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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

Developing immunotherapies through glycosylation reprogramming to combat solid cancers.

Toshihiko Toyofuku, Atsushi Kumanogoh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Toshihiko ToyofukuDepartment of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The Center of Medical Innovation and Translational Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Atsushi KumanogohDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

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Abstract

Cancer immunotherapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell transfer, have shown great efficacy and promise against hematological malignancies. However, the value of these therapies remains inconclusive in the context of solid cancers and is limited by several obstacles, including difficulty in identifying cancer-specific antigens, limited immune cell trafficking and infiltration into tumors, and the immunosuppressive effects of the tumor microenvironment. To further optimize the clinical effects of immunotherapies, many studies have focused on modifying metabolic programs, especially glycosylation, in cells. Glycosylation, which adds a diversity of carbohydrate structures (glycans) to surface molecules on virtually all cells, regulates stimulatory and inhibitory signaling pathways. Therefore, modification of key glycosylation pathways represents a logical approach for the development of new therapeutic strategies for treating solid cancers. We review how specific glycans regulate the anticancer activities of immune cells and immunosuppressive effects of cancer cells in cancer immunotherapy. In addition, we highlight T cells with NK cell properties

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ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsGlycosylationHumansKiller Cells, NaturalMetabolic ReprogrammingPolysaccharidesT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentPolysaccharidescancerCAR-T cellsimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapymetabolism

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PMID42626063
PMCPMC13491200

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