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Table 2 Representative preclinical experiments about immunosuppressive cells

From: Next frontier in tumor immunotherapy: macrophage-mediated immune evasion

Cell

Target

Drug name

Animal model

Combination therapy

Effect on the TME

References

MDSC

NAMPT

FK866 and MV87

Fibrosarcoma mouse model

PD-1 antibody

Decrease MDSCs, increase T cell

[91]

—

Resveratrol

Lewis lung carcinoma bearing mice

-

Decrease MDSCs, increase T cell

[95]

γ-secretase

DAPT

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

-

Decrease MDSCs/TAM/Tregs

[118]

DCs

CD-11b

ADH-503

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

PD-1/41BB antibody

Promote M1 polarization; Increase cDCs/T cell

[103]

TLR-7 /IL-10

let7b

Breast cancer

-

Activate TIDCs; Increase secretion of IL-12/IL-10

[114]

CD169

CD169 antibodies

Melanoma

-

Increase CD8+T cell response

-

TANs

SIRPα

KWAR23

Burkitt’s lymphoma mice model

Anti-CD70 antibody

Enhance neutrophils and macrophages antitumor activity

[109]

B11

EFNB2-EphB4

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Radiation

Decrease Tregs, macrophages, and neutrophils

[113]

Tregs

IL-23

Guselkumab

Renal cell carcinoma

-

Decrease Tregs; Decrease secretion of IL-10/TGF-β; Increase cytotoxicity of CD8+T cells

[135]

TLR1/2

Pam3CSK4

B16/F10 melanoma model

CTLA-4 antibody

Increase M1/T cells; Decrease Tregs

[142]

CAFs

Bromodoma

JQ1/ricolinostat

Non-small cell lung cancer model

-

Increase T cell, decrease M2

-

HSP90

Octyl gallate

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

-

Decrease M2

[146]

mPGES-1

CIII

Neuroblastoma tumor

-

Decrease M2

[151]