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Table 1 Strategies to reverse T cell exhaustion

From: Focus on T cell exhaustion: new advances in traditional Chinese medicine in infection and cancer

Disease types

Intervention methods

Target

References

HIV

Anti-PD-L1

PD-1

[30]

HBV

Anti-PD-L1

PD-1

[31]

LCMV

Anti-PD-L1, anti-LAG-3

PD-1, LAG-3

[32, 33]

HIV

Knock-down of PD-L1 and PD-L2

PD-L1, PD-L2

[34]

HIV

Anti-CTLA-4

CTLA-4

[36]

HBV

Anti-CTLA-4

CTLA-4

[37]

Bladder cancer

Anti-CTLA-4

CTLA-4

[38]

LCMV

Anti-TIM-3

TIM-3

[39]

HCV

Anti-TIM-3

TIM-3

[42]

HIV

Anti-TIM-3

TIM-3

[43]

HCC

Anti-TIM-3

TIM-3

[45]

LCMV

Anti-LAG-3

LAG-3

[46]

RCC

Knock out of VISTA

VISTA

[49, 50]

HCV

Anti-PD-L1, anti-CTLA-4

PD-1, CTLA-4

[51]

HBV

Anti-PD-L1, anti-CTLA-4

PD-1, CTLA-4

[52]

LCMV

Anti-PD-L1, anti-TIM-3

PD-1, TIM-3

[53]

GC

Anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-LAG-3, anti-TIM-3

PD-1, TIM-3, LAG-3

[54]

Osteosarcoma

Knockout of DNMT3A

DNMT3A

[56, 57]

LCMV

Knockout of TOX

TOX

[58]

Melanoma

Knockout of TOX

TOX

[59]

LCMV

Knockout of NR4A1

NR4A1

[61, 62]

LCMV

Knockout of Eomes

Eomes

[66]

LCMV

Knockout of T-bet

T-bet

[67]

CLL

BTK inhibitor

Glycolysis

[72]

LCMV

Anti-PD-L1

Glycolysis

[73]

Sarcoma

Anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, anti-CTLA-4

Glycolysis

[75]

NSCLC

Anti-PD-1

Glucose, lipid and mitochondrial metabolism

[76]

Melanoma

Knock down and overexpress of XBP1s

Cholesterol

[77, 78]

Lymphoma

Glutamine metabolism inhibitors

Glutamine metabolism

[79]

Breast cancer, cervical cancer

D-1MT

Tryptophan catabolism

[81]

HBV

Anti-CD3, and anti-CD28

Arginine

[82]

HIV

IL-15

Glycolysis

[84]

HCV

Histone methyltransferase inhibitors

Glycolytic and mitochondrial functions

[85]

Colon cancer, lymphoma, melanoma

DON, JHU083

Glutamine

[87]

HBV

Mitochondrion-targeted antioxidants

Mitochondria

[86]

ccRCC

Metformin

Mitochondrial ROS

[89]

Melanoma

Axitinib, anti-PD-1, anti-CTLA-4

Mitochondrial ROS

[91]

Melanoma, lung cancer, colorectal cancer

Overexpress of PGC1α

Mitochondrial metabolism

[92]

LCMV, melanoma

Knock out of VHL

HIF-1α, HIF-2α

[94]

Breast cancer

Knock out of HIF-1α

HIF-1α, VEGF-A

[95]

  1. RCC renal cell carcinoma, GC gastric cancer, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, BTK Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, d-1MT 1-methyl-d-tryptophan, NSCLC non-small-cell lung cancer, IL-15 interleukin-15, DON 6-diazo-5-oxo-l-norleucine, ccRCC clear cell renal cell carcinoma