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ipilimumab

antibody
Also known as: Yervoy

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cancer treatment use

  • immune stimulation by activated helper T cells
    In immune system: Immunity against cancer

    Known as ipilimumab (Yervoy), the antibody was approved in 2011 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of late-stage melanoma. Likewise, the discovery of a negative immune regulatory protein known as programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), which occurs on the surface of T…

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  • precancerous growth in a human colon
    In cancer: Immunotherapy

    …approach has been demonstrated with ipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of advanced melanoma that binds to and blocks the activity of cytotoxic lymphocyte associated antigen 4 (CTLA4). CTLA4 normally is a powerful inhibitor of T cells. Thus, by releasing the inhibitory signal, ipilimumab augments the immune response,…

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  • precancerous growth in a human colon
    In cancer: Milestones in cancer science

    Cancer immunotherapies—such as ipilimumab, nivolumab, and pembrolizumab—were also developed. These therapies, though they were associated with potentially dangerous side effects, were especially effective in mobilizing immune cells to fight tumours. American immunologist James P. Allison and Japanese immunologist Tasuku Honjo

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