Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

Vaccine adjuvants: mechanisms and platforms

T Zhao, Y Cai, Y Jiang, X He, Y Wei, Y Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Adjuvants are indispensable components of vaccines. Despite being widely used in
vaccines, their action mechanisms are not yet clear. With a greater understanding of the …

Bioactive inorganic nanomaterials for cancer theranostics

Z Pei, H Lei, L Cheng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioactive materials are a special class of biomaterials that can react in vivo to induce a
biological response or regulate biological functions, thus achieving a better curative effect …

Amplifying STING activation by cyclic dinucleotide–manganese particles for local and systemic cancer metalloimmunotherapy

X Sun, Y Zhang, J Li, KS Park, K Han, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nutritional metal ions play critical roles in many important immune processes. Hence, the
effective modulation of metal ions may open up new forms of immunotherapy, termed as …

Gas therapy potentiates aggregation-induced emission luminogen-based photoimmunotherapy of poorly immunogenic tumors through cGAS-STING pathway …

K Wang, Y Li, X Wang, Z Zhang, L Cao, X Fan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The immunologically “cold” microenvironment of triple negative breast cancer results in
resistance to current immunotherapy. Here, we reveal the immunoadjuvant property of gas …

Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

Manganese‐based tumor immunotherapy

K Zhang, C Qi, K Cai - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an essential micronutrient, manganese (Mn) participates in various physiological
processes and plays important roles in host immune system, hematopoiesis, endocrine …

Manganese is critical for antitumor immune responses via cGAS-STING and improves the efficacy of clinical immunotherapy

M Lv, M Chen, R Zhang, W Zhang, C Wang, Y Zhang… - Cell research, 2020 - nature.com
CD8+ T cell-mediated cancer clearance is often suppressed by the interaction between
inhibitory molecules like PD-1 and PD-L1, an interaction acts like brakes to prevent T cell …

Molecular mechanisms and cellular functions of cGAS–STING signalling

KP Hopfner, V Hornung - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
The cGAS–STING signalling axis, comprising the synthase for the second messenger cyclic
GMP–AMP (cGAS) and the cyclic GMP–AMP receptor stimulator of interferon genes …

Immunogenic cell death augmented by manganese zinc sulfide nanoparticles for metastatic melanoma immunotherapy

Z Li, Z Chu, J Yang, H Qian, J Xu, B Chen, T Tian… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Both T-cell deprivation and insufficient tumor immunogenicity seriously hinder the efficacy of
immune-mediated tumor destruction in melanoma. In this work, an amphiphilic polyethylene …