Citation: Li Xia, Yujun Song, Lan Xiao, Fan Tong, Miao Yu, Huile Gao, Ran Ran. The progress and perspective of tumor immunotherapy[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(12): 113390. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2026.113390 shu

The progress and perspective of tumor immunotherapy

Li Xia ^{a, 1} ,
Yujun Song ^{b, 1} ,
Lan Xiao ^{b, 1} ,
Fan Tong ^b ,
Miao Yu ^a ,
Huile Gao ^{b, *,} ,
Ran Ran ^{a, *,}

a.
Department of Breast, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610041, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China

gaohuile@scu.edu.cn

2548934165@qq.com

Received Date: 20 June 2026
Revised Date: 3 September 2026
Accepted Date: 4 September 2026
Available Online: 4 September 2026

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Immunotherapy has been the most attractive and promising strategy to conquer tumors. However, tumor immunotherapy faces many challenges, such as the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), poor T cell infiltration, and low immune response. Recently, numerous studies have been published to overcome these barriers, and many emerging immunotherapies have been developed. In this review, we first analyze the key barriers that compromise tumor immunotherapy, focusing on the immunosuppressive TME. Next, we summarize strategies to overcome these barriers, including inducing immunogenic cell death, promoting antigen presentation, improving T cell infiltration, and blocking immune checkpoints. We then highlight emerging new strategies for tumor immunotherapy, such as regulating tumor immune microenvironment network, engineering cell therapies, utilizing microbial-based therapies, and applying targeted protein degradation. The aforementioned innovative therapeutic strategies are expected to propel tumor immunotherapy into a completely new phase of development.
- Tumor immunotherapy,
- Tumor microenvironment,
- Immunogenic cell death,
- Engineered therapy,
- Targeted protein degradation
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