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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

HONJO, Tasuko (1942 – )

1942 –

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1992 CE

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Induced expression of PD-1, a novel member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily, upon programmed cell death.

HONJO, Tasuko (1942 – ) ISHIDA, Yasumasa AGATA, Yasutoshi SHIBAHARA, Keiichi

Honjo discovered the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1). This discovery significantly contributed to the establishment of cancer immunotherapy principle by PD-1 blockade. Order of authorship in the original public…