Immune checkpoint therapy—current perspectives and future directions

P Sharma, S Goswami, D Raychaudhuri, BA Siddiqui… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has dramatically altered clinical outcomes for cancer
patients and conferred durable clinical benefits, including cure in a subset of patients …

LAG-3 as the third checkpoint inhibitor

V Aggarwal, CJ Workman, DAA Vignali - Nature immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) is an inhibitory receptor that is highly
expressed by exhausted T cells. LAG-3 is a promising immunotherapeutic target, with more …

T cell exhaustion

A Baessler, DAA Vignali - Annual review of immunology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
T cell responses must be balanced to ensure adequate protection against malignant
transformation and an array of pathogens while also limiting damage to healthy cells and …

LAG-3, TIM-3, and TIGIT: Distinct functions in immune regulation

N Joller, AC Anderson, VK Kuchroo - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Summary LAG-3, TIM-3, and TIGIT comprise the next generation of immune checkpoint
receptors being harnessed in the clinic. Although initially studied for their roles in restraining …

LAG-3 and PD-1 synergize on CD8+ T cells to drive T cell exhaustion and hinder autocrine IFN-γ-dependent anti-tumor immunity

LP Andrews, SC Butler, J Cui, AR Cillo, C Cardello… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Overcoming immune-mediated resistance to PD-1 blockade remains a major clinical
challenge. Enhanced efficacy has been demonstrated in melanoma patients with combined …

Xanthene, cyanine, oxazine and BODIPY: the four pillars of the fluorophore empire for super-resolution bioimaging

S Samanta, K Lai, F Wu, Y Liu, S Cai, X Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In the realm of biological research, the invention of super-resolution microscopy (SRM) has
enabled the visualization of ultrafine sub-cellular structures and their functions in live cells at …

Blockade of LAG-3 and PD-1 leads to co-expression of cytotoxic and exhaustion gene modules in CD8+ T cells to promote antitumor immunity

AR Cillo, C Cardello, F Shan, L Karapetyan, S Kunning… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Relatlimab (rela; anti-LAG-3) plus nivolumab (nivo; anti-PD-1) is safe and effective
for treatment of advanced melanoma. We designed a trial (NCT03743766) where advanced …

Development of pharmacological immunoregulatory anti-cancer therapeutics: current mechanistic studies and clinical opportunities

N Yin, X Li, X Zhang, S Xue, Y Cao… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Immunotherapy represented by anti-PD-(L) 1 and anti-CTLA-4 inhibitors has revolutionized
cancer treatment, but challenges related to resistance and toxicity still remain. Due to the …

Structural insights reveal interplay between LAG-3 homodimerization, ligand binding, and function

JL Silberstein, J Du, KW Chan, JA Frank… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) is an inhibitory receptor expressed on activated T
cells and an emerging immunotherapy target. Domain 1 (D1) of LAG-3, which has been …

Aplp1 interacts with Lag3 to facilitate transmission of pathologic α-synuclein

X Mao, H Gu, D Kim, Y Kimura, N Wang, E Xu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Pathologic α-synuclein (α-syn) spreads from cell-to-cell, in part, through binding to the
lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (Lag3). Here we report that amyloid β precursor-like protein 1 …