ReviewCurrent opinion in pharmacology2016
A2A adenosine receptor antagonists to weaken the hypoxia-HIF-1α driven immunosuppression and improve immunotherapies of cancer.
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- A randomized phase 1 study of safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of MK-1088, a novel dual adenosine receptor antagonist, in healthy adult participants.Investigational new drugs · 2024Trial
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- Immune checkpoint crosstalk between LAG-3 and CD39/CD73 in glioblastoma: dual-pathway regulation of metabolic exhaustion and therapeutic reversal strategies.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2026Review
- The ATP-adenosine axis as a driver of tumor-associated macrophage reprogramming in colorectal cancer: mechanistic insights into immune evasion and therapeutic vulnerabilities.Purinergic signalling · 2026Review
- Overexpression of adenosine receptor (A1, A2a, A2b, A3) genes in esophageal tumor tissue: A2b adenosine receptor as a potential biomarker and anticancer target.Journal of applied genetics · 2026Article
- From immune exclusion to exhaustion: tumor microenvironment drives therapy response.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- A new era of natural killer cell immunotherapy in tumor treatment: latest advances and cutting-edge perspectives from basic research to clinical practice.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Adenosine signaling in tumor immune escape: metabolic checkpoints, myeloid suppression, and combination immunotherapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Immune checkpoint biology in hepatocellular carcinoma (Review).Oncology letters · 2025Review
- Immunometabolism in the Tumor Microenvironment: Dual Role in Modulating Anti-Tumor Immunity and Tumor Progression.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Review
- Current strategies and novel immunotherapeutic approaches for overcoming immune resistance in glioblastoma.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Human iPSC-derived NK cells armed with CCL19, CCR2B, high-affinity CD16, IL-15, and NKG2D complex enhance anti-solid tumor activity.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Therapeutic potential of adenosine receptor modulators in cancer treatment.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Insights from Clinical Trials on AACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025Review
- Nanomaterials-mediated adenosine pathway inhibition for strengthening cancer immunotherapy.Theranostics · 2025Review
- Metabolic-immune axis in the tumor microenvironment: a new strategy for prognostic assessment and precision therapy in DLBCL and FL.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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- Acute remote ischemic conditioning enhances (CD3+)- but not (FoxP3+)-T-cell invasion in the tumor center and increases IL 17 and TNF-alpha expression in a murine melanoma model.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Hypoxia-adenosinergic regulation of B cell responses.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Cannabidiol at Nanomolar Concentrations Negatively Affects Signaling through the Adenosine AInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Hypoxic and adenosine rich tumor microenvironments represent an important barrier that must be overcome to enable T and NK cells to reject tumors. The A2A adenosine receptor (A2AR) on activated immune cells was identified as a critical and non-redundant mediator of physiological immunosuppression. Observations showing that tumor-protecting A2AR also suppress and redirect the anti-tumor immune response pointed to the importance of inhibiting this pathway to improve cancer immunotherapy. We advocated (i) blocking immunosuppressive adenosine-A2AR-cAMP-mediated intracellular signaling by A2AR antagonists and (ii) weakening hypoxia-HIF-1α-mediated accumulation of extracellular adenosine by oxygenation agents that also inhibits CD39/CD73 adenosine-generating enzymes. In view of commencing clinical trials of synthetic A2AR antagonists in combination with cancer immunotherapies, we discuss their promise and exclusion criteria.
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