Harnessing the plasticity of CD4+ T cells to treat immune-mediated disease

M DuPage, JA Bluestone - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
CD4+ T cells differentiate and acquire distinct functions to combat specific pathogens but
can also adapt their functions in response to changing circumstances. Although this …

The who's who of T‐cell differentiation: human memory T‐cell subsets

YD Mahnke, TM Brodie, F Sallusto… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Following antigen encounter and subsequent resolution of the immune response, a single
naïve T cell is able to generate multiple subsets of memory T cells with different phenotypic …

Hallmarks of CD8+ T cell dysfunction are established within hours of tumor antigen encounter before cell division

MW Rudloff, P Zumbo, NR Favret, JJ Roetman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells (TST) in patients with cancer are dysfunctional and unable to
halt cancer progression. TST dysfunction, also known as exhaustion, is thought to be driven …

Network-based machine learning approach to predict immunotherapy response in cancer patients

JH Kong, D Ha, J Lee, I Kim, M Park, SH Im… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have substantially improved the survival of cancer
patients over the past several years. However, only a minority of patients respond to ICI …

Computational analysis of cell-to-cell heterogeneity in single-cell RNA-sequencing data reveals hidden subpopulations of cells

F Buettner, KN Natarajan, FP Casale, V Proserpio… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Recent technical developments have enabled the transcriptomes of hundreds of cells to be
assayed in an unbiased manner, opening up the possibility that new subpopulations of cells …

Interleukin-2 at the crossroads of effector responses, tolerance, and immunotherapy

W Liao, JX Lin, WJ Leonard - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a pleiotropic cytokine produced after antigen activation that plays
pivotal roles in the immune response. Discovered as a T cell growth factor, IL-2 additionally …

Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system

AL Kau, PP Ahern, NW Griffin, AL Goodman, JI Gordon - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Marked changes in socio-economic status, cultural traditions, population growth and
agriculture are affecting diets worldwide. Understanding how our diet and nutritional status …

Regulation and function of mTOR signalling in T cell fate decisions

H Chi - Nature reviews immunology, 2012 - nature.com
The evolutionarily conserved kinase mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) couples cell
growth and metabolism to environmental inputs in eukaryotes. T cells depend on mTOR …

IL-2 family cytokines: new insights into the complex roles of IL-2 as a broad regulator of T helper cell differentiation

W Liao, JX Lin, WJ Leonard - Current opinion in immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a pleiotropic cytokine that drives T-cell growth, augments NK cytolytic
activity, induces the differentiation of regulatory T cells, and mediates activation-induced cell …

Plasticity of CD4+ T cell lineage differentiation

L Zhou, MMW Chong, DR Littman - Immunity, 2009 - cell.com
The differentiation of naive CD4+ T cells into lineages with distinct effector functions has
been considered to be an irreversible event. T helper type 1 (Th1) cells stably express IFN-γ …