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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

Bispecific antibody targeting TGF-β and PD-L1 for synergistic cancer immunotherapy.

Tianye Li, Xinrun Wang, Mengke Niu, Mingli Wang, Jianwei Zhou, Kongming Wu, Ming Yi

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Multispecific Antibodies Targeting PD-1/PD-L1 in Cancer.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tianye LiDepartment of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xinrun WangDepartment of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Mengke NiuCancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Mingli WangDepartment of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jianwei ZhouDepartment of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Kongming WuCancer Center, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Ming YiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNShanxi Medical University · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway plays a crucial role in cancer immune evasion, and the use of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies represents a significant milestone in cancer immunotherapy. However, the low response rate observed in unselected patients and the development of therapeutic resistance remain major obstacles to their clinical application. Accumulating studies showed that overexpressed TGF-β is another immunosuppressive factor apart from traditional immune checkpoints. Actually, the effects of PD-1 and TGF-β pathways are independent and interactive, which work together contributing to the immune evasion of cancer cell. It has been verified that blocking TGF-β and PD-L1 simultaneously could enhance the efficacy of PD-L1 monoclonal antibody and overcome its treatment resistance. Based on the bispecific antibody or fusion protein technology, multiple bispecific and bifunctional antibodies have been developed. In the preclinical and clinical studies, these updated antibodies exhibited potent anti-tumor activity, superior to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monotherapies. In the review, we summarized the advances of bispecific antibodies targeting TGF-β and PD-L1 in cancer immunotherapy. We believe these next-generation immune checkpoint inhibitors would substantially alter the cancer treatment paradigm, especially in anti-PD-1/PD-L1-resistant patients.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalB7-H1 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyTransforming Growth Factor betaAntibodies, BispecificAntibodies, MonoclonalB7-H1 AntigenTransforming Growth Factor betabispecific antibodycancer immunotherapyimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapy resistancePD-L1TGF-β

Identifiers

PMID37520520
PMCPMC10373067
OpenAlexW4384200034

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