Mechanisms of resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 9-16

  Jenkins, Russell W ^a,b   Barbie, David A ^b   Flaherty, Keith T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

acquired resistance; cancer immunology; CTLA 4; immune checkpoint; immunotherapy; innate resistance; PD 1; PD L1

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUMOR IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 85040358843     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.434     Document Type: Article

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