T follicular helper cells in cancer

N Gutiérrez-Melo, D Baumjohann - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
T follicular helper (Tfh) cells provide essential help to B cells for effective antibody-mediated
immune responses. Although the crucial function of these CD4+ T cells in infection and …

Microbiome influencers of checkpoint blockade–associated toxicity

Y Wang, RR Jenq, JA Wargo… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Immunotherapy has greatly improved cancer outcomes, yet variability in response and off-
target tissue damage can occur with these treatments, including immune checkpoint …

Ionizable lipid nanoparticles with integrated immune checkpoint inhibition for mRNA CAR T cell engineering

AG Hamilton, KL Swingle, RA Joseph… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The programmed cell death protein 1 (PD‐1) signaling pathway is a major source of
dampened T cell activity in the tumor microenvironment. While clinical approaches to …

Effects of Immune‐related adverse events (irAEs) and their treatment on antitumor immune responses

SM Blum, SJ Rouhani, RJ Sullivan - Immunological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are potentially life‐saving cancer therapies that can
trigger immune‐related adverse events (irAEs). irAEs can impact any organ and range in …

A nanobody–bioorthogonal catalyst conjugate triggers spatially confined prodrug activation for combinational chemo-immunotherapy

Z Zhao, X Wang, J Wang, Y Li, W Lin, K Lu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Checkpoint inhibitors have been used with chemotherapy to improve antitumor efficacy.
However, overcoming the immunosuppressive effect of chemotherapeutics remains a …

SHP-1 Regulates CD8+ T Cell Effector Function but Plays a Subtle Role with SHP-2 in T Cell Exhaustion Due to a Stage-Specific Nonredundant Functional Relay

B Hou, Y Hu, Y Zhu, X Wang, W Li, J Tang… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
Abstract SHP-1 (Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase 1) is a well-known
negative regulator of T cells, whereas its close homolog SHP-2 is the long-recognized main …

An affinity threshold for maximum efficacy in anti-PD-1 immunotherapy

SC Cowles, A Sheen, L Santollani, EA Lutz, BM Lax… - MAbs, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Monoclonal antibodies targeting the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) remain the
most prevalent cancer immunotherapy both as a monotherapy and in combination with …

Targeting immune checkpoints in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies associated vasculitis: the potential therapeutic targets in the future

M Pan, H Zhao, R Jin, PSC Leung, Z Shuai - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) is a
necrotizing vasculitis mainly involving small blood vessels. It is demonstrated that T cells are …

Targeting neuropilin-1 abolishes anti-PD-1-upregulated regulatory T cells and synergizes with 4-1BB agonist for liver cancer treatment

Q Wu, C Pan, Y Zhou, S Wang, L Xie, W Zhou… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Conclusion: Our findings elucidate the potential mechanism of anti-PD-1–mediated
intratumoral Tregs accumulation in HCC and uncover the tissue adaptation characteristics of …

PD-L1-expressing extracellular vesicles for the treatment of pneumonia

Y Wu, H Wang, A Song, X Wang, Q Ma… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe lung condition with a high mortality
rate and a lack of effective drug therapy. In this work, we developed mesenchymal stem cell …