Targeting CD39 in cancer

AK Moesta, XY Li, MJ Smyth - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
The ATP–adenosine pathway functions as a key modulator of innate and adaptive immunity
within the tumour microenvironment. Consequently, multiple clinical strategies are being …

Stem-like exhausted and memory CD8+ T cells in cancer

T Gebhardt, SL Park, IA Parish - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
T cells can acquire a broad spectrum of differentiation states following activation. At the
extreme ends of this continuum are short-lived cells equipped with effector machinery and …

Pan-cancer single-cell landscape of tumor-infiltrating T cells

L Zheng, S Qin, W Si, A Wang, B Xing, R Gao, X Ren… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cancer immunotherapies that target tumor-specific T cells have benefited
many cancer patients, but the clinical efficacy varies greatly among different cancer types …

Hypoxia drives CD39-dependent suppressor function in exhausted T cells to limit antitumor immunity

PDA Vignali, K DePeaux, MLJ Watson, C Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
CD8+ T cells are critical for elimination of cancer cells. Factors within the tumor
microenvironment (TME) can drive these cells to a hypofunctional state known as …

LRRC15+ myofibroblasts dictate the stromal setpoint to suppress tumour immunity

AT Krishnamurty, JA Shyer, M Thai, V Gandham… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent single-cell studies of cancer in both mice and humans have identified the
emergence of a myofibroblast population specifically marked by the highly restricted leucine …

Deep immune profiling of COVID-19 patients reveals distinct immunotypes with therapeutic implications

D Mathew, JR Giles, AE Baxter, DA Oldridge… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, present with …

RASA2 ablation in T cells boosts antigen sensitivity and long-term function

J Carnevale, E Shifrut, N Kale, WA Nyberg… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The efficacy of adoptive T cell therapies for cancer treatment can be limited by suppressive
signals from both extrinsic factors and intrinsic inhibitory checkpoints,. Targeted gene editing …

[HTML][HTML] Defining T cell states associated with response to checkpoint immunotherapy in melanoma

M Sade-Feldman, K Yizhak, SL Bjorgaard, JP Ray… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Treatment of cancer has been revolutionized by immune checkpoint blockade therapies.
Despite the high rate of response in advanced melanoma, the majority of patients succumb …

Bystander CD8+ T cells are abundant and phenotypically distinct in human tumour infiltrates

Y Simoni, E Becht, M Fehlings, CY Loh, SL Koo… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Various forms of immunotherapy, such as checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, are proving
to be effective at restoring T cell-mediated immune responses that can lead to marked and …

Cytokine-mediated CAR T therapy resistance in AML

AS Bhagwat, L Torres, O Shestova, M Shestov… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rapidly progressive malignancy without effective
therapies for refractory disease. So far, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy in …