Clinical applications of PD-L1 bioassays for cancer immunotherapy

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Liu, Delong ^a   Wang, Shuhang ^b   Bindeman, Wendy ^c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; CD274 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

BIOASSAY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; B7-H1 ANTIGEN; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 85019468495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-017-0479-y     Document Type: Review

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