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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

Utilization of exosome-based therapies to augment anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies.

John S Wang, Samer Yassin, Adam Y Lin

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John S WangMcGaw Medicine Center - Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Samer YassinMcGaw Medicine Center - Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Adam Y LinDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA adam.lin@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9359-882X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway has significantly transformed the landscape of cancer treatment. However, resistance mechanisms such as alternative immune checkpoints, T-cell exhaustion, low tumor burden, and immunosuppressive cells in the tumor microenvironment can limit therapeutic efficacy. Recent research has highlighted the role of tumor-derived exosomes expressing PD-L1, which may contribute to resistance by locally and systemically suppressing immune responses. Inhibiting exosome secretion has shown promise in enhancing the effectiveness of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies. The therapeutic potential of targeting exosomes to improve PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition is gaining attention, with preclinical studies showing encouraging results. Clinical trials are needed to evaluate the combination of exosome secretion inhibitors with existing checkpoint therapies and provide hope for patients with resistant cancers.

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenExosomesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorImmune Checkpoint InhibitorImmunosuppressionT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID40280565
PMCPMC12035427

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