Clinical implications of T cell exhaustion for cancer immunotherapy

A Chow, K Perica, CA Klebanoff… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has been a remarkable clinical advancement in the treatment of cancer. T
cells are pivotal to the efficacy of current cancer immunotherapies, including immune …

Exhausted CD8+ T cells in the tumor immune microenvironment: new pathways to therapy

W Jiang, Y He, W He, G Wu, X Zhou, Q Sheng… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells are exposed to persistent antigenic stimulation which induces a
dysfunctional state called “exhaustion.” Though functioning to limit damage caused by …

Mechanisms of T cell exhaustion guiding next-generation immunotherapy

CC Zebley, B Youngblood - Trends in cancer, 2022 - cell.com
The functional decline in T cells during their chronic stimulation, commonly referred to as T
cell exhaustion, is a major limitation for current immunotherapy approaches. As modern …

[HTML][HTML] T cell dysfunction and exhaustion in cancer

Z Zhang, S Liu, B Zhang, L Qiao, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor immunotherapy is a promising therapeutic strategy for patients with advanced
cancers. T cells are key mediators of antitumor function that specifically recognize and react …

The development of CD8 T-cell exhaustion heterogeneity and the therapeutic potentials in cancer

J Zhang, F Lei, H Tan - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
CD8+ T cells are essential lymphocytes with cytotoxic properties for antitumor
immunotherapy. However, during chronic infection or tumorigenesis, these cells often …

CD4 T-cell exhaustion: does it exist and what are its roles in cancer?

AM Miggelbrink, JD Jackson, SJ Lorrey… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
In chronic infections and in cancer, persistent antigen stimulation under suboptimal
conditions can lead to the induction of T-cell exhaustion. Exhausted T cells are …

Reinvigorating exhausted CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the tumor microenvironment and current strategies in cancer immunotherapy

MA Hossain, G Liu, B Dai, Y Si, Q Yang… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer in recent years and achieved
overall success and long‐term clinical benefit in patients with a wide variety of cancer types …

Resistance to immune checkpoint therapies by tumour-induced T-cell desertification and exclusion: key mechanisms, prognostication and new therapeutic …

MM Wang, SE Coupland, T Aittokallio… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint therapies (ICT) can reinvigorate the effector functions of anti-tumour T
cells, improving cancer patient outcomes. Anti-tumour T cells are initially formed during their …

CD8+ T cell exhaustion in anti‐tumour immunity: The new insights for cancer immunotherapy

Y Huang, A Jia, Y Wang, G Liu - Immunology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
CD8+ T cells play a crucial role in anti‐tumour immunity, but they often undergo exhaustion,
which affects the anti‐tumour activity of CD8+ T cells. The effect and mechanism of …

CD8+ T-cell exhaustion in cancer: mechanisms and new area for cancer immunotherapy

QF He, Y Xu, J Li, ZM Huang, XH Li… - Briefings in functional …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Immunotherapies have emerged as the most promising area in cancer treatments in recent
years. CD8+ T cells, as one of the primary effector cells of anticancer immunity, however …