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Mind the immuno-connection gap

Nature Chemical Biology volume 13, pages 572–573 (2017)Cite this article

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Biologic drugs that modulate the immune system have revolutionized the therapeutic landscape for several selected cancer types. A new study reports an image-based assay system to monitor cell–cell interactions, identifying small-molecule compounds with immunomodulatory capacity.

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Figure 1: High-content screening of cell–cell contacts using automated fluorescence microscopy.

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  1. Wolfgang Link is in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine (DCBM), the Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), and Algarve Biomedical Center (ABC), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal.,

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