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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
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Preferred term

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Checkpoint Blockers, Immune
  • Checkpoint Inhibitor, Immune
  • Immune Checkpoint Blockers
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor

Scope note

  • Drugs that block negative regulator IMMUNE CHECKPOINT proteins (e.g., PD-1 RECEPTOR and CTLA-4 ANTIGEN) thereby increasing suppressed immune activation in immunotherapies.

History note

  • 2021

In other languages

  • immuuniaktivaation vapauttajat

    Finnish

  • immunoaktivaation vapauttaja
  • immunoaktivaation vapauttajat
  • immunotarkistuspisteproteiinien estäjä
  • immunotarkistuspisteproteiinien estäjät
  • immunotarkistuspisteproteiinien inhibiittori
  • immunotarkistuspisteproteiinien inhibiittorit
  • immunotarkistuspisteproteiinin estäjät
  • immunotarkistuspisteproteiinin inhibiittorit
  • immuuniaktivaation vapauttaja
  • Immunkontrollpunktshämmare

    Swedish

  • Checkpointhämmare
  • CTLA-4 hämmare
  • PD-1 hämmare

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000082082

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