Immunogenic cell death activates the tumor immune microenvironment to boost the immunotherapy efficiency

Z Li, X Lai, S Fu, L Ren, H Cai, H Zhang, Z Gu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor immunotherapy is only effective in a fraction of patients due to a low response rate
and severe side effects, and these challenges of immunotherapy in clinics can be addressed …

Emerging photodynamic nanotherapeutics for inducing immunogenic cell death and potentiating cancer immunotherapy

S Zhang, J Wang, Z Kong, X Sun, Z He, B Sun, C Luo… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has emerged as a promising cancer treatment modality. Despite the rapid
progress in cancer immunotherapy, the therapeutic efficiency and clinical translation of …

Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibitors in clinical trials for cancer immunotherapy

K Tang, YH Wu, Y Song, B Yu - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a heme enzyme that catalyzes the
oxidation of L-tryptophan. Functionally, IDO1 has played a pivotal role in cancer immune …

Safety and clinical activity of pembrolizumab for treatment of recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (KEYNOTE-012): an open-label …

TY Seiwert, B Burtness, R Mehra, J Weiss… - The lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and
neck have few treatment options. We aimed to assess the safety, tolerability, and antitumour …

The emerging hallmarks of cancer metabolism

NN Pavlova, CB Thompson - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Tumorigenesis is dependent on the reprogramming of cellular metabolism as both direct
and indirect consequence of oncogenic mutations. A common feature of cancer cell …

Reimagining IDO pathway inhibition in cancer immunotherapy via downstream focus on the tryptophan–kynurenine–aryl hydrocarbon axis

BW Labadie, R Bao, JJ Luke - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Significant progress has been made in cancer immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors
targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)–programmed death-ligand 1 signaling …

Nano-enabled pancreas cancer immunotherapy using immunogenic cell death and reversing immunosuppression

J Lu, X Liu, YP Liao, F Salazar, B Sun, W Jiang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
While chemotherapy delivery by nanocarriers has modestly improved the survival prospects
of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), additional engagement of the immune …

Regulatory T cells in the treatment of disease

A Sharabi, MG Tsokos, Y Ding, TR Malek… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress inflammation and regulate immune system activity. In
patients with systemic or organ-specific autoimmune diseases or those receiving …

IDO1 in cancer: a Gemini of immune checkpoints

L Zhai, E Ladomersky, A Lenzen, B Nguyen… - Cellular & molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a rate-limiting metabolic enzyme that
converts the essential amino acid tryptophan (Trp) into downstream catabolites known as …

The effect of cyclophosphamide on the immune system: implications for clinical cancer therapy

M Ahlmann, G Hempel - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2016 - Springer
Cyclophosphamide is an alkylating agent belonging to the group of oxazaphosporines. As
cyclophosphamide is in clinical use for more than 40 years, there is a lot of experience using …