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. 2021 May 1;19:124. doi: 10.1186/s12951-021-00865-w

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

CA4-NPs arrest the tumor by disrupting the established central tumor vasculature, which can induce severe hypoxic conditions and high expression of HIF-1α in tumor tissues. The hypoxic condition can increase the expression of PD-L1 in tumor microenvironment, so the PD-L1 inhibitors can release the ‘immune brake’ to reactivate the T-cell immune response to the tumor effect in the peripheral area