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Tumor immune mechanism. T cells express PD-1 and CTLA-4 on their surface. Interaction with its ligands, PD-L1 and CD80/CD86, respectively, results in negative regulation of T cells. Therefore, anti-PD-1/PD-L1 and anti-CTLA-4 pathway antibodies would induce an upregulation of T cell activity.
