ReviewCurrent research in immunology2022
Clinically approved combination immunotherapy: Current status, limitations, and future perspective.
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- Transarterial chemoembolization plus atezolizumab and bevacizumab in patients with intermediate hepatocellular carcinoma: a single-arm, phase 2 trial.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025Trial
- Impact of temporary atezolizumab and bevacizumab interruption on survival in advanced HCC: an IMbrave150 analysis.The oncologist · 2025Trial
- SAFFRON-104: a phase Ib/II study of sitravatinib alone or with tislelizumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junction cancer.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2024Trial
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- Sphingosine kinase-2 inhibition promotes immunogenic differentiation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells through an Acetyl-CoA carboxylase-phosphatidylcholine axis.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal mapping of CD112 unveils its dichotomous role in T-cell exhaustion and ferroptosis crosstalk in cervical cancer.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Identification and prioritisation of tumour antigen candidates from 79 glioblastoma transcriptomes.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2026Article
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Patient With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated With PD-L1 Inhibition and Taxane Chemotherapy.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Impact of time-of-day on immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in cancer patients: an up-to-date clinical review.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Real-world treatment patterns and attrition for non-driver mutation metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in the US.Future oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: from tumor microenvironment to macroenvironment.Frontiers of medicine · 2025Review
- Precision epigenetic therapies in oncology.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2025Review
- Targeting tumor immune evasion: the role of PD-L1 siRNA in advancing cancer immunotherapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Constructing the cure: engineering the next wave of antibody and cellular immune therapies.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Review
- Engineering strategies of sequential drug delivery systems for combination tumor immunotherapy.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
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- DYNC2H1 mutation as a potential predictive biomarker for immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy in NSCLC and melanoma.Investigational new drugs · 2025Article
- Successful Management of Steroid-Refractory Immune-Related Pneumonitis With Mycophenolate Mofetil: A Case Report.Respirology case reports · 2025Article
- CD3xHER2 bsAb-Mediated Activation of Resting T-cells at HER2 Positive Tumor Clusters Is Sufficient to Trigger Bystander Eradication of Distant HER2 Negative Clusters Through IFNγ and TNFα.European journal of immunology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-based combination immunotherapy has become a first-line treatment for several major types of cancer including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), renal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and gastric cancer. Combination immunotherapy counters several immunosuppressive elements in the tumor microenvironment and activates multiple steps of the cancer-immunity cycle. The anti-PD-L1 antibody, atezolizumab, plus the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibody, bevacizumab, represents a promising class of combination immunotherapy. This combination has produced unprecedented clinical efficacy in unresectable HCC and become a landmark in HCC therapy. Advanced HCC patients treated with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab demonstrated impressive improvements in multiple clinical endpoints including overall survival, progress-free survival, objective response rate, and patient-reported quality of life when compared to current first-line treatment with sorafenib. However, atezolizumab plus bevacizumab first-line therapy has limitations. First, cancer patients falling into the criteria for the combination therapy may need to be further selected to reap benefits while avoiding some potential pitfalls. Second, the treatment regimen of atezolizumab plus bevacizumab at a fixed dose may require adjustment for optimal normalization of the tumor microenvironment to obtain maximum efficacy and reduce adverse events. Third, utilization of predictive biomarkers is urgently needed to guide the entire treatment process. Here we review the current status of clinically approved combination immunotherapies and the underlying immune mechanisms. We further provide a perspective analysis of the limitations for combination immunotherapies and potential approaches to overcome the limitations.
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