Immune checkpoint blockade in infectious diseases

MN Wykes, SR Lewin - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
The upregulation of immune checkpoint molecules, such as programmed cell death protein
1 (PD1) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4), on immune cells occurs during acute …

T cell senescence and CAR-T cell exhaustion in hematological malignancies

D Kasakovski, L Xu, Y Li - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018 - Springer
T cell senescence has been recognized to play an immunosuppressive role in the aging
population and cancer patients. Strategies dedicated to preventing or reversing replicative …

TOX is expressed by exhausted and polyfunctional human effector memory CD8+ T cells

T Sekine, A Perez-Potti, S Nguyen, JB Gorin… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
CD8+ T cell exhaustion is a hallmark of many cancers and chronic infections. In mice, T cell
factor 1 (TCF-1) maintains exhausted CD8+ T cell responses, whereas thymocyte selection …

TIGIT/CD226 axis regulates anti-tumor immunity

J Yeo, M Ko, DH Lee, Y Park, H Jin - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tumors escape immune surveillance by inducing various immunosuppressive pathways,
including the activation of inhibitory receptors on tumor-infiltrating T cells. While monoclonal …

Why and where an HIV cure is needed and how it might be achieved

T Ndung'u, JM McCune, SG Deeks - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Despite considerable global investment, only 60% of people who live with HIV currently
receive antiretroviral therapy. The sustainability of current programmes remains unknown …

CD226: an emerging role in immunologic diseases

Z Huang, G Qi, JS Miller, SG Zheng - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
CD226, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, is a functional protein initially
expressed on natural killer and T cells. In recent years, the function of CD226 has been …

The multifaceted nature of HIV latency

C Dufour, P Gantner, R Fromentin… - The Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) potently inhibit HIV replication, they do not eradicate
the virus. HIV persists in cellular and anatomical reservoirs that show minimal decay during …

Elite control of HIV is associated with distinct functional and transcriptional signatures in lymphoid tissue CD8+ T cells

S Nguyen, C Deleage, S Darko, A Ransier… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
The functional properties of circulating CD8+ T cells have been associated with immune
control of HIV. However, viral replication occurs predominantly in secondary lymphoid …

CD226hiCD8+ T Cells Are a Prerequisite for Anti-TIGIT Immunotherapy

H Jin, M Ko, D Choi, JH Kim, D Lee, SH Kang… - Cancer immunology …, 2020 - AACR
Clinical trials are evaluating the efficacy of anti-TIGIT for use as single-agent therapy or in
combination with programmed death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 blockade. How …

Defective HIV-1 genomes and their potential impact on HIV pathogenesis

J Kuniholm, C Coote, AJ Henderson - Retrovirology, 2022 - Springer
Defective HIV-1 proviruses represent a population of viral genomes that are selected for by
immune pressures, and clonally expanded to dominate the persistent HIV-1 proviral genome …