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21st European Congress of Endocrinology

Lyon, France
18 May 2019 - 21 May 2019

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18-21 May 2019, Lyon, France

Symposia

Immunology and endocrinology (Endorsed by Endocrine Connections)

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Clinical: Immunotherapy and endocrine disease

Stelmachowska-Banaś Maria

Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors has become an effective treatment of many malignancies resistant to conventional chemotherapies. Immune checkpoints are molecules on the surface of immune cells involved in the regulation of the immune response and immune checkpoint inhibitors are monoclonal antibodies directed against certain immune checkpoints, such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), res...