Synergistic effect of CTLA-4 blockade and cancer chemotherapy in the induction of anti-tumor immunity.

Several chemotherapeutics exert immunomodulatory effects. One of these is the nucleoside analogue gemcitabine, which is widely used in patients with lung cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, mesothelioma and several other types of cancer, but with limited efficacy. We hypothesized that the immunop...

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Main Authors: W Joost Lesterhuis, Joanne Salmons, Anna K Nowak, Esdy N Rozali, Andrea Khong, Ian M Dick, Julie A Harken, Bruce W Robinson, Richard A Lake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23626745/pdf/?tool=EBI