T cells in health and disease

L Sun, Y Su, A Jiao, X Wang, B Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
T cells are crucial for immune functions to maintain health and prevent disease. T cell
development occurs in a stepwise process in the thymus and mainly generates CD4+ and …

IL-17 and IL-17-producing cells in protection versus pathology

KHG Mills - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
IL-17 cytokine family members have diverse biological functions, promoting protective
immunity against many pathogens but also driving inflammatory pathology during infection …

Intricacies of TGF-β signaling in Treg and Th17 cell biology

J Wang, X Zhao, YY Wan - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Balanced immunity is pivotal for health and homeostasis. CD4+ helper T (Th) cells are
central to the balance between immune tolerance and immune rejection. Th cells adopt …

PD-L1 engagement on T cells promotes self-tolerance and suppression of neighboring macrophages and effector T cells in cancer

B Diskin, S Adam, MF Cassini, G Sanchez, M Liria… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) ligation delimits immunogenic responses in T cells.
However, the consequences of programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1) ligation in T cells …

The multifaced role of STAT3 in cancer and its implication for anticancer therapy

M Tolomeo, A Cascio - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 is one of the most complex
regulators of transcription. Constitutive activation of STAT3 has been reported in many types …

SOCS proteins in immunity, inflammatory diseases, and immune-related cancer

ML Sobah, C Liongue, AC Ward - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cytokine signaling represents one of the cornerstones of the immune system, mediating the
complex responses required to facilitate appropriate immune cell development and function …

CD4+T Cells: Differentiation and Functions

RV Luckheeram, R Zhou, AD Verma… - Journal of Immunology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
CD4+ T cells are crucial in achieving a regulated effective immune response to pathogens.
Naive CD4+ T cells are activated after interaction with antigen‐MHC complex and …

PKM2 promotes Th17 cell differentiation and autoimmune inflammation by fine-tuning STAT3 activation

LEA Damasceno, DS Prado, FP Veras… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
Th17 cell differentiation and pathogenicity depend on metabolic reprogramming inducing
shifts toward glycolysis. Here, we show that the pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a glycolytic …

JAK and STAT signaling molecules in immunoregulation and immune-mediated disease

JJ O'Shea, R Plenge - Immunity, 2012 - cell.com
The discovery of the Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcripton
(STAT) signaling pathway, a landmark in cell biology, provided a simple mechanism for …

SOCS3, a major regulator of infection and inflammation

B Carow, ME Rottenberg - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we describe the role of suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3) in
modulating the outcome of infections and autoimmune diseases as well as the underlying …