Emerging phagocytosis checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy

Y Liu, Y Wang, Y Yang, L Weng, Q Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy, mainly including immune checkpoints-targeted therapy and the
adoptive transfer of engineered immune cells, has revolutionized the oncology landscape as …

Anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 therapies in cancer: mechanisms of action, efficacy, and limitations

JA Seidel, A Otsuka, K Kabashima - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Melanoma, a skin cancer associated with high mortality rates, is highly radio-and
chemotherapy resistant but can also be very immunogenic. These circumstances have led to …

Safety and efficacy of nivolumab monotherapy in recurrent or metastatic cervical, vaginal, or vulvar carcinoma: results from the phase I/II CheckMate 358 trial

RW Naumann, A Hollebecque, T Meyer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Nivolumab was assessed in patients with virus-associated tumors in the phase
I/II CheckMate 358 trial (ClinicalTrials. gov identifier: NCT02488759). We report on patients …

Thinking outside the box: non-canonical targets in multiple sclerosis

L Bierhansl, HP Hartung, O Aktas, T Ruck… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system that
causes demyelination, axonal degeneration and astrogliosis, resulting in progressive …

Irradiation and anti–PD-L1 treatment synergistically promote antitumor immunity in mice

L Deng, H Liang, B Burnette, M Beckett… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
High-dose ionizing irradiation (IR) results in direct tumor cell death and augments tumor-
specific immunity, which enhances tumor control both locally and distantly. Unfortunately …

PD-L1 positive astrocytes attenuate inflammatory functions of PD-1 positive microglia in models of autoimmune neuroinflammation

M Linnerbauer, T Beyer, L Nirschl, D Farrenkopf… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the central
nervous system (CNS). Current therapies mainly target inflammatory processes during acute …

[HTML][HTML] PD-1 restraint of regulatory T cell suppressive activity is critical for immune tolerance

CL Tan, JR Kuchroo, PT Sage, D Liang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Inhibitory signals through the PD-1 pathway regulate T cell activation, T cell tolerance, and T
cell exhaustion. Studies of PD-1 function have focused primarily on effector T cells. Far less …

Single-cell mass cytometry reveals distinct populations of brain myeloid cells in mouse neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration models

B Ajami, N Samusik, P Wieghofer, PP Ho, A Crotti… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration may represent two poles of brain pathology.
Brain myeloid cells, particularly microglia, play key roles in these conditions. We employed …

Regulation of microglial activation in stroke

S Zhao, L Ma, Z Chu, H Xu, W Wu, F Liu - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2017 - nature.com
When ischemic stroke occurs, oxygen and energy depletion triggers a cascade of events,
including inflammatory responses, glutamate excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and apoptosis …

The yin and yang of co-inhibitory receptors: toward anti-tumor immunity without autoimmunity

A Schnell, L Bod, A Madi, VK Kuchroo - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
Co-inhibitory receptors are important regulators of T-cell function that define the balance
between tolerance and autoimmunity. The immune regulatory function of co-inhibitory …