The foundations of immune checkpoint blockade and the ipilimumab approval decennial

AJ Korman, SC Garrett-Thomson… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer immunity, and the potential for cancer immunotherapy, have been topics of scientific
discussion and experimentation for over a hundred years. Several successful cancer …

Epigenetic regulation of T cell exhaustion

JA Belk, B Daniel, AT Satpathy - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic antigen stimulation during viral infections and cancer can lead to T cell exhaustion,
which is characterized by reduced effector function and proliferation, and the expression of …

In situ sprayed bioresponsive immunotherapeutic gel for post-surgical cancer treatment

Q Chen, C Wang, X Zhang, G Chen, Q Hu, H Li… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer recurrence after surgical resection remains a significant cause of treatment failure.
Here, we have developed an in situ formed immunotherapeutic bioresponsive gel that …

The diverse functions of the PD1 inhibitory pathway

AH Sharpe, KE Pauken - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
T cell activation is a highly regulated process involving peptide–MHC engagement of the T
cell receptor and positive costimulatory signals. Upon activation, coinhibitory'checkpoints' …

T‐cell exhaustion in HIV infection

C Fenwick, V Joo, P Jacquier, A Noto… - Immunological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The T‐cell response is central in the adaptive immune‐mediated elimination of pathogen‐
infected and/or cancer cells. This activated T‐cell response can inflict an overwhelming …

The diverse function of PD-1/PD-L pathway beyond cancer

W Qin, L Hu, X Zhang, S Jiang, J Li, Z Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The recent success of PD-1 and PD-L1 blockade in cancer therapy illustrates the important
role of the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway in the regulation of antitumor immune responses. However …

[HTML][HTML] A snapshot of the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway

C Ghosh, G Luong, Y Sun - Journal of Cancer, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer cells can evade the attack from host immune systems via hijacking the regulatory
circuits mediated by immune checkpoints. Therefore, reactivating the antitumor immunity by …

Paradoxical effects of obesity on T cell function during tumor progression and PD-1 checkpoint blockade

Z Wang, EG Aguilar, JI Luna, C Dunai, LT Khuat… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
The recent successes of immunotherapy have shifted the paradigm in cancer treatment, but
because only a percentage of patients are responsive to immunotherapy, it is imperative to …

[HTML][HTML] Host-directed therapies for bacterial and viral infections

SHE Kaufmann, A Dorhoi, RS Hotchkiss… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Despite the recent increase in the development of antivirals and antibiotics, antimicrobial
resistance and the lack of broad-spectrum virus-targeting drugs are still important issues and …

Are immune-related adverse events associated with the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with cancer? A systematic review and meta-analysis

X Zhou, Z Yao, H Yang, N Liang, X Zhang, F Zhang - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background A number of studies have reported an association between the occurrence of
immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and clinical efficacy in patients undergoing treatment …