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Divergent Cellular Expression Patterns of PD-L1 and PD-L2 Proteins in Breast Cancer

  • Julie M. Jorns,
  • Yunguang Sun,
  • Sailaja Kamaraju,
  • Yee Chung Cheng and ,
  • Amanda Kong,
  • Tina Yen,
  • Caitlin R. Patten,
  • Chandler S. Cortina,
  • Christopher R. Chitambar and
  • Lubna N. Chaudhary
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

29 April 2024

PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) has become an established method for predicting cancer response to targeted anti-PD1 immunotherapies, including breast cancer (BC). The alternative PD-1 ligand, PD-L2, remains understudied but may be a complementary p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breast Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms, Diagnosis Techniques and Therapeutic Targets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,534 Views
20 Pages

PD-1, PD-L1, and PD-L2 Expression as Predictive Markers in Rare Feline Mammary Tumors

  • Maria Franco,
  • Fernanda Seixas,
  • Maria dos Anjos Pires,
  • Anabela Alves and ,
  • Andreia Santos,
  • Carla Marrinhas,
  • Hugo Vilhena,
  • Joana Santos,
  • Pedro Faísca and
  • Fernando Ferreira
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

3 August 2025

Feline mammary carcinoma (FMC) exhibits aggressive behavior, with limited treatment options. Given the relevance of the PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2 axis in human breast cancer immunotherapy, this study assessed PD-1 and its ligands in rare FMC histotypes (n = 4...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,713 Views
21 Pages

Assessment of the PD-1/PD-L1/PD-L2 Immune Checkpoints Pathway in Endometrial Cancer and Its Clinical Significance

  • Karolina Włodarczyk-Ciekańska,
  • Agnieszka Kwiatkowska-Makuch,
  • Anna Pawłowska-Łachut,
  • Wiktoria Skiba and ,
  • Dorota Suszczyk,
  • Jan Kotarski,
  • Paulina Pieniądz-Feculak,
  • Anna Pańczyszyn,
  • Anna Ignatowicz and
  • Iwona Wertel
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

29 October 2025

Background: Endometrial cancer is one of the most common female genital cancers and poses a significant clinical problem due to its increasing incidence and variable prognosis depending on the stage of the disease. The development of EC is largely de...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Biology, Diagnosis and Management of Endometrial Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,958 Views
13 Pages

High Quality Performance of Novel Immunoassays for the Sensitive Quantification of Soluble PD-1, PD-L1 and PD-L2 in Blood

  • Kimberly Krueger,
  • Zsuzsanna Mayer,
  • Miriam Gerckens,
  • Stefan Boeck and ,
  • Peter Luppa and
  • Stefan Holdenrieder
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 September 2022

Programmed death-1 receptor PD-1(CD279) and its corresponding ligands PD-L1(CD274, B7-H1) and PD-L2(CD273, B7-DC) play important roles in physiological immune tolerance and for immune escape in cancer disease. Hence, the establishment and analytical...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Oncoimmunity and Immunotherapy in Solid Tumors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,641 Views
13 Pages

Robust Preanalytical Performance of Soluble PD-1, PD-L1 and PD-L2 Assessed by Sensitive ELISAs in Blood

  • Kimberly Krueger,
  • Zsuzsanna Mayer,
  • Marc Kottmaier,
  • Miriam Gerckens and ,
  • Stefan Boeck,
  • Peter Luppa and
  • Stefan Holdenrieder
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The interaction between programmed death-1 receptor PD-1 and its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 is involved in self-tolerance, immune escape of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and COVID-19. As blood-based protein markers they bear great potential to improv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Oncoimmunity and Immunotherapy in Solid Tumors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,066 Views
22 Pages

Expression of PD-L1 and PD-L2 and Their Association with IFN-γ/STAT1/STAT3 Signaling in Human Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC)

  • Gábor Kónya,
  • Ali Shammas,
  • Erzsébet Szabó,
  • Róbert Tupicza and ,
  • Seyed Behrad Piran,
  • Krisztián Szegedi,
  • Anna Vass,
  • Éva Juhász,
  • József Király and
  • Gábor Halmos
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

5 June 2026

Background: Programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) and its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, constitute a central immune checkpoint pathway that regulates T-cell activity and tumor immune escape, while their relationship with STAT signaling remains incomplet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Urological Cancers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,156 Views
19 Pages

Functional Downregulation of PD-L1 and PD-L2 by CpG and non-CpG Oligonucleotides in Melanoma Cells

  • Johannes Kleemann,
  • Katja Steinhorst,
  • Veronika König,
  • Nadja Zöller and ,
  • Jindrich Cinatl,
  • Deniz Özistanbullu,
  • Roland Kaufmann,
  • Markus Meissner and
  • Stefan Kippenberger
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

27 September 2022

The clinical application of immune checkpoint inhibitors represents a breakthrough progress in the treatment of metastasized melanoma and other tumor entities. In the present study, it was hypothesized that oligonucleotides (ODNs), known as modulator...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,429 Views
10 Pages

Regulation of Immunity in Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma: Role of PD-1, PD-L1, and PD-L2

  • Liudmila Spirina,
  • Zahar Yurmazov,
  • Evgeny Usynin,
  • Irina Kondakova and ,
  • Ekaterine Ladutko and
  • Evgeny Choynzonov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 September 2021

Regulation of immunity is a unique oncogenic mechanism that differs in different cancers. VHL deficient clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC) trigger the immune response resulting in cancer progression. This study aimed to investigate PD-1, PD-L1,...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,312 Views
6 Pages

PD-L1 Expression in Mastocytosis

  • Margaret Williams,
  • Diane S. Lidke,
  • Karin Hartmann and
  • Tracy I. George

Programmed death 1 (PD-1), when activated by its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2, suppresses active immune cells in normal immune regulation to limit autoimmunity and, in tumors, as a mechanism of immune evasion. PD-L1 expression has been described as both a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mast Cells in Health and Disease)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,776 Views
13 Pages

Spatial Profile of Tumor Microenvironment in PD-L1-Negative and PD-L1-Positive Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  • Liubov A. Tashireva,
  • Anna Yu. Kalinchuk,
  • Tatiana S. Gerashchenko,
  • Maksim Menyailo and ,
  • Anna Khozyainova,
  • Evgeniy V. Denisov and
  • Vladimir M. Perelmuter
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 January 2023

The problem of finding more precise stratification criteria for identifying the cohort of patients who would obtain the maximum benefit from immunotherapy is acute in modern times. In our study were enrolled 18 triple-negative breast cancer patients....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer and Chronic Inflammation: New Therapeutic Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,181 Views
42 Pages

Tumor-TME Bipartite Landscape of PD-1/PD-L1 in Endometrial Cancers

  • Raed Sulaiman,
  • Pradip De,
  • Jennifer C. Aske,
  • Xiaoqian Lin and ,
  • Adam Dale,
  • Nischal Koirala,
  • Kris Gaster,
  • Luis Rojas Espaillat,
  • David Starks and
  • Nandini Dey
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

The bipartite landscape of tumor cells and stromal cells determines a tumor’s response to treatment during disease management. In endometrial cancers (ECs), the mechanistic contribution of PD-L1/L2 and PD-1 signaling of the host’s tumor m...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,964 Views
28 Pages

19 July 2022

Pro-inflammatory cytokines play key roles in elevating cancer progression in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). We demonstrate that specific combinations between TNFα, IL-1β and IFNγ up-regulated the proportion of human TNBC cells...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Immunotherapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
132 Citations
11,567 Views
16 Pages

Determination of PD-L1 Expression in Circulating Tumor Cells of NSCLC Patients and Correlation with Response to PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors

  • Melanie Janning,
  • Franca Kobus,
  • Anna Babayan,
  • Harriet Wikman and ,
  • Janna-Lisa Velthaus,
  • Sonja Bergmann,
  • Stefanie Schatz,
  • Markus Falk,
  • Lars-Arne Berger and
  • Sonja Loges
  • + 17 authors+ 12 authors

17 June 2019

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) hold great potential to answer key questions of how non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) evolves and develops resistance upon anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment. Currently, their clinical utility in NSCLC is compromised by a low d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liquid Biopsy for Cancer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,101 Views
15 Pages

19 September 2019

The programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is an immune checkpoint (ICP) overexpressed in various types of tumors; thus, it has been considered as an important target for cancer therapy. To determine important r...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,752 Views
13 Pages

Machine-Learning Guided Discovery of Bioactive Inhibitors of PD1-PDL1 Interaction

  • Sachin P. Patil,
  • Elena Fattakhova,
  • Jeremy Hofer,
  • Michael Oravic and ,
  • Autumn Bender,
  • Jason Brearey,
  • Daniel Parker,
  • Madison Radnoff and
  • Zackary Smith
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

The selective activation of the innate immune system through blockade of immune checkpoint PD1-PDL1 interaction has proven effective against a variety of cancers. In contrast to six antibody therapies approved and several under clinical investigation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Small Molecules Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs): Current Strategies for the Development of New Drugs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
8,334 Views
17 Pages

EGCG Inhibits Tumor Growth in Melanoma by Targeting JAK-STAT Signaling and Its Downstream PD-L1/PD-L2-PD1 Axis in Tumors and Enhancing Cytotoxic T-Cell Responses

  • Dinoop Ravindran Menon,
  • Yang Li,
  • Takeshi Yamauchi,
  • Douglas Grant Osborne and ,
  • Prasanna Kumar Vaddi,
  • Michael F Wempe,
  • Zili Zhai and
  • Mayumi Fujita
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

26 October 2021

Over the last decade, therapies targeting immune checkpoints, such as programmed death-1 (PD-1), have revolutionized the field of cancer immunotherapy. However, low response rates and immune-related adverse events remain a major concern. Here, we rep...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Anticancer Compounds in Medicinal Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,843 Views
17 Pages

Potential Role of Circulating PD-L1+ Leukocytes as a Predictor of Response to Anti-PD-(L)1 Therapy in NSCLC Patients

  • Georgia Anguera,
  • Maria Mulet,
  • Carlos Zamora,
  • Rubén Osuna-Gómez and ,
  • Andrés Barba,
  • Ivana Sullivan,
  • Jorgina Serra-López,
  • Elisabet Cantó,
  • Silvia Vidal and
  • Margarita Majem
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

PD-(L)1 inhibitors are part of the treatment strategy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) although its efficacy is limited to certain patients. Our study aimed to identify patients who might benefit from anti-PD-(L)1 inhibitors by analyzing the PD...

(This article belongs to the Section Immunology and Immunotherapy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,869 Views
27 Pages

18 October 2021

Approximately 20% of breast cancer (BC) patients suffer from distant metastasis. The incidence and prevalence rates of metastatic BC have increased annually. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are an emerging area of treatment, especially for metastatic pa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metastatic Breast Cancers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
10,732 Views
23 Pages

PD-L1 Nanobody Competitively Inhibits the Formation of the PD-1/PD-L1 Complex: Comparative Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  • Xin Sun,
  • Xiao Yan,
  • Wei Zhuo,
  • Jinke Gu and ,
  • Ke Zuo,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Li Liang,
  • Ya Gan,
  • Gang He and
  • Jianping Hu
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

The anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint has achieved outstanding results in clinical application and has become one of the most popular anti-cancer drugs. The mechanism of molecular recognition and inhibition o...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,740 Views
17 Pages

PD-L1 in Systemic Immunity: Unraveling Its Contribution to PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade Immunotherapy

  • Ana Bocanegra,
  • Ester Blanco,
  • Gonzalo Fernandez-Hinojal,
  • Hugo Arasanz and ,
  • Luisa Chocarro,
  • Miren Zuazo,
  • Pilar Morente,
  • Ruth Vera,
  • David Escors and
  • Grazyna Kochan
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

18 August 2020

The use of monoclonal antibodies targeting PD-1/PD-L1 axis completely changed anticancer treatment strategies. However, despite the significant improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival of patients undergoing these immunotherapy t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue PD-L1, a Master Regulator of Immunity 2.0)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,349 Views
11 Pages

Best Practice PD-L1 Staining and Interpretation in Gastric Cancer Using PD-L1 IHC PharmDx 22C3 and PD-L1 IHC PharmDx 28-8 Assays, with Reference to Common Issues and Solutions

  • Soomin Ahn,
  • Inwoo Hwang,
  • Yuyeon Kim,
  • Somin Lee and ,
  • Yunjoo Cho,
  • So Young Kang,
  • Deok Geun Kim,
  • Jeeyun Lee and
  • Kyoung-Mee Kim
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

19 November 2025

Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) biomarker testing in gastric cancer is required to identify patients suitable for immunotherapy. However, the PD-L1 testing landscape is complex, with various PD-L1 tests available and multiple algorithms that combin...

(This article belongs to the Topic Biomarkers of Disease: Discovery and Clinical Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,729 Views
25 Pages

What Do We Have to Know about PD-L1 Expression in Prostate Cancer? A Systematic Literature Review. Part 5: Epigenetic Regulation of PD-L1

  • Andrea Palicelli,
  • Stefania Croci,
  • Alessandra Bisagni,
  • Eleonora Zanetti and ,
  • Dario De Biase,
  • Beatrice Melli,
  • Francesca Sanguedolce,
  • Moira Ragazzi,
  • Magda Zanelli and
  • Martina Bonacini
  • + 22 authors+ 17 authors

15 November 2021

Epigenetic alterations (including DNA methylation or miRNAs) influence oncogene/oncosuppressor gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. Prostate cancer (PC) displays a complex genetic and epigenetic regulation of cell-growth pathways and tu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomarker-Oriented Treatment of Urogenital Cancers)
  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,986 Views
25 Pages

Beyond Cancer: Regulation and Function of PD-L1 in Health and Immune-Related Diseases

  • Amke C. Beenen,
  • Tatjana Sauerer,
  • Niels Schaft and
  • Jan Dörrie

Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand 1 (PD-L1, CD274, B7-H1) is a transmembrane protein which is strongly involved in immune modulation, serving as checkpoint regulator. Interaction with its receptor, Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1), induces an immu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue PD-L1, a Master Regulator of Immunity 2.0)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,842 Views
14 Pages

27 November 2019

Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is an immune regulatory protein that facilitates tumor escape from host immune surveillance. In the clinic, tumors with high level of PD-L1 have been used to identify patients who might respond favorably to trea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polyphenols: Nutrition, Physiology, Metabolism and Health Benefits 2019)
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,072 Views
29 Pages

While promising, PD-L1 expression on tumor tissues as assessed by immunohistochemistry has been shown to be an imperfect biomarker that only applies to a limited number of cancers, whereas many patients with PD-L1-negative tumors still respond to ant...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Biology and Oncology)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,061 Views
26 Pages

What Do We Have to Know about PD-L1 Expression in Prostate Cancer? A Systematic Literature Review. Part 7: PD-L1 Expression in Liquid Biopsy

  • Andrea Palicelli,
  • Martina Bonacini,
  • Stefania Croci,
  • Alessandra Bisagni and ,
  • Eleonora Zanetti,
  • Dario De Biase,
  • Francesca Sanguedolce,
  • Moira Ragazzi,
  • Magda Zanelli and
  • Beatrice Melli
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

6 December 2021

Liquid biopsy is an accessible, non-invasive diagnostic tool for advanced prostate cancer (PC) patients, potentially representing a real-time monitoring test for tumor evolution and response to treatment through the analysis of circulating tumor cell...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Urogenital Pathology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,550 Views
20 Pages

Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), which is a molecule involved in the inhibitory signal in the immune system and is important due to blocking of the interactions between PD-1 and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), has emerged as a promising immuno...

(This article belongs to the Collection Computational Studies of Biomolecules)
  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
7,157 Views
13 Pages

PD-L1 Expression in Systemic Immune Cell Populations as a Potential Predictive Biomarker of Responses to PD-L1/PD-1 Blockade Therapy in Lung Cancer

  • Ana Bocanegra,
  • Gonzalo Fernandez-Hinojal,
  • Miren Zuazo-Ibarra,
  • Hugo Arasanz and ,
  • Maria Jesus Garcia-Granda,
  • Carlos Hernandez,
  • Maria Ibañez,
  • Berta Hernandez-Marin,
  • Maite Martinez-Aguillo and
  • Grazyna Kochan
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

PD-L1 tumor expression is a widely used biomarker for patient stratification in PD-L1/PD-1 blockade anticancer therapies, particularly for lung cancer. However, the reliability of this marker is still under debate. Moreover, PD-L1 is widely expressed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue PD-L1, A Master Regulator of Immunity)
  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
9,522 Views
14 Pages

PD-L1–PD-1 Pathway in the Pathophysiology of Multiple Myeloma

  • Hideto Tamura,
  • Mariko Ishibashi,
  • Mika Sunakawa-Kii and
  • Koiti Inokuchi

10 April 2020

PD-L1 expressed on tumor cells contributes to disease progression with evasion from tumor immunity. Plasma cells from multiple myeloma (MM) patients expressed higher levels of PD-L1 compared with healthy volunteers and monoclonal gammopathy of undete...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Asymptomatic Version of Myeloma: MGUS and Smoldering Myeloma)
  • Review
  • Open Access
102 Citations
9,615 Views
14 Pages

8 December 2019

It is obvious that tumor cells have developed a number of strategies to escape immune surveillance including an altered expression of various immune checkpoints, such as the programmed death-1 receptor (PD-1) and its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2. The inte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Cancer Immunotherapy with Antibodies to the PD-1 and PD-L1 Pathway)
  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,024 Views
13 Pages

Regulation of PD-L1 Expression by Nuclear Receptors

  • Yoshimitsu Kiriyama and
  • Hiromi Nochi

The suppression of excessive immune responses is necessary to prevent injury to the body, but it also allows cancer cells to escape immune responses and proliferate. Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) is a co-inhibitory molecule that is present on T cell...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,148 Views
14 Pages

PD-L1 Expression in Paired Samples of Rectal Cancer

  • Mina Coussement,
  • Roberta Fazio,
  • Alessandro Audisio,
  • Reem El Khoury and ,
  • Fatima-Zahra Abbassi,
  • Irene Assaf,
  • Chiara Conti,
  • Chiara Gallio,
  • Nada Benhima and
  • Francesco Sclafani
  • + 14 authors+ 9 authors

21 July 2024

Immune checkpoint inhibitors and immune-related biomarkers are increasingly investigated in rectal cancer (RC). We retrospectively analysed PD-L1 expression in diagnostic biopsy and resection samples from RC patients treated at our centre between 200...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,227 Views
15 Pages

Integration of Spatial PD-L1 Expression with the Tumor Immune Microenvironment Outperforms Standard PD-L1 Scoring in Outcome Prediction of Urothelial Cancer Patients

  • Veronika Weyerer,
  • Pamela L. Strissel,
  • Reiner Strick,
  • Danijel Sikic and ,
  • Carol I. Geppert,
  • Simone Bertz,
  • Fabienne Lange,
  • Helge Taubert,
  • Sven Wach and
  • Markus Eckstein
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

12 May 2021

Background: Immune therapy has gained significant importance in managing urothelial cancer. The value of PD-L1 remains a matter of controversy, thus requiring an in-depth analysis of its biological and clinical relevance. Methods: A total of 193 tumo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Targetable Pathways in Advanced Bladder Cancer)
  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,898 Views
12 Pages

Glial Cell Expression of PD-L1

  • Priyanka Chauhan and
  • James R. Lokensgard

The programmed death (PD)-1/PD-L1 pathway is a well-recognized negative immune checkpoint that results in functional inhibition of T-cells. Microglia, the brain-resident immune cells are vital for pathogen detection and initiation of neuroimmune resp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue PD-L1, A Master Regulator of Immunity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,398 Views
10 Pages

Characterization of PD-1/PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Expression in Osteosarcoma

  • Kazuhiko Hashimoto,
  • Shunji Nishimura and
  • Masao Akagi

Recent data have suggested that PD-1 and PD-L1 are involved in osteosarcoma (OS) pathogenesis; however, their contributions are not well-established. Here, the PD-1/PD-L1 expression was evaluated in (OS) cases. Preoperative needle biopsy specimens we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Classification of Soft Tissue and Bone Tumors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,929 Views
13 Pages

Prognostic Significance of PD-L1 Expression on Circulating Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in NSCLC Patients Treated with Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitors

  • Roser Salvia,
  • Laura G. Rico,
  • Teresa Morán,
  • Jolene A. Bradford and ,
  • Michael D. Ward,
  • Ana Drozdowskyj,
  • Joan Climent-Martí,
  • Eva M. Martínez-Cáceres,
  • Rafael Rosell and
  • Jordi Petriz
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

15 November 2024

Even though anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have improved survival, a high percentage of patients still do not respond to ICIs. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are circulating cells t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cancer Biomarker: Current Status and Future Perspectives)
  • Commentary
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,462 Views
6 Pages

DRG2 as a Biomarker to Enhance the Predictive Efficacy of PD-L1 Immunohistochemistry Assays

  • Muralidharan Mani,
  • Seong Hee Choi,
  • Hyuk Nam Kwon and
  • Jeong Woo Park

PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays are used as a companion diagnostic for immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, despite the association between PD-L1 expression and clinical benefit from ICIs, the PD-L1 IHC assay is no...

(This article belongs to the Section Immunology and Immunotherapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,674 Views
17 Pages

99mTc-Labeled Cyclic Peptide Targeting PD-L1 as a Novel Nuclear Imaging Probe

  • Guillermina Ferro-Flores,
  • Blanca Ocampo-García,
  • Pedro Cruz-Nova,
  • Myrna Luna-Gutiérrez and ,
  • Gerardo Bravo-Villegas,
  • Erika Azorín-Vega,
  • Nallely Jiménez-Mancilla,
  • Emiliano Michel-Sánchez,
  • Osvaldo García-Pérez and
  • Clara Santos-Cuevas
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Recent cancer therapies have focused on reducing immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment to prevent cancer progression and metastasis. PD-1 is a checkpoint protein that stops the immune response and is expressed on immune T cells. Cancer cel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Radiopharmaceutics, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,494 Views
11 Pages

Virtual Screening and In Vitro Evaluation of PD-L1 Dimer Stabilizers for Uncoupling PD-1/PD-L1 Interaction from Natural Products

  • Jrhau Lung,
  • Ming-Szu Hung,
  • Yu-Ching Lin,
  • Chien-Hui Hung and ,
  • Chih-Cheng Chen,
  • Kuan-Der Lee and
  • Ying Huang Tsai
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 November 2020

Genetic mutations accumulated overtime could generate many growth and survival advantages for cancer cells, but these mutations also mark cancer cells as targets to be eliminated by the immune system. To evade immune surveillance, cancer cells adopte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Anticancer Drugs II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,603 Views
10 Pages

Clinical Implication of PD-L1 Expression in Patients with Endometrial Cancer

  • Yeorae Kim,
  • Ala Aiob,
  • Hyojin Kim,
  • Dong Hoon Suh and ,
  • Kidong Kim,
  • Yong Beom Kim and
  • Jae Hong No
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

This study investigated PD-L1 expression in endometrial cancer, its links with prognostic factors, and survival outcomes in 232 patients. Of these, 73 (31.5%) had PD-L1-positive tumors and 159 (68.5%) had PD-L1-negative tumors. PD-L1 expression signi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Women’s Special Issue Series: Biomedicines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
836 Views
18 Pages

Liposarcomas, the most common subtype of soft tissue sarcomas, show variable biological behavior and therapeutic response. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte marker CD8 have been implicated in tumor immune evasion and progno...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Challenges of Targeted Therapy of Cancers: 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,815 Views
15 Pages

The Potential Advantage of Targeting Both PD-L1/PD-L2/PD-1 and IL-10–IL-10R Pathways in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  • Laura Jimbu,
  • Oana Mesaros,
  • Alexandra Neaga,
  • Ana Maria Nanut and ,
  • Ciprian Tomuleasa,
  • Delia Dima,
  • Corina Bocsan and
  • Mihnea Zdrenghea
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 October 2021

Tumor cells promote the suppression of host anti-tumor type 1 T cell responses by various mechanisms, including the upregulation of surface inhibitory molecules such as programmed death ligand (PD-L)-1, and the production of immunosuppressive cytokin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,911 Views
29 Pages

Tumor Cell-Autonomous Pro-Metastatic Activities of PD-L1 in Human Breast Cancer Are Mediated by PD-L1-S283 and Chemokine Axes

  • Nofar Erlichman,
  • Tamir Baram,
  • Tsipi Meshel,
  • Dina Morein and ,
  • Benny Da’adoosh and
  • Adit Ben-Baruch
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 February 2022

Therapies targeting the PD-L1/PD-1 axis have recently been introduced to triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with limited efficacy, suggesting that this axis promotes tumor progression through mechanisms other than immune suppression. Here, we over-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Roles of Chemokines in Cancer Immunotherapy)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,539 Views
13 Pages

Regulation of PD-L1 Protein Expression by the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase GP78

  • Madhumita Chatterjee,
  • Julio M. Pimentel,
  • Jun-Ying Zhou,
  • Thamarahansi Mugunamalwaththa and ,
  • Zhe Yang,
  • Avraham Raz and
  • Gen Sheng Wu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), including PD-L1 inhibitors, have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of cancers; however, only a small number of cancer patients benefit from these ICIs. Furthermore, the development of drug resistance to t...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,145 Views
11 Pages

PD1/PD-L1 Expression in Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm

  • Phyu P. Aung,
  • Narittee Sukswai,
  • Reza Nejati,
  • Sanam Loghavi and ,
  • Weina Chen,
  • Carlos A. Torres-Cabala,
  • C. Cameron Yin,
  • Marina Konopleva,
  • Xiaofeng Zheng and
  • Joseph D. Khoury
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

19 May 2019

Patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) have poor outcomes despite intensive chemotherapy, underscoring the need for novel therapeutic approaches. The expression status of PD1/PD-L1 in BPDCN remains unknown. We evaluated PD...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Signaling Pathways and Immune Checkpoint Regulation in Cancer)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,142 Views
22 Pages

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women. In recent years, immunotherapy, a key targeted treatment strategy, has gained prominence in the management of this disease. Immune cells within the tumor microenvironment can signific...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,242 Views
16 Pages

PD-L1 and BAP1 as Prognostic Biomarkers in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

  • Milija Gajić,
  • Vesna Ćeriman Krstić,
  • Natalija Samardžić,
  • Ivan Soldatović and ,
  • Sofija Glumac,
  • Milena Jovanović,
  • Milan Savić,
  • Mihailo Stjepanović,
  • Spasoje Popević and
  • Dragana Jovanović
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

19 January 2026

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a very aggressive tumor. The prognostic value of PD-L1 and BAP1 expression has been investigated in many studies. A retrospective study was conducted that analyzed PD-L1 and BAP1 expression as prognostic biomar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thoracic Tumors: Decoding Cellular Heterogeneity, Tumor Microenvironment Crosstalk, and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,835 Views
19 Pages

A Critical Role of Intracellular PD-L1 in Promoting Ovarian Cancer Progression

  • Rui Huang,
  • Brad Nakamura,
  • Rosemary Senguttuvan,
  • Yi-Jia Li and ,
  • Antons Martincuks,
  • Rania Bakkar,
  • Mihae Song,
  • David K. Ann,
  • Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez and
  • Hua Yu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

19 February 2025

Disrupting the interaction between tumor-cell surface PD-L1 and T cell membrane PD-1 can elicit durable clinical responses. However, only about 10% of ovarian cancer patients respond to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. Here, we show that PD-L1 expression in ovar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ovarian Cancer and Endometriosis)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,349 Views
12 Pages

Immunoexpressions of PD-L1 and EZH2 in Endometrial Carcinoma: Associations with Clinicopathological Parameters

  • Badrul Iskandar Abdul Wahab,
  • Shamsul Azhar Shah,
  • Roslina Mohd Arshad,
  • Nurwardah Alfian and ,
  • Geok Chin Tan and
  • Yin Ping Wong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Background: This study investigated PD-L1 and EZH2 immunoexpressions in endometrial carcinomas (ECs) and correlated their associations with clinicopathological parameters and five-year survival outcomes. Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective stud...

(This article belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
  • Opinion
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,702 Views
8 Pages

PD-L1 Expression in NSCLC: Clouds in a Bright Sky

  • Victoria Ferrari,
  • Jocelyn Gal,
  • Baharia Mograbi and
  • Gerard Milano

Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a major target for immunotherapy using checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs), particularly in lung cancer treatment. Tumoral PD-L1 expression has been recognized as a natural predictor of CPI response. This predictive rela...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Update on Immunotherapies for Cancer)

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