Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitors and cancer immunotherapy

Y Fujiwara, S Kato, MK Nesline, JM Conroy… - Cancer treatment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Strategies for unlocking immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment have been
investigated to overcome resistance to first-generation immune checkpoint blockade with …

Emerging therapies in cancer metabolism

Y Xiao, TJ Yu, Y Xu, R Ding, YP Wang, YZ Jiang… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming in cancer is not only a biological hallmark but also reveals
treatment vulnerabilities. Numerous metabolic molecules have shown promise as treatment …

[HTML][HTML] IL4I1 is a metabolic immune checkpoint that activates the AHR and promotes tumor progression

A Sadik, LFS Patterson, S Öztürk, SR Mohapatra… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) activation by tryptophan (Trp) catabolites enhances tumor
malignancy and suppresses anti-tumor immunity. The context specificity of AHR target …

Activatable polymer nanoenzymes for photodynamic immunometabolic cancer therapy

Z Zeng, C Zhang, J Li, D Cui, Y Jiang… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor immunometabolism contributes substantially to tumor proliferation and immune cell
activity, and thus plays a crucial role in the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Modulation of …

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 …

Neuroinflammation and the kynurenine pathway in CNS disease: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications

MN Mithaiwala, D Santana-Coelho, GA Porter… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) remain a significant health, social and
economic problem around the globe. The development of therapeutic strategies for CNS …

An in situ hydrogel-mediated chemo-immunometabolic cancer therapy

B Wang, J Chen, JS Caserto, X Wang, M Ma - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment (TME) and poor immunogenicity
are two of the challenges that cancer immunotherapies have to overcome for improved …

A single-cell atlas of non-haematopoietic cells in human lymph nodes and lymphoma reveals a landscape of stromal remodelling

Y Abe, M Sakata-Yanagimoto, M Fujisawa… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The activities of non-haematopoietic cells (NHCs), including mesenchymal stromal cells and
endothelial cells, in lymphomas are reported to underlie lymphomagenesis. However, our …

Immune regulation through tryptophan metabolism

SK Seo, B Kwon - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Amino acids are fundamental units of molecular components that are essential for sustaining
life; however, their metabolism is closely interconnected to the control systems of cell …

Combination therapy with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in non-small cell lung cancer: strategies and mechanisms

MY Huang, XM Jiang, BL Wang, Y Sun, JJ Lu - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) blockade
has been approved as the standard-of-care for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer …