To escape destruction by the immune system, tumor cells can modulate the expression of proteins involved in immune checkpoints.
For example, programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) is an immune checkpoint receptor that regulates the T cell response.
Its ligand, programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), is usually overexpressed on the surface of tumor cells.
When PD1 is bound to PD-L1, the T-cell response is suppressed, contributing to the immune resistance of tumors.
Checkpoint inhibitors that block the formation of the PD1/PD-L1 complex are of considerable interest in cancer immunotherapy, and thus these proteins are a subject of great interest in immuno-oncology research.
In this assay, several biochemical tests can be chosen to measure the inhibition of these checkpoints by molecules.
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Tests of inhibition.
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