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Table 3 ICI combination therapy with CXCR4 blockade in cancer therapy

From: Combination therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); a new frontier

Tumor

Target IC

Result

References

Hepatocellular carcinoma

PD-1

Inhibition of tumor growth and lung metastasis along with improved OS rate in mice models

[231]

Triple-negative breast cancer

PD-L1

Robust antitumor effect and extended OS rate in 4T1 cell bearing murine model

[235]

Ovarian cancer

PD-1

Enhancing the effector T-cell infiltration, improving effector T-cell function and also memory T cells in TME

Reducing intratumoral Treg cells and promoting the conversion of Treg cells into T helper

Improved OS rate in mice model

[233]

Glioblastoma

PD-1

Improving the memory T cells and reducing MDSCs

Promoting CD4 + /CD8 + ratios in the brain and elevation of pro-inflammatory cytokines levels in the brain

[36]

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

PD-1

Inspiring the CD8 + T-cell migration into the juxtatumoral compartment and also induction apoptosis in tumor cell

[237]

Osteosarcoma

PD-1

Inducing tumor regression by suppressing MDSCs in mice model

[232]

Colon cancer

Melanoma

PD-1

Inhibition of tumor growth in two syngeneic murine models, by improving granzyme and suppressing FOXP3 cells infiltration

[236]

Ovarian cancer

PD-1

Improved OS rate in treated mice model

[234]

Lung cancer

PD-L1

Improving the T cell infiltration, enhancing expression of calreticulin on tumor cells

Reducing MDSCs and Treg in the TME

[274]

Glioblastoma

PD-1

Demonstrating immune memory concurrently reducing populations of MDSCs and tumor-promoting immune cells

Improved OS rate in treated mice model

[275]

Triple-negative breast cancer

PD-L1

Promoting the tumor immunogenicity to recruit T cells, attenuating the physiological barricades of intratumoral fibrosis and collagen to support T cell infiltration, and reducing the immunosuppressive cells to revive T cells

[276]

Melanoma

PD-1

Modulating the immune cell profile within the TME and improving CD8 + T cell infiltration

[277]

  1. ICI immune checkpoint inhibitor, PD-1 programmed cell death protein 1, PD-L1 programmed death-ligand 1, CTLs cytotoxic T cells, IFN interferon, Tregs regulatory T cells, TME tumor microenvironment, MDSC myeloid-derived suppressor cells, OS overall survival, FOXP3 Forkhead box protein P3