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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-Related Thyroid Dysfunction: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Possible Pathogenesis, and Management.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2021
Zhan Ling, Feng Hong-Fang, Liu Han-Qing, Guo Lian-Tao, Chen Chuang, Yao Xiao-Li, Sun Sheng-Rong
Abstract excerpt
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a group of drugs employed in the treatment of various types of malignant tumors and improve the therapeutic effect. ICIs blocks negative co-stimulatory molecules, such as programmed cell death gene-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4), reactivating the recognition and killing effect of the immune system on tumors. However,...
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