Identification of neoantigens for individualized therapeutic cancer vaccines

F Lang, B Schrörs, M Löwer, Ö Türeci… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Somatic mutations in cancer cells can generate tumour-specific neoepitopes, which are
recognized by autologous T cells in the host. As neoepitopes are not subject to central …

Engineering IL-2 for immunotherapy of autoimmunity and cancer

R Hernandez, J Põder, KM LaPorte… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Preclinical studies of the T cell growth factor activity of IL-2 resulted in this cytokine
becoming the first immunotherapy to be approved nearly 30 years ago by the US Food and …

Emerging principles of cytokine pharmacology and therapeutics

RA Saxton, CR Glassman, KC Garcia - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted signalling proteins that play essential roles in the initiation,
maintenance and resolution of immune responses. Although the unique ability of cytokines …

Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours

SA Lim, J Wei, TLM Nguyen, H Shi, W Su, G Palacios… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are essential for immune tolerance, but also drive
immunosuppression in the tumour microenvironment. Therapeutic targeting of Treg cells in …

Reigniting hope in cancer treatment: the promise and pitfalls of IL-2 and IL-2R targeting strategies

S Muhammad, T Fan, Y Hai, Y Gao, J He - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and its receptor (IL-2R) are essential in orchestrating immune
responses. Their function and expression in the tumor microenvironment make them …

A systematic review of interleukin-2-based immunotherapies in clinical trials for cancer and autoimmune diseases

ME Raeber, D Sahin, U Karakus, O Boyman - EBioMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) can stimulate both effector immune cells and
regulatory T (Treg) cells. The ability of selectively engaging either of these effects has …

Strategies to therapeutically modulate cytokine action

WJ Leonard, JX Lin - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted or membrane-presented molecules that mediate broad cellular
functions, including development, differentiation, growth and survival. Accordingly, the …

Treg cell-based therapies: challenges and perspectives

C Raffin, LT Vo, JA Bluestone - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Cellular therapies using regulatory T (Treg) cells are currently undergoing clinical trials for
the treatment of autoimmune diseases, transplant rejection and graft-versus-host disease. In …

Biology and regulation of IL-2: from molecular mechanisms to human therapy

R Spolski, P Li, WJ Leonard - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
IL-2 was first identified as a growth factor capable of driving the expansion of activated
human T cell populations. In the more than 40 years since its discovery, a tremendous …

Revisiting IL-2: Biology and therapeutic prospects

AK Abbas, E Trotta, D R. Simeonov, A Marson… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Interleukin-2 (IL-2), the first cytokine that was molecularly cloned, was shown to be a T cell
growth factor essential for the proliferation of T cells and the generation of effector and …