Harnessing the IL-21-BATF Pathway in the CD8+ T Cell Anti-Tumor Response

P Topchyan, G Xin, Y Chen, S Zheng, R Burns, J Shen… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
… To determine if BATF is intrinsically required for CD8 + T cell-mediated tumor control, we
utilized a … In this study, we established the critical role of the IL-21–BATF pathway in maintaining

BATF regulates progenitor to cytolytic effector CD8+ T cell transition during chronic viral infection

Y Chen, RA Zander, X Wu, DM Schauder… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… a previously unappreciated role for the transcription factor BATF in maintaining a permissive
important roles in chronic viral control. Notably, although no significant difference in BATF

[HTML][HTML] Tfh-cell-derived interleukin 21 sustains effector CD8+ T cell responses during chronic viral infection

R Zander, MY Kasmani, Y Chen, P Topchyan, J Shen… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
… -21 was critical to sustain CD8 + T cell responses and viral control. … effective in enhancing
CD8 + T cell-mediated immunity. … Despite the critical role T helper cells play in sustaining both …

Harnessing the IL-21-BATF Pathway in the CD8+ T Cell Anti-Tumor Response. Cancers 2021, 13, 1263

P Topchyan, G Xin, Y Chen, S Zheng, R Burns, J Shen… - 2021 - search.proquest.com
… In this study, we established the critical role of the IL-21–BATF pathway in maintaining
A critical role of IL-21-induced BATF in sustaining CD8-T-cell-mediated chronic viral control. …

BATF-mediated regulation of exhausted CD8+ T-cell responses and potential implications for chimeric antigen receptor-T therapy

C Sun, D Li, Z Wang - Immunotherapy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
… There is a specific protein called BATF that plays an important role in reducing T-cell … to
control chronic viral infections [Citation37], indicating the crucial role of IL-21 in maintaining CD8 …

CD4 T Cell Help Supports Effector CD8 T Cell Differentiation during Chronic Viral Infection and Cancer

P Topchyan - 2022 - search.proquest.com
… To determine if BATF is intrinsically required for CD8+ T cell-mediated tumor control, we …
, we established the critical role of the IL-21–BATF pathway in maintaining functional tumor-…

IL-21 in Homeostasis of Resident Memory and Exhausted CD8 T Cells during Persistent Infection

HM Ren, AE Lukacher - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
CD8 T cell-mediated immunopathology in the brain [56]. … IL21R signaling also induces
BATF in CD8 T cells that may … ) pathway which plays an important role in T cell metabolism and …

[HTML][HTML] Induction of unique STAT heterodimers by IL-21 provokes IL-1RI expression on CD8+ T cells, resulting in enhanced IL-1β dependent effector function

DH Kim, HY Kim, WW Lee - Immune Network, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… effector function of CD8 + T cells expressing IL-21-induced IL-… CD8 + T cell-mediated immune
responses against viruses … study, we provide novel insight into the critical role of IL-21 for …

Interleukin-21 in viral infections

H Asao - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
important role in viral infections, especially chronic viralIL-21-induced basic leucine
zipper transcription factor ATF-… and is important for maintaining the effector function of CD8 + …

Batf-mediated epigenetic control of effector CD8+ T cell differentiation

HW Tsao, J Kaminski, M Kurachi, RA Barnitz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Batf and Irf4, but not Batf alone, were sufficient to increase … major role for Batf and Irf4 in
shaping the transcriptome and epigenome of CD8 + T cells, due to their effects on a subset of key