PD-1 derived CA-170 is an oral immune checkpoint inhibitor that exhibits preclinical anti-tumor efficacy

Sasikumar et al. describe the identification and characterization of CA-170, a small molecule inhibitor of PD-L1 and VISTA. They find that CA-170 activates T cells and exhibits anti-tumor efficacy in mouse models. This study highlights the potential of CA-170, which has advanced to human clinical tr...

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Main Authors: Pottayil G. Sasikumar, Naremaddepalli S. Sudarshan, Srinivas Adurthi, Raghuveer K. Ramachandra, Dodderi S. Samiulla, Anirudha Lakshminarasimhan, Anuradha Ramanathan, Talapaneni Chandrasekhar, Amit A. Dhudashiya, Sumalatha R. Talapati, Nagesh Gowda, Sreenivasulareddy Palakolanu, Jiju Mani, Bandi Srinivasrao, David Joseph, Nigam Kumar, Rashmi Nair, Hanudatta S. Atreya, Nagaraj Gowda, Murali Ramachandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02191-1