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 …

Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons

A Naimi, RN Mohammed, A Raji, S Chupradit… - Cell communication and …, 2022 - Springer
The main breakthrough in tumor immunotherapy was the discovery of immune checkpoint
(IC) proteins, which act as a potent suppressor of the immune system by a myriad of …

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 …

Exhausted CD8+ T cells in the tumor immune microenvironment: new pathways to therapy

W Jiang, Y He, W He, G Wu, X Zhou, Q Sheng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells are exposed to persistent antigenic stimulation which induces a
dysfunctional state called “exhaustion.” Though functioning to limit damage caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities for pancreatic cancer immunotherapy

AS Bear, RH Vonderheide, MH O'Hara - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is among the most immune-resistant tumor types.
Its unique genomic landscape shaped by oncogenic drivers promotes immune suppression …

Durvalumab with or without tremelimumab for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a phase 2 randomized clinical trial

EM O'Reilly, DY Oh, N Dhani, DJ Renouf… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance New therapeutic options for patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (mPDAC) are needed. This study evaluated dual checkpoint combination …

Towards personalized, tumour-specific, therapeutic vaccines for cancer

Z Hu, PA Ott, CJ Wu - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer vaccines, which are designed to amplify tumour-specific T cell responses through
active immunization, have long been envisioned as a key tool of effective cancer …

Targeting neoantigens to augment antitumour immunity

M Yarchoan, BA Johnson III, ER Lutz… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The past decade of cancer research has been marked by a growing appreciation of the role
of immunity in cancer. Mutations in the tumour genome can cause tumours to express …

Predictive biomarkers and mechanisms underlying resistance to PD1/PD-L1 blockade cancer immunotherapy

D Ren, Y Hua, B Yu, X Ye, Z He, C Li, J Wang, Y Mo… - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Immune checkpoint blockade targeting PD-1/PD-L1 has promising therapeutic efficacy in a
variety of tumors, but resistance during treatment is a major issue. In this review, we describe …

PD-1 blockade in subprimed CD8 cells induces dysfunctional PD-1+CD38hi cells and anti-PD-1 resistance

V Verma, RK Shrimali, S Ahmad, W Dai, H Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding resistance to antibody to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1; anti-PD-1)
is crucial for the development of reversal strategies. In anti-PD-1-resistant models …