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. 2025 Jul 4;30(7):oyaf145.
doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyaf145.

Moving the needle on immune checkpoint inhibitors with novel targets: are we being TIMid or LAGging behind?

Changsu Lawrence Park  1 , Philippe L Bedard  1
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Moving the needle on immune checkpoint inhibitors with novel targets: are we being TIMid or LAGging behind?

Changsu Lawrence Park et al. Oncologist. .
No abstract available

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PLB: Consultant/Advisory role for: Zymeworks, Lilly, Seattle Genetics, Merck, Amgen, Gilead, Jannsen, Repare, Daiichi Sankyo. Grant/Research support from (Clinical Trials): Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bicara, Boehringer Ingelheim, BristolMyersSquibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Genentech/Roche, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly/Loxo, Medicenna, Merck, Nektar, Novartis, PTC Therapeutics, Sanofi, SeaGen, Servier, SignalChem Life Sciences, Takeda, Zymeworks

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Figure 1:
Overview of select immune checkpoint receptors and ligands.. Illustrative overview of the immune checkpoint receptors and ligands that were discussed in this editorial. Stimulatory (green dot) and inhibitory (red dot) interactions are depicted. A non-exhaustive list of ICIs in development are listed, with a focus on drugs in phase 3 clinical trials.
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