CF33-hNIS-antiPDL1 treatment produced functional anti-PD-L1 scFv, which blocked surface PD-L1 binding of live cancer cells and increased CD8+CD107α+ and CD4+CD107α+ T cell percentages while decreasing EGF, PDGF, soluble anti-PD-L1, and IL-10. Here, CD274 is linked to cancer.