Better performance of CARs deprived of the PD-1 brake.

Morales-Kastresana, Aizea; Labiano, Sara; Quetglas, José I; Melero, Ignacio · Clin Cancer Res · 2013

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Abstract

Immunotherapies often permit combinations to increase efficacy. Two approaches are currently leading our field: adoptive therapy with T cells transfected with chimeric antigen receptors and monoclonal antibodies blocking the PD-1/PD-L1 (B7-H1) axis. In this issue of Clinical Cancer Research, preclinical evidence for a synergistic combination of such approaches is reported.

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