Mechanisms regulating PD-L1 expression in cancers and associated opportunities for novel small-molecule therapeutics

H Yamaguchi, JM Hsu, WH Yang… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Antagonistic antibodies targeting the inhibitory immune-checkpoint receptor PD-1 or its
ligand PD-L1 are used to treat a wide range of cancer types and can substantially improve …

Regulatory mechanisms of immune checkpoints PD-L1 and CTLA-4 in cancer

H Zhang, Z Dai, W Wu, Z Wang, N Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4)/B7 and programmed death 1
(PD-1)/programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) are two most representative immune …

Regulation of PD-L1 expression in the tumor microenvironment

M Yi, M Niu, L Xu, S Luo, K Wu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) on cancer cells engages with programmed
cell death-1 (PD-1) on immune cells, contributing to cancer immune escape. For multiple …

Targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

A Huang, XR Yang, WY Chung, AR Dennison… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
The last 3 years have seen the emergence of promising targeted therapies for the treatment
of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sorafenib has been the mainstay of treatment for a …

Comprehensive review of targeted therapy for colorectal cancer

YH Xie, YX Chen, JY Fang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the most lethal and prevalent malignancies in the world
and was responsible for nearly 881,000 cancer-related deaths in 2018. Surgery and …

Exosomal circRNA: emerging insights into cancer progression and clinical application potential

F Zhang, J Jiang, H Qian, Y Yan, W Xu - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Exosomal circRNA serves a novel genetic information molecule, facilitating communication
between tumor cells and microenvironmental cells, such as immune cells, fibroblasts, and …

Lenvatinib targets FGF receptor 4 to enhance antitumor immune response of anti–programmed cell death‐1 in HCC

C Yi, L Chen, Z Lin, L Liu, W Shao, R Zhang, J Lin… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Recently, clinical trials of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in HCC have
displayed an impressive objective response rate. This study aimed to clarify the mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms controlling PD-L1 expression in cancer

JH Cha, LC Chan, CW Li, JL Hsu, MC Hung - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The engagement of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1; encoded by the PDCD1 gene)
receptor expressed on activated T cells and its ligand, programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1; …

MET-dependent solid tumours—molecular diagnosis and targeted therapy

R Guo, J Luo, J Chang, N Rekhtman, M Arcila… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Attempts to develop MET-targeted therapies have historically focused on MET-expressing
cancers, with limited success. Thus, MET expression in the absence of a genomic marker of …

HGF/c-MET pathway in cancer: from molecular characterization to clinical evidence

J Fu, X Su, Z Li, L Deng, X Liu, X Feng, J Peng - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
This review provides a comprehensive landscape of HGF/c-MET (hepatocyte growth factor
(HGF)/mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor (c-MET)) signaling pathway in cancers. First …