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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2025

Exploring new frontiers in LAG-3 biology and therapeutics.

Jun Wang, Christian Klein, Jennifer R Cochran, Jonathan Sockolosky, Shaun M Lippow

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. IL-27-DependentInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. Metabolic and Flavor Dynamic Changes inFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jun WangDepartment of Pathology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; The Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: jun.wang@nyulangone.org.
Christian KleinCurie.Bio, Boston, MA, USA.
Jennifer R CochranDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Jonathan SockoloskyCurie.Bio, Boston, MA, USA.
Shaun M LippowRemunix, Inc., New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Elucidating the Role of Cancer-Associated FGL1 in Tumor Immunity and Developing FGL1-Guided Anti-LAG-3 Cancer ImmunotherapyR37CA273333 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI JUN WANG · 2022 to 2026
$2.8M
Machine learning for identifying antigen-antibody interactions from massive sequencing dataR01AI190103 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Junzhou Huang, JUN WANG · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS R37 CA273333NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI190103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) has emerged as a critical immune checkpoint receptor primarily modulating T-cell responses through distinct immune regulatory mechanisms. Recent advances have elucidated LAG-3's complex receptor-ligand interactions, structure-function relationships, and unique signaling pathways. LAG-3 antagonistic antibodies, such as relatlimab approved for melanoma, have shown promising efficacy with favorable toxicity profiles, though only in combinational therapies. While LAG-3's role in oncology continues to expand, it is also gaining recognition as a potential therapeutic target for other disorders. This review highlights recent progress in understanding LAG-3's molecular features, ligand regulation, signaling, and immune modulation mechanisms. Additionally, it explores emerging questions in oncology and the exciting potential of therapies targeting the LAG-3 pathway in autoimmune disease. A deeper understanding of LAG-3's confounding biology and disease relevance would drive the development of novel immunotherapies across broader clinical indications.

Indexed as

Antigens, CDAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesHumansImmunotherapyLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 ProteinNeoplasmsSignal TransductionAntigens, CDLag3 protein, humanLymphocyte Activation Gene 3 Proteinautoimmune diseasecancerimmune checkpointimmunotherapyLAG-3T cell

Identifiers

PMID40514283
PMCPMC12614648

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