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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Lung cancer tumor immune microenvironment: analyzing immune escape mechanisms and exploring emerging therapeutic targets.

Zhen Wang, Honglei Guo, Yanqi Song, Aidi Wang, Yuting Yan, Lin Ma, Baoshan Liu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  2. Chlorin e6-mediated sublethal photodynamic therapy modulates biomarkers in a murine lung cancer-derived in vitro cancer-associated fibroblast model.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zhen WangGraduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Honglei GuoTianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yanqi SongTianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Aidi WangGraduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Yuting YanGraduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Lin MaGraduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Baoshan LiuTianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the world. Presently, there are still problems, including a high recurrence rate, resistance, and serious toxic side effects, even if conventional treatments like chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted therapy have somewhat improved patient survival. Even though immune checkpoint inhibitors that target programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death ligand 1 have fundamentally altered the therapeutic paradigm, the core mechanism is strongly linked to tumor immune escape, and some patients continue to have poor response rates or treatment resistance. The mechanisms of immune escape in the immunological microenvironment of lung cancer, involving metabolic reprogramming, overexpression of immune checkpoint molecules, and abnormalities in antigen presentation, are systematically summarized in this review. The article also sums up new therapeutic targets and promising clinical trials. The goal is to provide a solid theoretical foundation for further research into the immune escape mechanism, the creation of new immunotherapeutic targets, and personalized therapeutic strategies.

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Lung NeoplasmsTumor EscapeTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMolecular Targeted TherapyImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsimmune escapelung cancermechanism studiestherapeutic targetstumor immune microenvironment

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PMID41080606
PMCPMC12507600

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