CD4+ T cells in cancer

DE Speiser, O Chijioke, K Schaeuble, C Münz - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunology and immunotherapy are driving forces of research and development in
oncology, mostly focusing on CD8+ T cells and the tumor microenvironment. Recent …

Tumour-infiltrating B cells: immunological mechanisms, clinical impact and therapeutic opportunities

CM Laumont, AC Banville, M Gilardi, DP Hollern… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Although immunotherapy research to date has focused largely on T cells, there is mounting
evidence that tumour-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells (collectively referred to as tumour …

Intratumoral dendritic cell–CD4+ T helper cell niches enable CD8+ T cell differentiation following PD-1 blockade in hepatocellular carcinoma

A Magen, P Hamon, N Fiaschi, BY Soong, MD Park… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Despite no apparent defects in T cell priming and recruitment to tumors, a large subset of T
cell rich tumors fail to respond to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). We leveraged a …

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 …

Neoantigen-driven B cell and CD4 T follicular helper cell collaboration promotes anti-tumor CD8 T cell responses

C Cui, J Wang, E Fagerberg, PM Chen, KA Connolly… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary CD4 T follicular helper (TFH) cells support B cells, which are critical for germinal
center (GC) formation, but the importance of TFH-B cell interactions in cancer is unclear. We …

T follicular helper cells in cancer

N Gutiérrez-Melo, D Baumjohann - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
T follicular helper (Tfh) cells provide essential help to B cells for effective antibody-mediated
immune responses. Although the crucial function of these CD4+ T cells in infection and …

Targeting TFH cells in human diseases and vaccination: rationale and practice

D Yu, LSK Walker, Z Liu, MA Linterman, Z Li - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The identification of CD4+ T cells localizing to B cell follicles has revolutionized the
knowledge of how humoral immunity is generated. Follicular helper T (TFH) cells support …

B cells in the tumor microenvironment: Multi-faceted organizers, regulators, and effectors of anti-tumor immunity

CM Laumont, BH Nelson - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Our understanding of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is rapidly expanding beyond T cell-
centric perspectives to include B cells and plasma cells, collectively referred to as TIL-Bs. In …

T follicular helper and B cell crosstalk in tertiary lymphoid structures and cancer immunotherapy

S Garaud, MC Dieu-Nosjean, K Willard-Gallo - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are critical in the elimination of cancer cells, a concept
highlighted by recent advances in cancer immunotherapy. Significant evidence reveals that …

Escherichia coli–Specific CXCL13-Producing TFH Are Associated with Clinical Efficacy of Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade against Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

AG Goubet, L Lordello, C Alves Costa Silva, I Peguillet… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Biomarkers guiding the neoadjuvant use of immune-checkpoint blockers (ICB) are needed
for patients with localized muscle-invasive bladder cancers (MIBC). Profiling tumor and …