Identification of super-exhausted T cells: a novel population predictive of response to immunotherapy

Background Most cancer patients treated with anti-PD1 or anti-PDL1 immune checkpoint blockers do not derive clinical benefit. There is therefore a crucial need to identify reliable predictive biomarkers of response. Beyond PD1, several immune checkpoints, including CTLA4, LAG3, TIM3 and TIGIT, are associated with a T cell exhausted phenotype and play an important role in […]
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