ReviewOncoimmunology2016
Role of IL-2 in cancer immunotherapy.
Review in Oncoimmunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 297 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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297 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 528 citations in OpenAlex.
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- IL-2 silencing enables Tfh cell expansion during vaccination but is redundant for antibody production.Immunology and cell biology · 2026Article
- Cergutuzumab Amunaleukin in Combination with Atezolizumab in Patients with Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Positive Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026Article
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- Non-specific Protein and Peptide Antibacterial Factors of Mammals.The protein journal · 2026Review
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Abstract
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is one of the key cytokines with pleiotropic effects on immune system. It has been approved for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and metastatic melanoma. Recent progress has been made in our understanding of IL-2 in regulating lymphocytes that has led to exciting new directions for cancer immunotherapy. While improved IL-2 formulations might be used as monotherapies, their combination with other anticancer immunotherapies, such as adoptive cell transfer regimens, antigen-specific vaccination, and blockade of immune checkpoint inhibitory molecules, for example cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death 1 (PD-1) mono-antibodies, would held the promise of treating metastatic cancer. Despite the comprehensive studies of IL-2 on immune system have established the application of IL-2 for cancer immunotherapy, a number of poignant obstacles remain for future research. In the present review, we will focus on the key biological features of IL-2, current applications, limitations, and future directions of IL-2 in cancer immunotherapy.
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