PD-1/PD-L1 pathway: A double-edged sword in periodontitis
Periodontitis is a disease caused by infection and immunological imbalance, which often leads to the destruction of periodontal tissue. Programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand: programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) are important “immune checkpoint” proteins that have a negative regulatory effec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-03-01
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Series: | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332223000033 |