-presented molecules that mediate broad cellular
functions, including development, differentiation, growth and survival. Accordingly, the …

Cytokine engineering for targeted cancer immunotherapy

L Bonati, L Tang - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytokines are key modulators of the immune responses and represent promising
therapeutics for a variety of cancers. However, successful translation of cytokine-based …

The present and future of immunocytokines for cancer treatment

DY Gout, LS Groen, M van Egmond - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy has successfully been introduced as treatment of
several lymphomas and leukemias. However, solid tumors reduce the efficacy of mAb …

Engineering cytokine therapeutics

J Deckers, T Anbergen, AM Hokke, A de Dreu… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines have pivotal roles in immunity, making them attractive as therapeutics for a variety
of immune-related disorders. However, the widespread clinical use of cytokines has been …