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SUBMITTER: Kim EH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7279355 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Eun-Hye EH Kawamoto Masuki M Dharmatti Roopa R Kobatake Eiry E Ito Yoshihiro Y Miyatake Hideyuki H
International journal of molecular sciences 20200521 10
Cancer immunotherapy has been revolutionized by the development of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that inhibit interactions between immune checkpoint molecules, such as programmed cell-death 1 (PD-1), and its ligand PD-L1. However, mAb-based drugs have some drawbacks, including poor tumor penetration and high production costs, which could potentially be overcome by small molecule drugs. BMS-8, one of the potent small molecule drugs, induces homodimerization of PD-L1, thereby inhibiting its binding ...[more]