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Research progress of therapeutic effects and drug resistance of immunotherapy based on PD-1/PD-L1 blockade

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DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages -

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CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2022.100907

Keywords

Drug resistance; PD-1; PD-L1 blockade; Immunotherapy; Therapeutic effects; Resolvent

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The PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint plays a crucial role in tumor immune escape, but the main challenges of this therapy are low response rate and acquired resistance, thus further research is needed to improve the treatment outcome.
The binding of programmed death-1 (PD-1) on the surface of T cells and PD-1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) on tumor cells can prevent the immune-killing effect of T cells on tumor cells and promote the immune escape of tumor cells. Therefore, immune checkpoint blockade targeting PD-1/PD-L1 is a reliable tumor therapy with remarkable ef-ficacy. However, the main challenges of this therapy are low response rate and acquired resistance, so that the outcomes of this therapy are usually unsatisfactory. This review begins with the description of biological structure of the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint and its role in a variety of cells. Subsequently, the therapeutic effects of immune checkpoint blockers (PD-1 / PD-L1 inhibitors) in various tumors were introduced and analyzed, and the reasons affecting the function of PD-1/PD-L1 were systematically analyzed. Then, we focused on analyzing, sorting out and introducing the possible underlying mechanisms of primary and acquired resis-tance to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade including abnormal expression of PD-1/PD-L1 and some factors, immune-related pathways, tumor immune microenvironment, and T cell dysfunction and others. Finally, promising therapeutic strategies to sensitize the resistant patients with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade treatment were described. This review is aimed at providing guidance for the treatment of various tumors, and highlighting the drug resistance mecha-nisms to offer directions for future tumor treatment and improvement of patient prognosis.

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