Exhaust the exhausters: Targeting regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironment

BR McRitchie, B Akkaya - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The concept of cancer immunotherapy has gained immense momentum over the recent
years. The advancements in checkpoint blockade have led to a notable progress in treating …

Regulatory T cells: barriers of immune infiltration into the tumor microenvironment

EN Scott, AM Gocher, CJ Workman… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are key immunosuppressive cells that promote tumor growth by
hindering the effector immune response. Tregs utilize multiple suppressive mechanisms to …

Therapeutic targeting of regulatory T cells in cancer

F Shan, A Somasundaram, TC Bruno, CJ Workman… - Trends in cancer, 2022 - cell.com
The success of immunotherapy in oncology underscores the vital role of the immune system
in cancer development. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) maintain a fine balance between …

Targeting regulatory T cells in tumors

C Liu, CJ Workman, DAA Vignali - The FEBS journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a crucial role in maintaining peripheral tolerance and
preventing autoimmunity. However, they also represent a major barrier to effective antitumor …

Tumor resident regulatory T cells

A Glasner, G Plitas - Seminars in immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
The immune system mediates powerful effector mechanisms to protect against a diversity of
pathogens and equally as important regulatory functions, to limit collateral damage of …

Targeting tumor-infiltrating tregs for improved antitumor responses

D Qin, Y Zhang, P Shu, Y Lei, X Li, Y Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the landscape of cancer treatment. Regulatory T cells
(Tregs), as crucial components of the tumor immune environment, has great therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of regulatory T cell infiltration in tumors: implications for innovative immune precision therapies

S Koyama, H Nishikawa - Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With the broad application of cancer immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors
in multiple cancer types, the immunological landscape in the tumor microenvironment (TME) …

Modulating Treg stability to improve cancer immunotherapy

JH Kang, R Zappasodi - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Immunosuppressive regulatory T cells (Tregs) provide a main mechanism of tumor immune
evasion. Targeting Tregs, especially in the tumor microenvironment (TME), continues to be …

Regulatory T‐cell development in the tumor microenvironment

K Itahashi, T Irie, H Nishikawa - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Regulatory T (Treg) cells are required for maintaining self‐tolerance and preventing the
development of autoimmune diseases. However, Treg cells are abundant in tumors and …

T regulatory cells and priming the suppressive tumor microenvironment

CM Paluskievicz, X Cao, R Abdi, P Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Treg play a central role in maintenance of self tolerance and homeostasis through
suppression of self-reactive T cell populations. In addition to that role, Treg also survey …