设计用于癌症免疫治疗的免疫调节受体的高亲和性结合剂

Wei Yang1,2, Derrick R Hicks1,2, Agnidipta Ghosh3

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

Nature communications
|February 26, 2025
PubMed
概括

科学家们开发了新的螺旋式蛋白质支架,为免疫受体创造了高亲和度的结合剂,进步了癌症免疫疗法. 这些结合剂向TGFβRII,CTLA-4和PD-L1等关键蛋白质,显示出新的癌症治疗方法的前景.

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