Mechanisms regulating PD-L1 expression in cancers and associated opportunities for novel small-molecule therapeutics

H Yamaguchi, JM Hsu, WH Yang… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Antagonistic antibodies targeting the inhibitory immune-checkpoint receptor PD-1 or its
ligand PD-L1 are used to treat a wide range of cancer types and can substantially improve …

The MYC oncogene — the grand orchestrator of cancer growth and immune evasion

R Dhanasekaran, A Deutzmann… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
The MYC proto-oncogenes encode a family of transcription factors that are among the most
commonly activated oncoproteins in human neoplasias. Indeed, MYC aberrations or …

Targeting STAT3 in cancer immunotherapy

S Zou, Q Tong, B Liu, W Huang, Y Tian, X Fu - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
As a point of convergence for numerous oncogenic signaling pathways, signal transducer
and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is central in regulating the anti-tumor immune …

Regulatory mechanisms of immune checkpoints PD-L1 and CTLA-4 in cancer

H Zhang, Z Dai, W Wu, Z Wang, N Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4)/B7 and programmed death 1
(PD-1)/programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) are two most representative immune …

Targeting the epigenetic regulation of antitumour immunity

SJ Hogg, PA Beavis, MA Dawson… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of the epigenome drives aberrant transcriptional programmes that promote
cancer onset and progression. Although defective gene regulation often affects oncogenic …

Regulation and function of the PD-L1 checkpoint

C Sun, R Mezzadra, TN Schumacher - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Expression of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is frequently observed in human
cancers. Binding of PD-L1 to its receptor PD-1 on activated T cells inhibits anti-tumor …

Targeting the IL-6/JAK/STAT3 signalling axis in cancer

DE Johnson, RA O'Keefe, JR Grandis - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The IL-6/JAK/STAT3 pathway is aberrantly hyperactivated in many types of cancer,
and such hyperactivation is generally associated with a poor clinical prognosis. In the …

Roles of PD-1/PD-L1 pathway: signaling, cancer, and beyond

L Ai, A Xu, J Xu - Regulation of Cancer Immune Checkpoints: Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Immunotherapies that target PD-1/PD-L1 axis have shown unprecedented success in a wide
variety of human cancers. PD-1 is one of the key coinhibitory receptors expressed on T cells …

Small molecule inhibitors targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway

Q Wu, L Jiang, S Li, Q He, B Yang, J Cao - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2021 - nature.com
Tumor cells form immune escape and subsequently obtain unlimited proliferation ability due
to the abnormal immune surveillance mediated by immune checkpoints. Among this class of …

[HTML][HTML] The opportunities and challenges in immunotherapy: Insights from the regulation of PD-L1 in cancer cells

Q Lin, X Wang, Y Hu - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The immunosuppressive molecule programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is frequently
upregulated in human cancers. Binding of PD-L1 to its receptor, programmed death-1 (PD …