Targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 Axis in Human Vitiligo

Autoreactive CD8+ T cells play a pivotal role in melanocyte destruction in autoimmune vitiligo. Immunotherapy for melanoma often leads to autoimmune side-effects, among which vitiligo-like depigmentation, indicating that targeting immune checkpoints can break peripheral tolerance against self-antige...

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Main Authors: Marcella Willemsen, Cornelis J. M. Melief, Marcel W. Bekkenk, Rosalie M. Luiten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.579022/full