Dynamics and specificities of T cells in cancer immunotherapy

G Oliveira, CJ Wu - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in cancer immunotherapy—ranging from immune-checkpoint blockade
therapy to adoptive cellular therapy and vaccines—have revolutionized cancer treatment …

Decoding the tumor microenvironment with spatial technologies

LA Walsh, DF Quail - Nature Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Visualization of the cellular heterogeneity and spatial architecture of the tumor
microenvironment (TME) is becoming increasingly important to understand mechanisms of …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic CD8+ T cell responses to cancer immunotherapy in human regional lymph nodes are disrupted in metastatic lymph nodes

MK Rahim, TLH Okholm, KB Jones, EE McCarthy… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
CD8+ T cell responses are critical for anti-tumor immunity. While extensively profiled in the
tumor microenvironment, recent studies in mice identified responses in lymph nodes (LNs) …

Single-cell analyses implicate ascites in remodeling the ecosystems of primary and metastatic tumors in ovarian cancer

X Zheng, X Wang, X Cheng, Z Liu, Y Yin, X Li, Z Huang… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer (OC) is an aggressive gynecological tumor usually diagnosed with
widespread metastases and ascites. Here, we depicted a single-cell landscape of the OC …

Stem-like exhausted and memory CD8+ T cells in cancer

T Gebhardt, SL Park, IA Parish - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
T cells can acquire a broad spectrum of differentiation states following activation. At the
extreme ends of this continuum are short-lived cells equipped with effector machinery and …

Immunobiology of high-grade serous ovarian cancer: lessons for clinical translation

LE Kandalaft, D Dangaj Laniti, G Coukos - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) remains challenging.
Although HGSOC can potentially be responsive to immunotherapy owing to endogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal single-cell analysis decodes cellular dynamics underlying different responses to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer

Y Chen, D Wang, Y Li, L Qi, W Si, Y Bo, X Chen, Z Ye… - Cancer Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Expanding the efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in colorectal cancer (CRC)
presses for a comprehensive understanding of treatment responsiveness. Here, we analyze …

Response to tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte adoptive therapy is associated with preexisting CD8+ T-myeloid cell networks in melanoma

D Barras, E Ghisoni, J Chiffelle, A Orcurto… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) using ex vivo–expanded tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)
can eliminate or shrink metastatic melanoma, but its long-term efficacy remains limited to a …

The multifaceted role of tissue-resident memory T cells

SN Christo, SL Park, SN Mueller… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Regionalized immune surveillance relies on the concerted efforts of diverse memory T cell
populations. Of these, tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells are strategically positioned in …

Cellular and molecular waypoints along the path of T cell exhaustion

X Lan, CC Zebley, B Youngblood - Science immunology, 2023 - science.org
Thirty years of foundational research investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms
promoting T cell exhaustion are now enabling rational design of T cell–based therapies for …