Regulatory T cells in immune checkpoint blockade antitumor therapy

A Zhang, T Fan, Y Liu, G Yu, C Li, Z Jiang - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Regulatory T cells (Tregs), an essential component of the human immune system, are a
heterogeneous group of T lymphocytes with the ability to suppress immune responses and …

FOXP3 recognizes microsatellites and bridges DNA through multimerization

W Zhang, F Leng, X Wang, RN Ramirez, J Park… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
FOXP3 is a transcription factor that is essential for the development of regulatory T cells, a
branch of T cells that suppress excessive inflammation and autoimmunity,,,–. However, the …

Regulation of 3 D genome organization during T cell activation

B Wang, Q Bian - The FEBS Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Within the three‐dimensional (3D) nuclear space, the genome organizes into a series of
orderly structures that impose important influences on gene regulation. T lymphocytes …

Hepatocellular carcinoma-specific epigenetic checkpoints bidirectionally regulate the antitumor immunity of CD4+ T cells

S Wang, L Meng, N Xu, H Chen, Z Xiao, D Lu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant tumor with significant global health
implications. The role of CD4+ T cells, particularly conventional CD4+ T cells (Tconvs), in …

Elusive modes of Foxp3 activity in versatile regulatory T cells

M He, Y Feng - Frontiers in Immunology, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Foxp3-expressing CD4 regulatory T (Treg) cells play a crucial role in suppressing
autoimmunity, tolerating food antigens and commensal microbiota, and maintaining tissue …

Regulatory T-cells: The Face-off of the Immune Balance

M Singer, AM Elsayed, MI Husseiny - Frontiers in Bioscience …, 2024 - escholarship.org
Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) play a crucial role in maintaining immune homeostasis, ensuring
a balanced immune response. Tregs primarily operate in an antigen-specific fashion …

Repair of DNA double-strand breaks leaves heritable impairment to genome function

S Bantele, I Mordini, A Biran, N Alcaraz, A Wenger… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Having suffered a DNA breakage, a genomic locus undergoes alterations in 3-D chromatin
architecture to facilitate signaling and repair. While cells possess mechanisms to repair …

[HTML][HTML] Joint sequence & chromatin neural networks characterize the differential abilities of Forkhead transcription factors to engage inaccessible chromatin

S Arora, J Yang, T Akiyama, DQ James, A Morrissey… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The DNA-binding activities of transcription factors (TFs) are influenced by both intrinsic
sequence preferences and extrinsic interactions with cell-specific chromatin landscapes and …

Dose-dependent sensitivity of human 3D chromatin to a heart disease-linked transcription factor

ZL Grant, S Kuang, S Zhang, AJ Horrillo, KS Rao… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Dosage-sensitive transcription factors (TFs) underlie altered gene regulation in human
developmental disorders, and cell-type specific gene regulation is linked to the …

Heterogeneity in chromatin structure drives core regulatory pathways in B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

A Sen, Z Xu, S Tyndale, J Yasis, CY Cho, R Bump… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy.
Based on gene expression profiling, B-ALL can be classified into distinct transcriptional …