Knowns and unknowns about CAR-T cell dysfunction

A Titov, Y Kaminskiy, I Ganeeva, E Zmievskaya… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The primary issue of adoptive cell therapy is the poor in vivo persistence.
In this context, it is necessary to clarify the fundamental mechanisms of T cell dysfunction …

Clonal lineage tracing reveals mechanisms skewing CD8+ T cell fate decisions in chronic infection

MY Kasmani, R Zander, HK Chung, Y Chen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Although recent evidence demonstrates heterogeneity among CD8+ T cells during chronic
infection, developmental relationships and mechanisms underlying their fate decisions …

Single-cell transcriptome profiling and chromatin accessibility reveal an exhausted regulatory CD4+ T cell subset in systemic lupus erythematosus

C Guo, Q Liu, D Zong, W Zhang, Z Zuo, Q Yu, Q Sha… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease, and CD4+ T cells
are known to promote SLE development. Here, we explore heterogeneities in the CD4+ T …

Post-translational modification of MALT1 and its role in B cell-and T cell-related diseases

YY Zhang, J Peng, XJ Luo - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1 (MALT1) is a
multifunctional protein. MALT1 functions as an adaptor protein to assemble and recruit …

[HTML][HTML] Human epigenetic and transcriptional T cell differentiation atlas for identifying functional T cell-specific enhancers

JR Giles, S Manne, E Freilich, DA Oldridge, AE Baxter… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
The clinical benefit of T cell immunotherapies remains limited by incomplete understanding
of T cell differentiation and dysfunction. We generated an epigenetic and transcriptional …

RBM15-mediated N6-methyladenosine modification affects COVID-19 severity by regulating the expression of multitarget genes

Y Meng, Q Zhang, K Wang, X Zhang, R Yang, K Bi… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by symptoms of
lymphopenia and multiorgan damage, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To …

Rare variant analysis in eczema identifies exonic variants in DUSP1, NOTCH4 and SLC9A4

S Grosche, I Marenholz, J Esparza-Gordillo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Previous genome-wide association studies revealed multiple common variants involved in
eczema but the role of rare variants remains to be elucidated. Here, we investigate the role …

[HTML][HTML] The pseudokinase Trib1 regulates the transition of exhausted T cells to a KLR+ CD8+ effector state, and its deletion improves checkpoint blockade

SE McClory, O Bardhan, KS Rome, JR Giles, AE Baxter… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary CD8+ T cell exhaustion (T EX) impairs the ability of T cells to clear chronic
infection or cancer. While T EX are hypofunctional, some T EX retain effector gene …

Rapid increase of C/EBPα p42 induces growth arrest of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells by Cop1 deletion in Trib1-expressing AML

Y Sunami, S Yoshino, Y Yamazaki, T Iwamoto… - Leukemia, 2024 - nature.com
Cop1 encodes a ubiquitin E3 ligase that has been well preserved during evolution in both
plants and metazoans. In metazoans, the C/EBP family transcription factors are targets for …

Structure vs. Function of trib1—myeloid neoplasms and beyond

HD McMillan, K Keeshan, AK Dunbier, PD Mace - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tribbles proteins possess the structure of protein kinases but function by
forming protein complexes rather than phosphorylating substrates. Here we review the …