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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Guo L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434518 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
OncoTargets and therapy 20200812
Immune cells are essential for defending the body's balance and have increasingly been implicated in controlling tumor growth. In cervical cancer (CC), the immune landscape is extensively connected with human papillomavirus (HPV) status. Recent insights from studies have revealed that as a result of infection with HPV, immune cell populations such as lymphocytes or monocytes change during carcinogenesis. Immune therapy, in particular checkpoint inhibitors, those targeting PD-1 or PD-L1, has show ...[more]