Immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy

Y Shiravand, F Khodadadi, SMA Kashani… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The discovery of immune checkpoint proteins such as PD-1/PDL-1 and CTLA-4 represents a
significant breakthrough in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Therefore, humanized …

Combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); a new frontier

S Vafaei, AO Zekiy, RA Khanamir, BA Zaman… - Cancer Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) therapy has become a promising therapeutic
strategy with encouraging therapeutic outcomes due to their durable anti-tumor effects …

Nanoparticle‐mediated radiotherapy remodels the tumor microenvironment to enhance antitumor efficacy

W Zhen, RR Weichselbaum, W Lin - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy (RT) uses ionizing radiation to eradicate localized tumors and, in rare cases,
control tumors outside of the irradiated fields via stimulating an antitumor immune response …

Small‐molecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

Tumor microenvironment as a “game changer” in cancer radiotherapy

M Jarosz-Biej, R Smolarczyk, T Cichoń… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Radiotherapy (RT), besides cancer cells, also affects the tumor microenvironment (TME):
tumor blood vessels and cells of the immune system. It damages endothelial cells and …

Recent advances in nanomaterial-based synergistic combination cancer immunotherapy

W Sang, Z Zhang, Y Dai, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, conventional treatments including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy
have been the main approaches in tumour therapy. Cancer immunotherapy is a new …

Self-Supplied Tumor Oxygenation through Separated Liposomal Delivery of H2O2 and Catalase for Enhanced Radio-Immunotherapy of Cancer

X Song, J Xu, C Liang, Y Chao, Q Jin, C Wang… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The recent years have witnessed the blooming of cancer immunotherapy, as well as their
combinational use together with other existing cancer treatment techniques including …

PD-1 and PD-L1 antibodies in cancer: current status and future directions

AV Balar, JS Weber - Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 2017 - Springer
Immunotherapy has moved to the center stage of cancer treatment with the recent success of
trials in solid tumors with PD-1/PD-L1 axis blockade. Programmed death-1 or PD-1 is a …

The pro-tumorigenic host response to cancer therapies

Y Shaked - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Resistance to cancer therapy remains a major challenge in clinical oncology. Although the
initial treatment phase is often successful, eventual resistance, characterized by tumour …

Diselenide–Pemetrexed assemblies for combined cancer Immuno‐, radio‐, and chemotherapies

T Li, S Pan, S Gao, W Xiang, C Sun… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has emerged as a promising new approach for cancer treatment. However,
clinically available drugs have been limited until recently, and the antitumor efficacy of most …