Article
Patient HLA class I genotype influences cancer response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy
7 Dec 2017
Abstract excerpt
HLA genotype affects response Immunotherapy works by activating the patient's own immune system to fight cancer. For effective tumor killing, CD8 + T cells recognize tumor peptides presented by human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) molecules. In humans, there are three major HLA-I genes ( HLA-A, HLA-B , and HLA-C ). Chowell et al. asked whether germline HLA-I genotype influences how T cells recognize tumor...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
