Roles of IFN-γ in tumor progression and regression: a review

D Jorgovanovic, M Song, L Wang, Y Zhang - Biomarker research, 2020 - Springer
Background Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) plays a key role in activation of cellular immunity and
subsequently, stimulation of antitumor immune-response. Based on its cytostatic, pro …

Cancer organoids 2.0: modelling the complexity of the tumour immune microenvironment

R Polak, ET Zhang, CJ Kuo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
The development of neoplasia involves a complex and continuous interplay between
malignantly transformed cells and the tumour microenvironment (TME). Cancer …

[HTML][HTML] CXCR6 positions cytotoxic T cells to receive critical survival signals in the tumor microenvironment

M Di Pilato, R Kfuri-Rubens, JN Pruessmann, AJ Ozga… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses against tumors are maintained by stem-like
memory cells that self-renew but also give rise to effector-like cells. The latter gradually lose …

Regulatory T cells in tumor microenvironment: new mechanisms, potential therapeutic strategies and future prospects

C Li, P Jiang, S Wei, X Xu, J Wang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) characterized by the expression of the master transcription factor
forkhead box protein p3 (Foxp3) suppress anticancer immunity, thereby hindering protective …

Lipid signalling enforces functional specialization of Treg cells in tumours

SA Lim, J Wei, TLM Nguyen, H Shi, W Su, G Palacios… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are essential for immune tolerance, but also drive
immunosuppression in the tumour microenvironment. Therapeutic targeting of Treg cells in …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer immunotherapy: Pros, cons and beyond

S Tan, D Li, X Zhu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy is an innovative treatment for tumors today. In various experiments
and clinical studies, it has been found that immunotherapy does have incomparable …

T cell subsets and functions in atherosclerosis

R Saigusa, H Winkels, K Ley - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2020 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall and the primary
underlying cause of cardiovascular disease. Data from in vivo imaging, cell-lineage tracing …

Lenvatinib targets FGF receptor 4 to enhance antitumor immune response of anti–programmed cell death‐1 in HCC

C Yi, L Chen, Z Lin, L Liu, W Shao, R Zhang, J Lin… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Recently, clinical trials of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in HCC have
displayed an impressive objective response rate. This study aimed to clarify the mechanism …

Regulatory T cells and human disease

S Sakaguchi, N Mikami, JB Wing… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Naturally occurring CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs), which specifically express the
transcription factor FoxP3 in the nucleus and CD25 and CTLA-4 on the cell surface, are a …

Targeting Treg cells with GITR activation alleviates resistance to immunotherapy in murine glioblastomas

Z Amoozgar, J Kloepper, J Ren, RE Tay… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockers (ICBs) have failed in all phase III glioblastoma (GBM) trials.
Here, we show that regulatory T (Treg) cells play a key role in GBM resistance to ICBs in …