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Paramyxoviruses for Tumor-targeted Immunomodulation: Design and Evaluation Ex Vivo
Published on: January 7, 2019
Potent therapeutic target of inflammation, virus and tumor: focus on interleukin-27
Yuqing Duan1, Yunlong Jia1, Tingting Wang1
1Department of Biotherapy, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University and Hebei Cancer Institute, Shijiazhuang, China.
Interleukin (IL)-27 is an important pleiotropic immunological regulator for having dual effects on the immune responses. Several distinct findings have been highlighted that in certain conditions, neutralizing IL-27 or its subunit IL-27p28 might be a useful strategy to limit inflammation. Recently more insights have revealed that IL-27 could also exert potent inhibitory functions in some other immune circumstances including virus infection and tumor immunity. In this review, we describe IL-27 receptor subunits and the mechanisms of individual IL-27, and summarize the advances of their preclinical application trials. In addition, the potential role of IL-27 as a clinical therapeutic target will also be discussed.
Interleukin (IL)-27 is an important pleiotropic immunological regulator for having dual effects on the immune responses. Several distinct findings have been highlighted that in certain conditions, neutralizing IL-27 or its subunit IL-27p28 might be a useful strategy to limit inflammation. Recently more insights have revealed that IL-27 could also exert potent inhibitory functions in some other immune circumstances including virus infection and tumor immunity. In this review, we describe IL-27 receptor subunits and the mechanisms of individual IL-27, and summarize the advances of their preclinical application trials. In addition, the potential role of IL-27 as a clinical therapeutic target will also be discussed.
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