Immune checkpoint therapy for solid tumours: clinical dilemmas and future trends

Q Sun, Z Hong, C Zhang, L Wang, Z Han… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICBs), in addition to targeting CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-
L1, novel targeting LAG-3 drugs have also been approved in clinical application. With the …

CRISPR/Cas9 therapeutics: progress and prospects

T Li, Y Yang, H Qi, W Cui, L Zhang, X Fu, X He… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated
protein 9 (Cas9) gene-editing technology is the ideal tool of the future for treating diseases …

Prognostic and predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma

M Rosellini, A Marchetti, V Mollica, A Rizzo… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The therapeutic algorithm of renal cell carcinoma has been revolutionized by the approval of
immunotherapy agents by regulatory agencies. However, objective and durable responses …

Programmed death ligand 1 signals in cancer cells

AVR Kornepati, RK Vadlamudi, TJ Curiel - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The paradigm of surface-expressed programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1) signalling to
immune cell programmed death 1 (PD1) to inhibit antitumour immunity has helped to …

D-mannose facilitates immunotherapy and radiotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer via degradation of PD-L1

R Zhang, Y Yang, W Dong, M Lin, J He… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy in women worldwide, and triple-negative
breast cancer (TNBC) patients have the worst prognosis and highest risk of recurrence. The …

Radiotherapy and immunology

L Wang, C Lynch, SP Pitroda, A Piffkó, K Yang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
The majority of cancer patients receive radiotherapy during the course of treatment,
delivered with curative intent for local tumor control or as part of a multimodality regimen …

The efficacy of chemotherapy is limited by intratumoral senescent cells expressing PD-L2

S Chaib, JA López-Domínguez, M Lalinde-Gutiérrez… - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Chemotherapy often generates intratumoral senescent cancer cells that strongly modify the
tumor microenvironment, favoring immunosuppression and tumor growth. We discovered …

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 …

VEGF/VEGFR-targeted therapy and immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: targeting the tumor microenvironment

Y Zhao, S Guo, J Deng, J Shen, F Du… - … journal of biological …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of death by cancer worldwide.
Despite developments in therapeutic approaches for the past few decades, the 5-year …

Epigenetic modulation of antitumor immunity for improved cancer immunotherapy

E Dai, Z Zhu, S Wahed, Z Qu, WJ Storkus, ZS Guo - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic mechanisms play vital roles not only in cancer initiation and progression, but also
in the activation, differentiation and effector function (s) of immune cells. In this review, we …