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Fig. 1 | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

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From: Current landscape and future of dual anti-CTLA4 and PD-1/PD-L1 blockade immunotherapy in cancer; lessons learned from clinical trials with melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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Mechanism of CTLA 4 and PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition. The activation of T cells is mediated by the interaction of T cell receptor and the CD28 receptor with class II major histocompatibility complex and B7 co-stimulatory molecule located on the antigen presenting cells. The interaction of CTLA-4 with the B7 molecule delivers an inhibitory signal, effectively checked by CTLA-4 inhibitors. On the other hand, the negative regulation of T cells resulting from PD-1/PD-L1 interaction between T cells and tumor cells is prevented by PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. Abbreviations: APC, antigen presenting cell; PD-1, programmed death receptor-1; PD-L1, programmed cell death receptor ligand-1; TCR, T cell receptor; MHC I, major histocompatibility complex class I; MHC II, major histocompatibility complex class II

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