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SUBMITTER: Guzik K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600339 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guzik Katarzyna K Tomala Marcin M Muszak Damian D Konieczny Magdalena M Hec Aleksandra A Błaszkiewicz Urszula U Pustuła Marcin M Butera Roberto R Dömling Alexander A Holak Tad A TA
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190530 11
Cancer immunotherapy based on antibodies targeting the immune checkpoint PD-1/PD-L1 pathway has seen unprecedented clinical responses and constitutes the new paradigm in cancer therapy. The antibody-based immunotherapies have several limitations such as high production cost of the antibodies or their long half-life. Small-molecule inhibitors of the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction have been highly anticipated as a promising alternative or complementary therapeutic to the monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Curr ...[more]