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ReviewCancer science2022

Mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Joji Nagasaki, Takamasa Ishino, Yosuke Togashi

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Review in Cancer science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joji NagasakiDepartment of Tumor Microenvironment, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Takamasa IshinoDepartment of Tumor Microenvironment, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Yosuke TogashiDepartment of Tumor Microenvironment, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9910-0164

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 19ck0106521h0001Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 22ama221303h0001Japan Science and Technology Agency 21-211033868Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B, 20H03694)Project for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Evolution 18cm0106340h0001Project for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Evolution 21cm0106383
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective for various types of cancer, and their application has led to paradigm shifts in cancer treatment. While many patients can obtain clinical benefits from ICI treatment, a large number of patients are primarily resistant to such treatment or acquire resistance after an initial response. Thus, elucidating the resistance mechanisms is warranted to improve the clinical outcomes of ICI treatment. ICIs exert their antitumor effects by activating T cells in the tumor microenvironment. There are various resistance mechanisms, such as insufficient antigen recognition by T cells, impaired T-cell migration and/or infiltration, and reduced T-cell cytotoxicity, most of which are related to the T-cell activation process. Thus, we classify them into three main mechanisms: resistance mechanisms related to antigen recognition, T-cell migration and/or infiltration, and effector functions of T cells. In this review, we summarize these mechanisms of resistance to ICIs related to the T-cell activation process and progress in the development of novel therapies that can overcome resistance.

Indexed as

Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsNeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorscancer immunologyexhaustionimmune checkpoint inhibitorresistanceT cell

Identifiers

PMID35848888
PMCPMC9530865

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