'Checkpoint Blockade' Is a Therapeutic Strategy Based on Enhancing T

question 42

Multiple Choice

'Checkpoint blockade' is a therapeutic strategy based on enhancing T cell responses by inhibiting the function of inhibitory receptors, such as CTLA-4, and PD-1. Patients being treated with these protein-based therapeutics would likely be suffering from:

• A) An autoimmune disease
• B) An immunodeficiency disease
• C) Cancer
• D) Inflammatory bowel disease
• E) A neurodegenerative disease

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