Immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer treatment

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1577-1587

  Park, Junsik ^a   Kwon, Minsuk ^a   Shin, Eui Cheol ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Co inhibitory receptor; Immune checkpoint; Immunotherapy; T cell

Indexed keywords

ATEZOLIZUMAB; BMS 936559; CD28 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; DURVALUMAB; LIGAND; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIVOLUMAB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PIDILIZUMAB; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; HAVCR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEPATITIS A VIRUS CELLULAR RECEPTOR 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TIGIT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS A VIRUS CELLULAR RECEPTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIGANDS; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84992013240     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-016-0850-5     Document Type: Review

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