Frontiers in Immunology (Nov 2023)

Research progress on the immune microenvironment and immunotherapy in gastric cancer

  • Pei Mou,
  • Qing-hua Ge,
  • Rong Sheng,
  • Teng-fei Zhu,
  • Ye Liu,
  • Kai Ding

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1291117
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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The tumor microenvironment, particularly the immune microenvironment, plays an indispensable role in the malignant progression and metastasis of gastric cancer (GC). As our understanding of the GC microenvironment continues to evolve, we are gaining deeper insights into the biological mechanisms at the single-cell level. This, in turn, has offered fresh perspectives on GC therapy. Encouragingly, there are various monotherapy and combination therapies in use, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, adoptive cell transfer therapy, chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy, antibody-drug conjugates, and cancer vaccines. In this paper, we review the current research progress regarding the GC microenvironment and summarize promising immunotherapy research and targeted therapies.

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