Uncovering the complex role of interferon-gamma in suppressing type 2 immunity to cancer

AA Bhat, A Goyal, R Thapa, I Kazmi, SI Alzarea… - Cytokine, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer involves cells' abnormal growth and ability to invade or metastasize to different body
parts. Cancerous cells can divide uncontrollably and spread to other areas through the …

Interferon-γ: teammate or opponent in the tumour microenvironment?

AM Gocher, CJ Workman, DAA Vignali - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy offers substantive benefit to patients with various tumour types, in
some cases leading to complete tumour clearance. However, many patients do not respond …

Opposing roles of type I interferons in cancer immunity

GM Boukhaled, S Harding… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The immune system is tasked with identifying malignant cells to eliminate or prevent cancer
spread. This involves a complex orchestration of many immune cell types that together …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon-gamma at the crossroads of tumor immune surveillance or evasion

F Castro, AP Cardoso, RM Gonçalves, K Serre… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic molecule with associated antiproliferative, pro-
apoptotic and antitumor mechanisms. This effector cytokine, often considered as a major …

The dark side of IFN-γ: its role in promoting cancer immunoevasion

M Mojic, K Takeda, Y Hayakawa - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic cytokine that has long been praised as an important
effector molecule of anti-tumor immunity, capable of suppressing tumor growth through …

Interferon γ and its important roles in promoting and inhibiting spontaneous and therapeutic cancer immunity

E Alspach, DM Lussier… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Originally identified in studies of cellular resistance to viral infection, interferon (IFN)-γ is now
known to represent a distinct member of the IFN family and plays critical roles not only in …

Double-edged effects of interferons on the regulation of cancer-immunity cycle

X Zhang, S Wang, Y Zhu, M Zhang, Y Zhao… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Interferons (IFNs) are a large family of pleiotropic cytokines that regulate both innate and
adaptive immunity and show anti-cancer effects in various cancer types. Moreover, it was …

IFN-γ: A cytokine at the right time, is in the right place

JD Burke, HA Young - Seminars in immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Interferon gamma has long been studied as a critical mediator of tumor immunity. In recent
years, the complexity of cellular interactions that take place in the tumor microenvironment …

[PDF][PDF] IFNγ-dependent tissue-immune homeostasis is co-opted in the tumor microenvironment

CJ Nirschl, M Suárez-Fariñas, B Izar, S Prakadan… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Homeostatic programs balance immune protection and self-tolerance. Such mechanisms
likely impact autoimmunity and tumor formation, respectively. How homeostasis is …

The roles of IFNγ in protection against tumor development and cancer immunoediting

H Ikeda, LJ Old, RD Schreiber - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Interferon-gamma (IFNγ) is a cytokine that plays physiologically important roles in promoting
innate and adaptive immune responses. The absence of IFNγ production or cellular …