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XING Xuyang, WANG Xiaochun, HE Wei. Advances in research on tumor immunotherapy and its drug development[J]. Journal of China Pharmaceutical University, 2021, 52(1): 10-19. DOI: 10.11665/j.issn.1000-5048.20210102
Citation: XING Xuyang, WANG Xiaochun, HE Wei. Advances in research on tumor immunotherapy and its drug development[J]. Journal of China Pharmaceutical University, 2021, 52(1): 10-19. DOI: 10.11665/j.issn.1000-5048.20210102

Advances in research on tumor immunotherapy and its drug development

Funds: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81872823) and the Double First-Class Project of China Pharmaceutical University (No.CPU2018PZQ13)
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  • Received Date: June 24, 2020
  • Revised Date: July 09, 2020
  • The progress of molecular biology and tumor biology has greatly changed the mode of cancer treatment. A large number of scientific studies have revealed the mechanism of tumor immune evasion, and a variety of new types of tumor immunotherapy have emerged, which has become another effective treatment of cancer after surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. This paper introduces the mechanism of tumor cell immune evasion, and focuses on the design principle, biological drugs and the latest research progress of immunotherapy, such as cytokine immunotherapies, therapeutic monoclonal antibody immunotherapy, PD-1/PD-L1 therapy, CAR-T therapy, tumor vaccine, oncolytic virus and so on. At the same time, the advantages and disadvantages of various immunotherapies are compared to provide reference for drug research and development in tumor immunotherapy.
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