[HTML][HTML] γδ T cells: origin and fate, subsets, diseases and immunotherapy

Y Hu, Q Hu, Y Li, L Lu, Z Xiang, Z Yin… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
The intricacy of diseases, shaped by intrinsic processes like immune system exhaustion and
hyperactivation, highlights the potential of immune renormalization as a promising strategy …

Innate and adaptive γδ T cells: How, when, and why

M Papadopoulou, G Sanchez Sanchez… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary γδ T cells comprise the third cell lineage of lymphocytes that use, like αβ T cells
and B cells, V (D) J gene rearrangement with the potential to generate a highly diverse T cell …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of distinct functional thymic programming of fetal and pediatric human γδ thymocytes via single-cell analysis

G Sanchez Sanchez, M Papadopoulou, A Azouz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developmental thymic waves of innate-like and adaptive-like γδ T cells have been
described, but the current understanding of γδ T cell development is mainly limited to mouse …

A fetal wave of human type 3 effector γδ cells with restricted TCR diversity persists into adulthood

L Tan, AS Fichtner, E Bruni, I Odak, I Sandrock… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Accumulating evidence suggests that the mouse embryonic thymus produces distinct waves
of innate effector γδ T cells. However, it is unclear whether this process occurs similarly in …

[HTML][HTML] The adaptive immune system in early life: The shift makes it count

DKJ Pieren, MC Boer, J de Wit - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Respiratory infectious diseases encountered early in life may result in life-threatening
disease in neonates, which is primarily explained by the relatively naive neonatal immune …

[HTML][HTML] γδ T cell profiling in a cohort of preterm infants reveals elevated frequencies of CD83+ γδ T cells in sepsis

X León-Lara, AS Fichtner, M Willers, T Yang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
Preterm infants are at high risk of developing neonatal sepsis. γδ T cells are thought to be an
important set of effector cells in neonates. Here, γδ T cells were investigated in a longitudinal …

Fetal public Vγ9Vδ2 T cells expand and gain potent cytotoxic functions early after birth

M Papadopoulou, T Dimova, M Shey… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Vγ9Vδ2 T cells are a major human blood γδ T cell population that respond in a T cell
receptor (TCR)-dependent manner to phosphoantigens which are generated by a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] A Cell for the Ages: Human γδ T Cells across the Lifespan

BL Clark, PG Thomas - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The complexity of the human immune system is exacerbated by age-related changes to
immune cell functionality. Many of these age-related effects remain undescribed or driven by …

Development of γδ T cells in the thymus–A human perspective

L Boehme, J Roels, T Taghon - Seminars in Immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract γδ T cells are increasingly emerging as crucial immune regulators that can take on
innate and adaptive roles in the defence against pathogens. Although they arise within the …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric brain tumours: Lessons from the immune microenvironment

B Yao, A Delaidelli, H Vogel, PH Sorensen - Current Oncology, 2023 - mdpi.com
In spite of recent advances in tumour molecular subtyping, pediatric brain tumours (PBTs)
remain the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children. While some PBTs are …