Structural basis for blocking PD-1-mediated immune suppression by therapeutic antibody pembrolizumab

Z Na, SP Yeo, SR Bharath, MW Bowler, E Balıkçı… - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
PD-1 is a type I immune inhibitory transmembrane receptor of the CD28 family that
modulates the activity of T cells in peripheral tissues [1]. It is expressed in T cells, B cells …

Structural basis of anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody avelumab for tumor therapy

K Liu, S Tan, Y Chai, D Chen, H Song, CWH Zhang… - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) blocking immune checkpoint molecules, especially
programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and its ligands programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) …

Seeing is believing: anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies in action for checkpoint blockade tumor immunotherapy

S Tan, CWH Zhang, GF Gao - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2016 - nature.com
Structural immunology, focusing on structures of host immune related molecules, enables
the immunologists to see what the molecules look like, and more importantly, how they work …

Crystal clear: visualizing the intervention mechanism of the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction by two cancer therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

S Tan, D Chen, K Liu, M He, H Song, Y Shi, J Liu… - Protein & …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Antibody-based PD-1/PD-L1 blockade therapies have taken center stage in
immunotherapies for cancer, with multiple clinical successes. PD-1 signaling plays pivotal …

Advance investigation on synthetic small-molecule inhibitors targeting PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway

A Awadasseid, Y Wu, W Zhang - Life Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint blockade has displayed substantial anti-tumor resistance in a variety of
forms of cancer, but the fundamental regulation role remains unclear, and several questions …

Antigen-presenting cell-intrinsic PD-1 neutralizes PD-L1 in cis to attenuate PD-1 signaling in T cells

Y Zhao, DL Harrison, Y Song, J Ji, J Huang, E Hui - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The PD-1 pathway, consisting of the co-inhibitory receptor PD-1 on T cells and its ligand (PD-
L1) on antigen-presenting cells (APCs), is a major mechanism of tumor immune evasion. PD …

An unexpected N-terminal loop in PD-1 dominates binding by nivolumab

S Tan, H Zhang, Y Chai, H Song, Z Tong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy by targeting of immune checkpoint molecules has been a research
'hot-spot'in recent years. Nivolumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting PD-1, has …

A small molecule antagonist of PD-1/PD-L1 interactions acts as an immune checkpoint inhibitor for NSCLC and melanoma immunotherapy

Y Wang, T Gu, X Tian, W Li, R Zhao, W Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as monoclonal antibodies targeting programmed death
1 (PD-1) and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1), have achieved enormous success in the …

Tumor cell-intrinsic PD-1 receptor is a tumor suppressor and mediates resistance to PD-1 blockade therapy

X Wang, X Yang, C Zhang, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) receptor on the surface of immune cells is an immune
checkpoint molecule that mediates the immune escape of tumor cells. Consequently …

Therapeutic PD-L1 antibodies are more effective than PD-1 antibodies in blocking PD-1/PD-L1 signaling

A De Sousa Linhares, C Battin, S Jutz, J Leitner… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Inhibitors of PD-1 signaling have revolutionized cancer therapy. PD-1 and PD-L1 antibodies
have been approved for the treatment of cancer. To date, therapeutic PD-1 inhibitors have …