Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI)

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immunotherapy

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 antibodies, are cancer immunotherapies that release brakes on T cell antitumor activity.

Source papers

  • Exercise-Induced Microbiota Metabolite Enhances CD8 T Cell Antitumor Immunity Promoting Immunotherapy Efficacy Catherine M. Phelps, Nathaniel B. Willis, Tingting Duan, et al., Giorgio Trinchieri, Marlies Meisel · 2025 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.018