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. 2025 Aug 22;24:219. doi: 10.1186/s12943-025-02375-x

Table 3.

The role of oxidative stress-based strategies in immunotherapies

Drugs Mechanism ROS Effects Tumors References
T-Fulips Improve the antioxidant capacity of T cells NA Anti-tumor Breast cancer, colon cancer, and melanoma [224]
Melanoma [560]
Venetoclax Damage the respiratory chain Increase Anti-tumor Acute myeloid leukemia [561]
IL-15 Activate the Trx system of NK cells NA Anti-tumor Chronic myelogenous leukemia and non-small cell lung cancer [563]
Zr-CeO Nanozyme SOD-like and CAT-like enzyme activation Decrease Anti-tumor Renal cancer and breast cancer [25]
IPI-549 Inhibit PI3K/AKT pathway Decrease Anti-tumor Colon cancer [567]
β-Glucan Train TAN to generate ROS Increase Anti-tumor Lung cancer and melanoma [564]
M-H@Lip-ZA Kill M2-TAM utilizing ROS Increase Anti-tumor Breast cancer [569]
ICG/AuNR@BCNP Induce ICD by tumor cell ERS Increase Anti-tumor Glioblastoma and melanoma [575]
NP-I-CA-TPP Induce ICD by consuming GSH Increase Anti-tumor Osteosarcoma [581]
PPIR780-ZMS Induce ICD by CDT Increase Anti-tumor Melanoma [578]
Cardiac Glycosides Induce ICD by inhibiting sodium–potassium ATPase Increase Anti-tumor Breast, colorectal, head and neck, and hepatocellular carcinoma [579]
Micheliolide Induce ICD by inhibiting TrxR Increase Anti-tumor Hepatocellular carcinoma [580]
PLNPCu Induce ICD by Fenton-like reaction Increase Anti-tumor Breast cancer [577]

IL-15 interleukin-15, CAT catalase, PI3Kγ phosphoinositide 3‐kinase gamma, TAN tumor-associated neutrophil, M2-TAM M2-like tumor-associated macrophage, ICD immunogenic cell death