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For Immunopathol Dis Therap. 2015;6(1):7-17. doi: 10.1615/ForumImmunDisTher.2015014188.

Reinvigorating Exhausted T Cells by Blockade of the PD-1 Pathway.

Forum on immunopathological diseases and therapeutics

Junghwa Lee, Eunseon Ahn, Haydn T Kissick, Rafi Ahmed

Affiliations

  1. Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322.

PMID: 28286692 PMCID: PMC5341794 DOI: 10.1615/ForumImmunDisTher.2015014188

Abstract

T-cell exhaustion due to persistent antigen stimulation is a key feature of chronic viral infections and cancer. Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) is a major regulator of T-cell exhaustion, and blocking the PD-1 pathway restores T-cell function and improves pathogen control and tumor eradication. Immunotherapy targeting the PD-1 inhibitory receptor pathway has demonstrated significant antitumor activity. Recently, antibodies blocking PD-1 have been approved for use in cancer patients. In this review, we summarize the role of the PD-1 pathway in chronic infection and cancer and the therapeutic potential of PD-1-directed immunotherapy in patients with chronic infection or cancer.

Keywords: T-cell exhaustion; cancer; chronic infection; immunotherapy; programmed cell death-1

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