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ALLISON, James Patrick (1948 – )

ALLISON, James Patrick (1948 – )

1948 –

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden · James P. Allison EM1B5525 · CC BY 2.0

1982 CE

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Tumor-specific antigen of murine T-lymphoma defined with monoclonal antibody.

In 1982 Allison discovered the T-cell receptor. Order of authorship in the original publication: Allison, Bloch, McIntyre.

1996 CE

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Enhancement of antitumor immunity by CTLA-4 blockade.

In the early 1990s James Allison showed that CTLA-4 acts as an inhibitory molecule to restrict T-cell responses. In 1996, Allison was the first to show that antibody blockade of a T-cell inhibitory molecule (known as …