Immunosuppressive checkpoint Siglec-15:a vital new piece of the cancer immunotherapy jigsaw puzzle

摘要

On March 5th, a novel immunosuppressive molecule,Siglec-15, was reported in Nature Medicine by Professor Lieping Chen1. Siglec-15 was reported in a wide variety of tumors. The molecule is not a simple replica of PD-1/PD-L1.Rather, the expressions of Siglec-15 and PD-L1 are mutually exclusive1, suggesting that Siglec-15 antibodies may be effective on tumors that are not responsive to anti-PD-1/PDL1 therapy. Siglec-15 potentially serves as a complementary therapeutic target and offers alternative treatments for many anti-PD-l/PD-Ll therapy unresponsive patients. This discovery generated a huge response.