Novel Effector Phenotype of Tim-3+ Regulatory T Cells Leads to Enhanced Suppressive Function in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Z Liu, EL McMichael, G Shayan, J Li, K Chen… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Regulatory T (Treg) cells are important suppressive cells among tumor-
infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). Treg cells express the well-known immune checkpoint receptor …

Blockade of TIM3 relieves immunosuppression through reducing regulatory T cells in head and neck cancer

JF Liu, L Wu, LL Yang, WW Deng, L Mao, H Wu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - Springer
Background T-cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 (TIM3) is a negative immune checkpoint and
plays a crucial part in tumor-induced immune suppression. However, the mechanism of …

TIM3+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells are tissue-specific promoters of T-cell dysfunction in cancer

K Sakuishi, SF Ngiow, JM Sullivan, MWL Teng… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
T-cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 (TIM3) is an inhibitory molecule that has emerged as a key
regulator of dysfunctional or exhausted CD8+ T cells arising in chronic diseases such as …

Tumor-infiltrating Tim-3+ T cells proliferate avidly except when PD-1 is co-expressed: Evidence for intracellular cross talk

J Li, G Shayan, L Avery, HB Jie… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Programmed Death 1 (PD-1) and T cell Ig and mucin domain-3 protein (Tim-3)
are immune checkpoint receptors highly expressed on tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes (TIL) …

Expression of Tim-3 drives phenotypic and functional changes in Treg cells in secondary lymphoid organs and the tumor microenvironment

H Banerjee, H Nieves-Rosado, A Kulkarni, B Murter… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are critical mediators of self-tolerance, but they can also limit
effective anti-tumor immunity. Although under homeostasis a small fraction of Treg cells in …

Upregulation of Tim-3 and PD-1 expression is associated with tumor antigen–specific CD8+ T cell dysfunction in melanoma patients

J Fourcade, Z Sun, M Benallaoua… - Journal of Experimental …, 2010 - rupress.org
The paradoxical coexistence of spontaneous tumor antigen–specific immune responses
with progressive disease in cancer patients furthers the need to dissect the molecular …

TIM-3 expression characterizes regulatory T cells in tumor tissues and is associated with lung cancer progression

X Gao, Y Zhu, G Li, H Huang, G Zhang, F Wang, J Sun… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background T cell immunoglobulin-3 (TIM-3) has been established as a negative regulatory
molecule and plays a critical role in immune tolerance. TIM-3 is upregulated in exhausted …

Transcriptomic Profiling of Tumor-Infiltrating CD4+TIM-3+ T Cells Reveals Their Suppressive, Exhausted, and Metastatic Characteristics in Colorectal Cancer …

V Sasidharan Nair, SM Toor, RZ Taha, AA Ahmed… - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (TIM-3) is an immune checkpoint identified as one of the key
players in regulating T-cell responses. Studies have shown that TIM-3 is upregulated in the …

Tim-3 expression defines regulatory T cells in human tumors

J Yan, Y Zhang, JP Zhang, J Liang, L Li, L Zheng - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Tim-3, a member of the novel Tim (T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain) family, has
been reported to negatively regulate the immune responses against viral infection and had …

T‐cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 blockade drives an antitumor immune response in head and neck cancer

JF Liu, SR Ma, L Mao, LL Bu, GT Yu, YC Li… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
T‐cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 (TIM 3) contributes to immune suppression during
progression of many cancers, but the precise role of TIM 3 in head and neck squamous cell …