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“[...] the experience with GITR targeting in patients may inform the development of either novel or next-generation immunotherapy approaches.”
BUFFALO, NY- June 21, 2023 – A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on June 19, 2023, entitled, “Targeting GITR in cancer immunotherapy – there is no perfect knowledge.”
In this new perspective, researchers Diwakar Davar and Roberta Zappasodi from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), University of Pittsburgh, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences discuss the glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (GITR), belonging to the TNFR superfamily (TNFRSF) and stimulating both the acquired and innate immunity. GITR is broadly expressed on immune cells, particularly regulatory T cells (Tregs) and natural killer (NK) cells.
“Given its potential to promote T effector function and impede Treg immune suppression, GITR is an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy.”
Preclinically, GITR agonists have demonstrated potent anti-tumor efficacy singly and in combination with a variety of agents, including PD-1 blockade. Multiple GITR agonists have been advanced into the clinic, although the experience with these agents has been disappointing. Recent mechanistic insights into the roles of antibody structure, valency, and Fc functionality in mediating anti-tumor efficacy may explain some of the apparent inconsistency or discordance between preclinical data and observed clinical efficacy.
Overall, the clinical results obtained so far with GITR agonist agents have demonstrated specific immune effects in the expected immune cell populations based on preclinical studies. However, these effects have not produced substantial therapeutic activity in human cancer patients. A maturing understanding of the immune responses to GITR agonism in human cancer has clarified novel issues specific to drug development in this space including Ab structure (monospecific and bispecific mAbs and co-stimulatory GITR ligands), Ab valency, and Fc functionality.
“This improved understanding of the immune responses to GITR agonism in patients should be kept in consideration for the design of novel rational combinations or treatment regimens in earlier disease settings where immunotherapy is gradually becoming the treatment of choice.”
Read the full paper: DOI: https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.28461
Correspondence to: Diwakar Davar - Email: davard@upmc.edu
Keywords: cancer, immunotherapy, programmed death-1 (PD-1), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4), glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (GITR)
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0286921
Article Title: How the monarch got its spots: Long-distance migration selects for larger white spots on monarch butterfly wings
Author Countries: USA
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work. END ...
