Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: New Targets for Cancer Immunotherapy.

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serval:BIB_21B12BA3420A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: New Targets for Cancer Immunotherapy.
Journal
Frontiers in Immunology
Author(s)
Massara Matteo
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/03/2019
Language
english
Abstract
Immunotherapy is a clinically validated treatment for many cancers to boost the immune system against tumor growth and dissemination. Several strategies are used to harness immune cells: monoclonal antibodies against tumor antigens, immune checkpoint inhibitors, vaccination, adoptive cell therapies (e.g., CAR-T cells) and cytokine administration. In the last decades, it is emerging that the chemokine system represents a potential target for immunotherapy. Chemokines, a large family of cytokines with chemotactic activity, and their cognate receptors are expressed by both cancer and stromal cells. Their altered expression in malignancies dictates leukocyte recruitment and activation, angiogenesis, cancer cell proliferation, and metastasis in all the stages of the disease. Here, we review first attempts to inhibit the chemokine system in cancer as a monotherapy or in combination with canonical or immuno-mediated therapies. We also provide recent findings about the role in cancer of atypical chemokine receptors that could become future targets for immunotherapy.
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