“Eating” Cancer cells by blocking CD47 signaling: Cancer therapy by targeting the innate immune checkpoint

Differing from the adaptive immune checkpoint mediated by programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) PD-1-ligand or CTLA-4, the CD47 and signal regulatory protein α (SIRPα) axis is emerging as a novel innate immune checkpoint of the immune cells of myeloid lineage. A balance should be established between the du...

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Main Authors: Yi-Rong Xiang, Li Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Cancer Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.cancertm.com/article.asp?issn=2395-3977;year=2017;volume=3;issue=6;spage=200;epage=208;aulast=Xiang