Checkpoint inhibitors (CPI) and autoimmune chronic inflammatory diseases (ACIDs): tolerance and loss of tolerance in the occurrence of immuno-rheumatologic manifestations

Immune related adverse events (irAEs) have been observed with all checkpoint inhibitors and are very frequent. The evidences coming from experimental models of congenital or acquired deficiency of CTLA-4 or from PD-1 knock-out mice, provided all the informations to interpret the organ or systemic manifestations (endocrine, or systemic autoimmune chronic inflammatory diseases-ACIDs) observed in trials as well as in registries of cohorts treated...