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Current Progress and Future Perspectives of Immune Checkpoint in Cancer and Infectious Diseases

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Cai, Xin, Zhan, Huajie, Ye, Yuguang, Yang, Jinjin, Zhang, Minghui, Li, Jing, Zhuang, Yuan·2021·Frontiers in Genetics

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The inhibitory regulators, known as immune checkpoints, prevent overreaction of the immune system, avoid normal tissue damage, and maintain immune homeostasis during the antimicrobial or antiviral immune response. Unfortunately, cancer cells can mimic the ligands of immune checkpoints to evade immune surveillance. Application of immune checkpoint blockade can help dampen the ligands expressed on cancer cells, reverse the exhaustion status of effector T cells, and reinvigorate the antitumor function. Here, we briefly introduce the structure, expression, signaling pathway, and targeted drugs of several inhibitory immune checkpoints (PD-1/PD-L1, CTLA-4, TIM-3, LAG-3, VISTA, and IDO1). And we summarize the application of immune checkpoint inhibitors in tumors, such as single agent and combination therapy and adverse reactions. At the same time, we further discussed the correlation between immune checkpoints and microorganisms and the role of immune checkpoints in microbial-infection diseases. This review focused on the current knowledge about the role of the immune checkpoints will help in applying immune checkpoints for clinical therapy of cancer and other diseases.

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  • ICIs work by reinvigorating the host immune system to fight tumour cells, in contrast to traditional therapeutic strategies.

    “In contrast to traditional therapeutic strategies, ICIs work by reinvigorating the host immune system to fight tumour cells [16].”

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Authors
Cai, X., Zhan, H., Ye, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, M., Li, J., & Zhuang, Y.
Affiliations
  • Harbin Medical University (CN)
  • Chifeng Municipal Hospital (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhang, Minghui
  • Li, Jing
  • Zhuang, Yuan
Venue
Frontiers in Genetics
Published
2021-11-30
Volume
12
Pages
785153-785153
ISSN
1664-8021 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3215438668
Cited by
66
References
173
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 6 · 2013: 1
FWCI
1.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Frontiers in Genetics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
immune checkpoint, immune checkpoint inhibitors, cancer immunotherapy, immune evasion, PD-1/PD-L1, CTLA-4, TIM-3, LAG-3, VISTA, IDO1, T cell exhaustion, immune homeostasis, microbial infection, combination therapy, adverse effects

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