Targeting innate immune pathways for cancer immunotherapy

LL Cao, JC Kagan - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
The innate immune system is critical for inducing durable and protective T cell responses to
infection and has been increasingly recognized as a target for cancer immunotherapy. In this …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ T cells: foot soldiers of the immune system

N Zhang, MJ Bevan - Immunity, 2011 - cell.com
Resting naive CD8+ T cells have an astounding capacity to react to pathogens by massive
expansion and differentiation into cytotoxic effector cells that migrate to all corners of the …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation and function of mTOR signalling in T cell fate decisions

H Chi - Nature reviews immunology, 2012 - nature.com
The evolutionarily conserved kinase mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) couples cell
growth and metabolism to environmental inputs in eukaryotes. T cells depend on mTOR …

mTOR signaling at the crossroads of environmental signals and T‐cell fate decisions

H Huang, L Long, P Zhou, NM Chapman… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionarily conserved serine/threonine kinase mTOR (mechanistic target of
rapamycin) forms the distinct protein complexes mTORC1 and mTORC2 and integrates …

[HTML][HTML] TLR8-mediated metabolic control of human Treg function: a mechanistic target for cancer immunotherapy

L Li, X Liu, KL Sanders, JL Edwards, J Ye, F Si, A Gao… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells induce an immunosuppressive microenvironment that is a major
obstacle for successful tumor immunotherapy. Dissecting the regulatory mechanisms …

TLR agonists: our best frenemy in cancer immunotherapy

S Kaczanowska, AM Joseph… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Review on the ability of different TLR agonists to orchestrate antitumor immune responses,
or promote tumor growth, underscoring the impact of choosing among TLR agonists when …

Toll‐Like Receptor‐Based Strategies for Cancer Immunotherapy

S Pahlavanneshan, A Sayadmanesh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are expressed and play multiple functional roles in a variety of
immune cell types involved in tumor immunity. There are plenty of data on the …

Inducible activation of MyD88 and CD40 in CAR T cells results in controllable and potent antitumor activity in preclinical solid tumor models

M Mata, C Gerken, P Nguyen, G Krenciute… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Adoptive immunotherapy with T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) has had
limited success for solid tumors in early-phase clinical studies. We reasoned that introducing …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon regulatory factor 4 sustains CD8+ T cell expansion and effector differentiation

S Yao, BF Buzo, D Pham, L Jiang, EJ Taparowsky… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Upon infection, CD8+ T cells undergo a stepwise process of early activation, expansion, and
differentiation into effector cells. How these phases are transcriptionally regulated is …

Bystander T cells: a balancing act of friends and foes

SK Whiteside, JP Snook, MA Williams, JJ Weis - Trends in immunology, 2018 - cell.com
T cell responses are essential for appropriate protection against pathogens. T cell immunity
is achieved through the ability to discriminate between foreign and self-molecules, and this …