TNF activity and T cells

AK Mehta, DT Gracias, M Croft - Cytokine, 2018 - Elsevier
TNF (tumor necrosis factor) is both a pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine that is
central to the development of autoimmune disease, cancer, and protection against infectious …

The TNF receptor superfamily in co-stimulating and co-inhibitory responses

LK Ward-Kavanagh, WW Lin, JR Šedý, CF Ware - Immunity, 2016 - cell.com
Cytokines related to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) provide a communication network essential
for coordinating multiple cell types into an effective host defense system against pathogens …

Selective targeting of TNF receptors as a novel therapeutic approach

R Fischer, RE Kontermann… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a central regulator of immunity. Due to its dominant pro-
inflammatory effects, drugs that neutralize TNF were developed and are clinically used to …

TNF in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors: friend or foe?

AY Chen, JD Wolchok, AR Bass - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2021 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective in the treatment of patients with advanced
cancer and have emerged as a pillar of standard cancer care. However, their use is …

Insights into the biology and therapeutic implications of TNF and regulatory T cells

BL Salomon - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2021 - nature.com
Treatments that block tumour necrosis factor (TNF) have major beneficial effects in several
autoimmune and rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis. However, some …

Helios expression is a marker of T cell activation and proliferation

T Akimova, UH Beier, L Wang, MH Levine… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Foxp3+ T-regulatory cells (Tregs) normally serve to attenuate immune responses and are
key to maintenance of immune homeostasis. Over the past decade, Treg cells have become …

TNFR2 is critical for the stabilization of the CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cell phenotype in the inflammatory environment

X Chen, X Wu, Q Zhou, OM Howard… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Several lines of evidence indicate the instability of CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs).
We have therefore investigated means of promoting the stability of Tregs. In this study, we …

A new venue of TNF targeting

S Steeland, C Libert, RE Vandenbroucke - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The first Food and Drug Administration-(FDA)-approved drugs were small, chemically-
manufactured and highly active molecules with possible off-target effects, followed by …

Targeting TNFR2 with antagonistic antibodies inhibits proliferation of ovarian cancer cells and tumor-associated Tregs

H Torrey, J Butterworth, T Mera, Y Okubo, L Wang… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Major barriers to cancer therapy include the lack of selective inhibitors of regulatory T cells
(Tregs) and the lack of broadly applicable ways to directly target tumors through frequently …

Psoriasis: classical vs. paradoxical. The Yin-Yang of TNF and type I interferon

A Mylonas, C Conrad - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Chronic plaque psoriasis is a common debilitating skin disease. The identification of the
pathogenic role of the TNF/IL-23/TH17 pathway has enabled the development of targeted …