PMID- 37781391 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231003 LR - 20231003 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2023 TI - Perspectives of targeting LILRB1 in innate and adaptive immune checkpoint therapy of cancer. PG - 1240275 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1240275 [doi] LID - 1240275 AB - Immune checkpoint blockade is a compelling approach in tumor immunotherapy. Blocking inhibitory pathways in T cells has demonstrated clinical efficacy in different types of cancer and may hold potential to also stimulate innate immune responses. A novel emerging potential target for immune checkpoint therapy is leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 1 (LILRB1). LILRB1 belongs to the superfamily of leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors and exerts inhibitory functions. The receptor is expressed by a variety of immune cells including macrophages as well as certain cytotoxic lymphocytes and contributes to the regulation of different immune responses by interaction with classical as well as non-classical human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules. LILRB1 has gained increasing attention as it has been demonstrated to function as a phagocytosis checkpoint on macrophages by recognizing HLA class I, which represents a 'Don't Eat Me!' signal that impairs phagocytic uptake of cancer cells, similar to CD47. The specific blockade of the HLA class I:LILRB1 axis may provide an option to promote phagocytosis by macrophages and also to enhance cytotoxic functions of T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. Currently, LILRB1 specific antibodies are in different stages of pre-clinical and clinical development. In this review, we introduce LILRB1 and highlight the features that make this immune checkpoint a promising target for cancer immunotherapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Zeller, Munnich, Windisch, Hilger, Schewe, Humpe and Kellner. FAU - Zeller, Tobias AU - Zeller T AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Munnich, Ira A AU - Munnich IA AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Windisch, Roland AU - Windisch R AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Hilger, Patricia AU - Hilger P AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Schewe, Denis M AU - Schewe DM AD - Medical Faculty, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Humpe, Andreas AU - Humpe A AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. FAU - Kellner, Christian AU - Kellner C AD - Division of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20230913 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulins) RN - 0 (LILRB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1/metabolism MH - *Neoplasms MH - Macrophages MH - *Antineoplastic Agents MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I MH - Killer Cells, Natural MH - Immunoglobulins/metabolism MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism PMC - PMC10533923 OTO - NOTNLM OT - LILRB1 (ILT2) OT - NK cells OT - T cells OT - antibody therapy OT - cancer OT - immune checkpoint blockade OT - macrophages OT - phagocytosis COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/10/02 06:42 MHDA- 2023/10/03 06:47 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2023/10/02 04:44 PHST- 2023/06/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/03 06:47 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/02 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/02 04:44 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1240275 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2023 Sep 13;14:1240275. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1240275. eCollection 2023.