The checkpoint inhibitor TIGIT limits antitumor and antiviral CD8+ T cell responses

Oncoimmunology. 2015 May 27;4(9):e1036214. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2015.1036214. eCollection 2015 Sep.

Abstract

Success in eliciting tumor rejection by therapeutic blockade of T cell checkpoint inhibitors, such as PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA-4, has spurred re-evaluation of additional receptors that regulate antitumor responses. Here we summarize our recent studies characterizing the role of co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT in antitumor and other chronic CD8+ T cell responses.

Keywords: CD226; PD1; TIGIT; antibodies; cancer immunotherapy; virus.