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PD-1 mediates functional exhaustion of activated NK cells in patients with Kaposi sarcoma.
Oncotarget - 8 Nov 2016
Beldi-Ferchiou Asma, Lambert Marion, Dogniaux Stéphanie, Vély Frédéric, Vivier Eric, Olive Daniel, Dupuy Stéphanie, Levasseur Frank, Zucman David, Lebbé Céleste, Sène Damien, Hivroz Claire, Caillat-Zucman Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Programmed Death-1 (PD-1), an inhibitory receptor expressed by activated lymphocytes, is involved in regulating T- and B-cell responses. PD-1 and its ligands are exploited by a variety of cancers to facilitate tumor escape through PD-1-mediated functional exhaustion of effector T cells. Here, we report that PD-1 is upregulated on Natural Killer (NK) cells from patients with Kaposi sarcoma (KS). PD-1 was expressed...
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