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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2025

Gut microbiota affects PD-L1 therapy and its mechanism in melanoma.

Shiqi Liu, Jiahui Liu, Yingwu Mei, Wenjuan Zhang

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shiqi Liu *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China.
Jiahui Liu *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China.
Yingwu MeiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China. yingwumei@zzu.edu.cn.
Wenjuan ZhangBeijing Life Science Academy (BLSA), Beijing, China. zwjch@163.com.

Funding

The grants of Science and Technology Projects of Beijing Life Science Academy BLSA [2024] No. 2, 2024300CC0020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), particularly PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, have shown great success in treating melanoma. PD-L1 (B7-H1, CD274), a ligand of PD-1, binds to PD-1 on T cells, inhibiting their activation and proliferation through multiple pathways, thus dampening tumor-reactive T cell activity. Studies have linked PD-L1 expression in melanoma with tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis, making the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway a critical target in melanoma therapy. However, immune-related adverse events are common, reducing the effectiveness of anti-PD-L1 treatments. Recent evidence suggests that the gut microbiome significantly influences anti-tumor immunity, with the microbiome potentially reprogramming the tumor microenvironment and overcoming resistance to anti-PD-1 therapies in melanoma patients. This review explores the mechanisms of PD-1/PD-L1 in melanoma and examines how gut microbiota and its metabolites may help address resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy, offering new insights for improving melanoma treatment strategies.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenGastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMelanomaAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorCheckpoint blockadeIntestinal floraMelanomaPD-L1 therapyTumor immunotherapy mechanismsTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40214675
PMCPMC11992302

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