Turning cold tumors hot: from molecular mechanisms to clinical applications

J Zhang, D Huang, PE Saw, E Song - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have achieved clinical benefit, but most
'immune-cold'solid tumors are not responsive. The diversity of immune evasion mechanisms …

Resistance mechanisms to anti-PD cancer immunotherapy

MD Vesely, T Zhang, L Chen - Annual review of immunology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The transformative success of antibodies targeting the PD-1 (programmed death 1)/B7-H1
(B7 homolog 1) pathway (anti-PD therapy) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However …

Single-cell analyses reveal key immune cell subsets associated with response to PD-L1 blockade in triple-negative breast cancer

Y Zhang, H Chen, H Mo, X Hu, R Gao, Y Zhao, B Liu… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
In triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the benefit of combining chemotherapy with
checkpoint inhibitors is still not very clear. We utilize single-cell RNA-and ATAC-sequencing …

Fecal microbiota transplant overcomes resistance to anti–PD-1 therapy in melanoma patients

D Davar, AK Dzutsev, JA McCulloch, RR Rodrigues… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Anti–programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) therapy provides long-term clinical benefits to
patients with advanced melanoma. The composition of the gut microbiota correlates with anti …

T cell characteristics associated with toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade in patients with melanoma

AX Lozano, AA Chaudhuri, A Nene, A Bacchiocchi… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Severe immune-related adverse events (irAEs) occur in up to 60% of patients with
melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, it is unknown whether …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of cancer: clinical impact and mechanisms of response and resistance

S Bagchi, R Yuan, EG Engleman - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have made an indelible mark in the field of cancer
immunotherapy. Starting with the approval of anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein …

The PD-1 expression balance between effector and regulatory T cells predicts the clinical efficacy of PD-1 blockade therapies

S Kumagai, Y Togashi, T Kamada, E Sugiyama… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade has provided a paradigm shift in cancer therapy, but the
success of this approach is very variable; therefore, biomarkers predictive of clinical efficacy …

The history and advances in cancer immunotherapy: understanding the characteristics of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their therapeutic implications

Y Zhang, Z Zhang - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment and rejuvenated the field of tumor
immunology. Several types of immunotherapy, including adoptive cell transfer (ACT) and …

Beyond immune checkpoint blockade: emerging immunological strategies

SP Kubli, T Berger, DV Araujo, LL Siu… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
The success of checkpoint inhibitors has accelerated the clinical implementation of a vast
mosaic of single agents and combination immunotherapies. However, the lack of clinical …

Immune checkpoint therapy for solid tumours: clinical dilemmas and future trends

Q Sun, Z Hong, C Zhang, L Wang, Z Han… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICBs), in addition to targeting CTLA-4, PD-1, and PD-
L1, novel targeting LAG-3 drugs have also been approved in clinical application. With the …