Architects of immunity: How dendritic cells shape CD8+ T cell fate in cancer

V Bhandarkar, T Dinter, S Spranger - Science Immunology, 2025 - science.org
Immune responses against cancer are dominated by T cell exhaustion and dysfunction.
Recent advances have underscored the critical role of early priming interactions in …

Tutorial: design, production and testing of oncolytic viruses for cancer immunotherapy

S Gujar, JG Pol, V Kumar, M Lizarralde-Guerrero… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) represent a novel class of cancer immunotherapy agents that
preferentially infect and kill cancer cells and promote protective antitumor immunity …

CD4+ T cells produce IFN-I to license cDC1s for induction of cytotoxic T-cell activity in human tumors

X Lei, DC de Groot, MJP Welters, T de Wit… - Cellular & molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
CD4+ T cells can" help” or" license” conventional type 1 dendritic cells (cDC1s) to induce
CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) anticancer responses, as proven in mouse models. We …

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Directly Modulate T Cell Gene Expression and Signaling and Promote Development of Effector-Exhausted T Cells in Murine Tumors

ML Ibrahim, H Zheng, ML Barlow, Y Latif… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
Epigenetic regulation plays a crucial role in the development and progression of cancer,
including the regulation of antitumor immunity. The reversible nature of epigenetic …

The importance of type I interferon in orchestrating the cytotoxic T-cell response to cancer

J Busselaar, M Sijbranda, J Borst - Immunology Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Both type I interferon (IFN-I) and CD4+ T-cell help are required to generate effective CD8+ T-
cell responses to cancer. We here outline based on existing literature how IFN-I signaling …

Rapid Autopsy to Define Dendritic Cell Spatial Distribution and T Cell Association in Lung Adenocarcinoma

H Ozakinci, X Song, GS Nazario, T Lila… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
Immunotherapy response is associated with the presence of conventional dendritic cells
(cDCs). cDC type 1 (cDC1) is critically important for CD8+ T cell activation, cDC type 2 …

[HTML][HTML] PU. 1 regulation of type 1 dendritic cell function via NF-κB pathway in inhibition of non-small cell lung cancer progression

T Wang, Y Li, Q Duan, C Wang, Y Wang… - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research investigates the regulatory role of the transcription factor PU. 1 in type 1
conventional dendritic cells (cDC1) and its therapeutic potential of modulating the nuclear …

Methods behind oncolytic virus-based DC vaccines in cancer: Toward a multiphase combined treatment strategy for glioblastoma (GBM) patients

SW Van Gool, P Van de Vliet, LFC Kampers… - Methods in Cell …, 2024 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains an orphan cancer disease with poor outcome. Novel treatment
strategies are needed. Immunotherapy has several modes of action. The addition of active …

[HTML][HTML] Oncolytic adenovirus MEM-288 encoding membrane-stable CD40L and IFNβ induces an anti-tumor immune response in high grade serous ovarian cancer

PN Peters, RS Whitaker, F Lim, S Russell, EA Bloom… - Neoplasia, 2024 - Elsevier
Single agent immune checkpoint inhibitors have been ineffective for patients with advanced
stage and recurrent high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). Using pre-clinical models …

[PDF][PDF] Stefaan W. Van Gool∗, Peter Van de Vliet, Linde FC Kampers, Jennifer Kosmal, Tobias Sprenger, Ella Reich

V Schirrmacher, W Stuecker - 2023 - dght-ev.de
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains an orphan cancer disease with poor outcome. Novel treatment
strategies are needed. Immunotherapy has several modes of action. The addition of active …