Therapeutic targeting of VEGF and/or TGF-β to enhance anti-PD-(L)1 therapy: The evidence from clinical trials

被引:13
作者
Li, Linwei [1 ]
Wen, Qinglian [1 ]
Ding, Ruilin [2 ]
机构
[1] Southwest Med Univ, Dept Oncol, Affiliated Hosp, Luzhou, Peoples R China
[2] Southwest Med Univ, Inst Drug Clin Trial, GCP Ctr, Affiliated Hosp, Luzhou, Peoples R China
来源
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY | 2022年 / 12卷
关键词
tumor microenvironment; VEGF; TGF-beta; immunotherapy; PD-1; review; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH-FACTOR; RENAL-CELL CARCINOMA; LENVATINIB PLUS PEMBROLIZUMAB; REGULATORY T-CELLS; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1; OPEN-LABEL; EXPANSION COHORT; SINTILIMAB PLUS; HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA; BINTRAFUSP ALPHA;
D O I
10.3389/fonc.2022.905520
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Normalizing the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a potential strategy to improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta pathways play an important role in the development and function of the TME, contributing to the immunosuppressive status of TME. To inhibit VEGF and/or TGF-beta pathways can restore TME from immunosuppressive to immune-supportive status and enhance sensitivity to immunotherapy such as programmed death protein-1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors. In this review, we described the existing preclinical and clinical evidence supporting the use of anti-VEGF and/or anti-TGF-beta therapies to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Encouragingly, adopting anti-VEGF and/or anti-TGF-beta therapies as a combination treatment with anti-PD-(L)1 therapy have been demonstrated as effective and tolerable in several solid tumors in clinical trials. Although several questions need to be solved, the clinical value of this combination strategy is worthy to be studied further.
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