Activation or exhaustion of CD8+ T cells in patients with COVID-19

MS Rha, EC Shin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
In addition to CD4+ T cells and neutralizing antibodies, CD8+ T cells contribute to protective
immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

The diverse function of PD-1/PD-L pathway beyond cancer

W Qin, L Hu, X Zhang, S Jiang, J Li, Z Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The recent success of PD-1 and PD-L1 blockade in cancer therapy illustrates the important
role of the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway in the regulation of antitumor immune responses. However …

Tissue-resident CD4+ T helper cells assist the development of protective respiratory B and CD8+ T cell memory responses

YM Son, IS Cheon, Y Wu, C Li, Z Wang, X Gao… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Much remains unknown about the roles of CD4+ T helper cells in shaping localized memory
B cell and CD8+ T cell immunity in the mucosal tissues. Here, we report that lung T helper …

Immune checkpoint blockade in infectious diseases

MN Wykes, SR Lewin - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
The upregulation of immune checkpoint molecules, such as programmed cell death protein
1 (PD1) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4), on immune cells occurs during acute …

Immune checkpoints and their inhibition in cancer and infectious diseases

L Dyck, KHG Mills - European journal of immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The development of chronic infections and cancer is facilitated by a variety of immune
subversion mechanisms, such as the production of anti‐inflammatory cytokines, induction of …

Epidemiology and immune pathogenesis of viral sepsis

GL Lin, JP McGinley, SB Drysdale… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection. Sepsis can be caused by a broad range of pathogens; however, bacterial …

The PD-1/PD-L1 axis and virus infections: a delicate balance

G Schönrich, MJ Raftery - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Programmed cell death protein (PD-1) and its ligands play a fundamental role in the evasion
of tumor cells from antitumor immunity. Less well appreciated is the fact that the PD-1/PD-L1 …

Lymphopenia caused by virus infections and the mechanisms beyond

Z Guo, Z Zhang, M Prajapati, Y Li - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Viral infections can give rise to a systemic decrease in the total number of lymphocytes in the
blood, referred to as lymphopenia. Lymphopenia may affect the host adaptive immune …

Intratumoral injection of the seasonal flu shot converts immunologically cold tumors to hot and serves as an immunotherapy for cancer

JH Newman, CB Chesson, NL Herzog… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Reprogramming the tumor microenvironment to increase immune-mediated responses is
currently of intense interest. Patients with immune-infiltrated “hot” tumors demonstrate higher …

LC3-associated phagocytosis in myeloid cells promotes tumor immune tolerance

LD Cunha, M Yang, R Carter, C Guy, L Harris… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Targeting autophagy in cancer cells and in the tumor microenvironment are current goals of
cancer therapy. However, components of canonical autophagy play roles in other biological …