Lymphocyte‐activation gene‐3, an important immune checkpoint in cancer

Y He, CJ Rivard, L Rozeboom, H Yu, K Ellison… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has recently become widely used in lung cancer. Many oncologists are
focused on cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen‐4 (CTLA‐4), programmed cell death ligand‐1 …

An Intensive Longitudinal Cohort Study of Malian Children and Adults Reveals No Evidence of Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Infection

TM Tran, S Li, S Doumbo, D Doumtabe… - Clinical Infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background In experimental models of human and mouse malaria, sterilizing liver stage
immunity that blocks progression of Plasmodium infection to the symptomatic blood stage …

Monogenic mutations differentially affect the quantity and quality of T follicular helper cells in patients with human primary immunodeficiencies

CS Ma, N Wong, G Rao, DT Avery, J Torpy… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Follicular helper T (T FH) cells underpin T cell–dependent humoral immunity
and the success of most vaccines. T FH cells also contribute to human immune disorders …

Revisiting the mechanisms of immune evasion employed by human parasites

M Chulanetra, W Chaicumpa - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
For the establishment of a successful infection, ie, long-term parasitism and a complete life
cycle, parasites use various diverse mechanisms and factors, which they may be inherently …

Restoring immune function of tumor-specific CD4+ T cells during recurrence of melanoma

SR Goding, KA Wilson, Y Xie, KM Harris… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Recurrent solid malignancies are often refractory to standard therapies. Although adoptive T
cell transfer may benefit select individuals, the majority of patients succumb to their disease …

LAG-3 sustains TOX expression and regulates the CD94/NKG2-Qa-1b axis to govern exhausted CD8 T cell NK receptor expression and cytotoxicity

SF Ngiow, S Manne, YJ Huang, T Azar, Z Chen… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Exhausted CD8 T (T ex) cells in chronic viral infection and cancer have sustained
co-expression of inhibitory receptors (IRs). T ex cells can be reinvigorated by blocking IRs …

Infection-induced plasmablasts are a nutrient sink that impairs humoral immunity to malaria

R Vijay, JJ Guthmiller, AJ Sturtz, FA Surette… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Plasmodium parasite–specific antibodies are critical for protection against malaria, yet the
development of long-lived and effective humoral immunity against Plasmodium takes many …

Early IL-6 signalling promotes IL-27 dependent maturation of regulatory T cells in the lungs and resolution of viral immunopathology

CJ Pyle, FI Uwadiae, DP Swieboda, JA Harker - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Interleukin-6 is a pleiotropic, pro-inflammatory cytokine that can promote both innate and
adaptive immune responses. In humans with respiratory virus infections, such as …

Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3 (LAG-3) Modulates the Ability of CD4 T-cells to Be Suppressed In Vivo

NM Durham, CJ Nirschl, CM Jackson, J Elias… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Lymphocyte Activation Gene–3 (LAG-3) is an immune checkpoint molecule that regulates
both T-cell activation and homeostasis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying …

NF-κB regulates PD-1 expression in macrophages

APR Bally, P Lu, Y Tang, JW Austin… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
Abstract Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) is responsible for T cell exhaustion during chronic
viral infections and is expressed on a variety of immune cells following activation. Despite its …