The lipid basis of cell death and autophagy

Z Lin, F Long, R Kang, DJ Klionsky, M Yang, D Tang - Autophagy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesterol are prominent lipid types that serve diverse
biological functions. These lipids act as vital structural components of cell membranes …

Challenges and new technologies in adoptive cell therapy

P Zhang, G Zhang, X Wan - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Adoptive cell therapies (ACTs) have existed for decades. From the initial infusion of tumor-
infiltrating lymphocytes to the subsequent specific enhanced T cell receptor (TCR)-T and …

Nutrients: Signal 4 in T cell immunity

JL Raynor, H Chi - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2024 - rupress.org
T cells are integral in mediating adaptive immunity to infection, autoimmunity, and cancer.
Upon immune challenge, T cells exit from a quiescent state, followed by clonal expansion …

Coengineering specificity, safety, and function into T cells for cancer immunotherapy

GMP Giordano Attianese, S Ash… - Immunological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Adoptive T‐cell transfer (ACT) therapies, including of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)
and T cells gene‐modified to express either a T cell receptor (TCR) or a chimeric antigen …

Nanotechnology Reprogramming Metabolism for Enhanced Tumor Immunotherapy

Y Zhou, J Yuan, K Xu, S Li, Y Liu - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mutation burden, hypoxia, and immunoediting contribute to altered metabolic profiles in
tumor cells, resulting in a tumor microenvironment (TME) characterized by accumulation of …

Tumor-secreted FGF21 acts as an immune suppressor by rewiring cholesterol metabolism of CD8+ T cells

C Hu, W Qiao, X Li, Z Ning, J Liu, S Dalangood, H Li… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Tumors employ diverse strategies for immune evasion. Unraveling the mechanisms by
which tumors suppress anti-tumor immunity facilitates the development of immunotherapies …

Reprogramming T cell differentiation and exhaustion in CAR-T cell therapy

Y Bulliard, BS Andersson, MA Baysal… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
T cell differentiation is a highly regulated, multi-step process necessary for the progressive
establishment of effector functions, immunological memory, and long-term control of …

Metabolic adaptations determine whether natural killer cells fail or thrive within the tumor microenvironment

A Moinuddin, SM Poznanski, AL Portillo… - Immunological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural Killer (NK) cells are a top contender in the development of adoptive cell therapies for
cancer due to their diverse antitumor functions and ability to restrict their activation against …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging the gap between clear cell renal cell carcinoma and cutaneous melanoma: the role of SCARB1 in dysregulated cholesterol metabolism

L Song, S Wang, X Zhang, N Song, Y Lu… - Aging (Albany NY …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The metabolism of cholesterol has been found to be closely related to the
proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of tumors. The purpose of this study was to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating immunotherapeutic outcomes in triple-negative breast cancer with a cholesterol radiotracer in mice

NG Ciavattone, N Guan, A Farfel, J Stauff, T Desmond… - JCI insight, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Evaluating the response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) remains an unmet challenge
in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The requirement for cholesterol in the activation and …