Senescent T cells: a potential biomarker and target for cancer therapy

J Zhang, T He, L Xue, H Guo - EBioMedicine, 2021 - thelancet.com
The failure of T cells to eradicate tumour cells in the tumour microenvironment is mainly due
to the dysfunction of T cells. Senescent T cells, with defects in proliferation and effector …

[HTML][HTML] An NK-like CAR T cell transition in CAR T cell dysfunction

CR Good, MA Aznar, S Kuramitsu, P Samareh… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has achieved remarkable success in
hematological malignancies but remains ineffective in solid tumors, due in part to CAR T cell …

[HTML][HTML] Bystander activation in memory and antigen-inexperienced memory-like CD8 T cells

D Paprckova, E Salyova, J Michalik… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antigen-induced memory T cells undergo counterintuitive activation in an antigen-
independent manner, which is called bystander response. Although it is well documented …

Cocultures of human colorectal tumor spheroids with immune cells reveal the therapeutic potential of MICA/B and NKG2A targeting for cancer treatment

T Courau, J Bonnereau, J Chicoteau, H Bottois… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Immunotherapies still fail to benefit colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Relevant
functional assays aimed at studying these failures and the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy …

CAR+ and CAR T cells share a differentiation trajectory into an NK-like subset after CD19 CAR T cell infusion in patients with B cell malignancies

RHY Louie, C Cai, J Samir, M Singh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is effective in treating B cell malignancies,
but factors influencing the persistence of functional CAR+ T cells, such as product …

Perinatal thymic-derived CD8αβ-expressing γδ T cells are innate IFN-γ producers that expand in IL-7R–STAT5B-driven neoplasms

N Sumaria, GJ Fiala, D Inácio, M Curado-Avelar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The contribution of γδ T cells to immune responses is associated with rapid secretion of
interferon-γ (IFN-γ). Here, we show a perinatal thymic wave of innate IFN-γ-producing γδ T …

KIR+ CD8+ and NKG2A+ CD8+ T cells are distinct innate-like populations in humans

SJ Choi, JY Koh, MS Rha, IH Seo, H Lee, S Jeong… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Subsets of the human CD8+ T cell population express inhibitory NK cell receptors, such as
killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and NKG2A. In the present study, we examine …

The histone methyltransferase DOT1L prevents antigen-independent differentiation and safeguards epigenetic identity of CD8+ T cells

EM Kwesi-Maliepaard, MA Aslam… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cytotoxic T cell differentiation is guided by epigenome adaptations, but how epigenetic
mechanisms control lymphocyte development has not been well defined. Here we show that …

Virtual memory CD8+ T cells restrain the viral reservoir in HIV-1-infected patients with antiretroviral therapy through derepressing KIR-mediated inhibition

JH Jin, HH Huang, MJ Zhou, J Li, W Hu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
The viral reservoir is the major hurdle in developing and establishing an HIV cure.
Understanding factors affecting the size and decay of this reservoir is crucial for the …

MHC class I-independent activation of virtual memory CD8 T cells induced by chemotherapeutic agent-treated cancer cells

X Wang, BC Waschke, RA Woolaver… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer cells can evade immune recognition by losing major histocompatibility complex
(MHC) class I. Hence, MHC class I-negative cancers represent the most challenging cancers …