Newly emerging immune checkpoints: Promises for future cancer therapy

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Torphy, Robert J ^a   Schulick, Richard D ^a   Zhu, Yuwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosignaling; Immune checkpoints; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIVOLUMAB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNORECEPTOR TYROSINE BASED INHIBITION MOTIF; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PANCREAS CANCER; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85037660466     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18122642     Document Type: Review

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