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ReviewTrends in cancer2025

Advances in LAG3 cancer immunotherapeutics.

Kieran Adam, Samuel C Butler, Creg J Workman, Dario A A Vignali

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. CXCR6Circulation · 2026
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  17. Exploring new frontiers in LAG-3 biology and therapeutics.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2025
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  19. One Step Ahead: Preventing Tumor Adaptation to Immune Therapy.American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting · 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

4 authors.

Kieran AdamDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Tumor Microenvironment Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Program in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Samuel C ButlerDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Tumor Microenvironment Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Program in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Creg J WorkmanDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Tumor Microenvironment Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Dario A A VignaliDepartment of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Tumor Microenvironment Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: dvignali@pitt.edu.

Funding

WILD TYPE P53-BASED ADJUVANT IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SCCHNP50CA097190 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Heath Devin Skinner · 2004 to 2026
$49.6M
Synergies among inhibitory receptors in tolerance, cancer & antiviral immunityP01AI108545 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Dario AA Vignali · 2015 to 2026
$30.8M
Project 5: Microenvironment manipulation using anti-angiogenics to improve immunotherapy in melanomaP50CA254865 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WANG, HONG · 2021 to 2025
$10.4M
Training in Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor RejectionT32CA082084 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Robert J Binder, Dario AA Vignali · 1999 to 2026
$9.2M
Structure, Function and Mechanistic Analysis of LAG3R01AI144422 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Roy A Mariuzza, Dario AA Vignali · 2019 to 2026
$5.9M
Regulatory T cells and the tumor microenvironmentR35CA263850 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Dario AA Vignali · 2021 to 2026
$5.4M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097190NCI NIH HHS P50 CA254865NCI NIH HHS R35 CA263850NCI NIH HHS T32 CA082084NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI108545NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer treatment has entered the age of immunotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has shown robust therapeutic potential in clinical practice, with significant improvements in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Recently, checkpoint blockade of the lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG3) inhibitory receptor (IR) in combination with programmed death protein 1 (PD1) inhibition has been FDA approved in patients with advanced melanoma. This has encouraged the clinical evaluation of new LAG3-directed biologics in combination with other checkpoint inhibitors. Several of these studies are evaluating bispecific antibodies that target exhausted T (T

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Antigens, CDImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsAntibodies, BispecificAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsClinical Trials as TopicHumansLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorT-LymphocytesAntibodies, BispecificAntigens, CDImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsLag3 protein, humanLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorbispecific antibodycancerimmunotherapyLAG3

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PMID39603977
PMCPMC12047404

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