The expanding role for small molecules in immuno-oncology

R Offringa, L Kötzner, B Huck, K Urbahns - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
The advent of immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) using antibodies against PD1 and its
ligand PDL1 has prompted substantial efforts to develop complementary drugs. Although …

Improving cancer immunotherapy by rationally combining oncolytic virus with modulators targeting key signaling pathways

Z Zhu, AJR McGray, W Jiang, B Lu, P Kalinski, ZS Guo - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) represent a new class of multi-modal immunotherapies for cancer,
with OV-elicited antitumor immunity being key to their overall therapeutic efficacy. Currently …

Next generations of CAR-T cells-new therapeutic opportunities in hematology?

J Tomasik, M Jasiński, GW Basak - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the introduction of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies into
clinics has been a breakthrough in treating relapsed or refractory malignancies in …

Strategies to overcome DC dysregulation in the tumor microenvironment

G Mestrallet, K Sone, N Bhardwaj - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role to modulate anti-cancer immunity in the tumor
microenvironment (TME). They link innate to adaptive immunity by processing and …

Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 in tumor immunology: a medicinal chemistry perspective

Q Zhu, N Chen, X Tian, Y Zhou, QD You… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1), a hematopoietic cell-restricted member of the
serine/threonine Ste20-related protein kinases, is a negative regulator of the T cell receptor …

Role of protein phosphorylation in cell signaling, disease, and the intervention therapy

K Pang, W Wang, JX Qin, ZD Shi, L Hao, YY Ma… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protein phosphorylation is an important post‐transcriptional modification involving an
extremely wide range of intracellular signaling transduction pathways, making it an …

The development of small-molecule inhibitors targeting HPK1

L Zhou, T Wang, K Zhang, X Zhang, S Jiang - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1), a 97-kDa serine/threonine Ste20-
related protein kinase, is a negative regulator of T cells, B cells, and dendritic cells-mediated …

Therapeutic effects of ginseng and ginsenosides on colorectal cancer

L Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Li, C Li, K Shi, K Zhang, N Liu - Food & Function, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the most common malignant diseases with high morbidity
and mortality rates. Ginseng and its major extracts, ginsenosides, have been used in …

Anti-PD-1 combined with targeted therapy: theory and practice in gastric and colorectal cancer

Y Chen, B Bai, K Ying, H Pan, B **e - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gastric cancer (GC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) are frequent and aggressive malignancies
worldwide. Despite the emergence of various therapeutic regimens, the prognosis of gastric …

Design, synthesis, and pharmacological evaluation of isoindoline analogues as new HPK1 inhibitors

C **e, B Liu, Z Song, Y Yang, M Dai… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1) is an important negative regulator in T-cell
receptor signaling and as a promising key target for immunotherapy. Herein, based on the …