Advances and challenges in neoantigen prediction for cancer immunotherapy

Neoantigens, derived from tumor-specific mutations, are promising targets of cancer immunotherapy by eliciting tumor-specific T-cell responses while sparing normal cells. Accurate neoantigen prediction relies on immunogenomics and immunopeptidomics. Immunogenomics identifies tumor-specific mutations...

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Main Authors: Yi Zhang, Ting-Ting Chen, Xiong Li, Ai-Lin Lan, Peng-Fei Ji, Ya-Juan Zhu, Xue-Yao Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1617654/full
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Summary:Neoantigens, derived from tumor-specific mutations, are promising targets of cancer immunotherapy by eliciting tumor-specific T-cell responses while sparing normal cells. Accurate neoantigen prediction relies on immunogenomics and immunopeptidomics. Immunogenomics identifies tumor-specific mutations via next-generation sequencing. Immunopeptidomics detects MHC-presented peptides using mass spectrometry. Integrating these two methods enhances prediction accuracy but faces challenges due to tumor heterogeneity, HLA diversity, and immune evasion. Future advancements will focus on dynamic tumor microenvironment monitoring, multi-omics integration, improved computational models and algorithms to refine neoantigen prediction, and developing optimized personalized vaccines.
ISSN:1664-3224