Generation of endogenous soluble PD-1 as a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment

The Programmed cell death (PD-1) pathway is an immunoinhibitory T cell pathway that is involved in maintaining peripheral T cell tolerance and regulation of inflammation. PD-1 binds to its ligand, PD-L1 which is expressed normally on a variety of cells and aberrantly on cancer cells. Binding of PD-1...

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Main Author: Wahid, Mussarat
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56199/