Immunology and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Ovarian Cancer – Current Aspects

Abstract

In the last decade immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) against the PD-1/PD-L1 system have revolutionised the treatment of numerous entities. To date, ovarian cancer has benefited very little from this success story. Possible causes include a rather low mutational burden compared to other tumour types, inadequate presentation of (neo-)antigens, and increased infiltration with immunosuppressive immune cells such as regulatory T cells and tumour-associated macrophages. In the clinical trials completed to date, the response rates to PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors have therefore been disappointingly low as well, although isolated long-term remissions have also been observed in ovarian cancer. The task now is to find suitable predictive biomarkers as well as to identify combination partners for ICB therapy that can increase the immunogenicity of ovarian cancer or overcome immunosuppressive resistance mechanisms. This paper provides an overview of the immune milieu in ovarian cancer, its impact on the effect of ICB, and summarises the clinical trial data available to date on ICB in ovarian cancer.

Key words

ovarian cancer - immune checkpoint blockade - PD-L1 - tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes

Publikationsverlauf

Eingereicht: 24. Januar 2021

Angenommen nach Revision: 05. April 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
06. Juli 2021

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