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Targeting TIGIT for cancer immunotherapy: recent advances and future directions

2024; BioMed Central; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s40364-023-00543-z

ISSN

2050-7771

Autores

Peng Zhang, Xinyuan Liu, Zhuoyu Gu, Zhongxing Jiang, Song Zhao, Yongping Song, Jifeng Yu,

Tópico(s)

CAR-T cell therapy research

Resumo

Abstract As a newly identified checkpoint, T cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) domain (TIGIT) is highly expressed on CD4 + T cells, CD8 + T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, regulatory T cells (Tregs), and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). TIGIT has been associated with NK cell exhaustion in vivo and in individuals with various cancers. It not only modulates NK cell survival but also mediates T cell exhaustion. As the primary ligand of TIGIT in humans, CD155 may be the main target for immunotherapy due to its interaction with TIGIT. It has been found that the anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) treatment response in cancer immunotherapy is correlated with CD155 but not TIGIT. Anti-TIGIT alone and in combination with anti-PD-1 agents have been tested for cancer immunotherapy. Although two clinical studies on advanced lung cancer had positive results, the TIGIT-targeted antibody, tiragolumab, recently failed in two new trials. In this review, we highlight the current developments on TIGIT for cancer immunotherapy and discuss the characteristics and functions of TIGIT.

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