Potential Efficacy of Anti-PD-1 or PD-L1 Antibody Treatments for Gynecologic Cancers
Journal Title: Women's Health – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1; CD279) is an immunosuppressive co-inhibitory molecule that belongs to the CD28 family of receptors on T-cells. It was discovered by Ishida et al in 1992.1 The most important peripheral regulatory pathway is the interaction between the PD-1 receptor, expressed on T-cells, and programmed cell death ligands-1 and 2 (PD-L1 and PD-L2) on the cancer cell surface.2 This immune checkpoint exists in a normal physiological state to protect against autoimmunity and inflammation. In a neoplastic state, dysfunction of these immune checkpoint proteins can lead to tumor tolerance and eventually allow tumors to ‘escape’ from the immune system. PD-1 blockage enhances the proliferation of transferred T-cells at the tumor site. In addition, the combination of adoptive T-cell transfer and anti-PD-1 antibody results in significant inhibition of tumor progression.3 These therapeutic effects of PD-1 blockage require the INF-γ signal. Targeting the molecules that regulate the immune response using the new drug nivolumab, an anti-PD-1 antibody has been the subject of much research and has yielded some promising and exciting results.
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Masafumi Koshiyama
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- DOI 10.17140/WHOJ-3-e013
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