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CHAI and LATAIE: new genetic diseases of CTLA-4 checkpoint insufficiency.
Blood - 25 Aug 2016
Lo Bernice, Fritz Jill M, Su Helen C, Uzel Gulbu, Jordan Michael B, Lenardo Michael J
Abstract excerpt
CTLA-4 is a critical inhibitory "checkpoint" molecule of immune activation. Several recent reports have described patients with immune dysregulation and lymphoproliferative disease resulting from 2 different genetic diseases that directly or indirectly cause CTLA-4 deficiency. Numerous articles have also been published describing CTLA-4 blockade in cancer immunotherapy and its side effects, which are ultimately...
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