Anti-VEGF/VEGFR2 monoclonal antibodies and their combinations with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in clinic.

Anti-VEGF/VEGFR2 monoclonal antibodies and their combinations with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in clinic. Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2019 Nov 13;: Authors: Gao F, Yang C Abstract Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) signaling pathway is one of the most important pathways responsible for tumor angiogenesis. Currently, two monoclonal antibodies, anti-VEGF-A antibody Bevacizumab and anti-VEGFR2 antibody Ramucizumab, have been approved for the therapy of solid tumors. At the same time, VEGF/VEGFR2 signaling is involved in the regulation of immune responses. It is reported that the inhibition of this pathway has the capability to promote the vascular normalization, increase the intra-tumor infiltration of lymphocytes, and decrease the number and function of inhibitory immune cell phenotypes including Myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), regulatory T cells (Tregs) and M2 macrophages. On this basis, a number of clinical studies have been performed to investigate the therapeutic potential of VEGF/VEGFR2-targeting antibodies plus programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)/ programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors in various solid tumor types. In this context, we are going to briefly introduce VEGF/VEGFR2-targeting antibodies Bevacizumab and Ramucizumab, describe the differences between them, and summarize the clinical studies involved in the combination of Bevacizumab/Ramucizumab and PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. We ...
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