Beyond immune checkpoint blockade: emerging immunological strategies

SP Kubli, T Berger, DV Araujo, LL Siu… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
The success of checkpoint inhibitors has accelerated the clinical implementation of a vast
mosaic of single agents and combination immunotherapies. However, the lack of clinical …

Interleukin-7 biology and its effects on immune cells: mediator of generation, differentiation, survival, and homeostasis

D Chen, TX Tang, H Deng, XP Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin-7 (IL-7), a molecule known for its growth-promoting effects on progenitors of B
cells, remains one of the most extensively studied cytokines. It plays a vital role in health …

Changes in the global burden of chronic liver diseases from 2012 to 2017: the growing impact of NAFLD

JM Paik, P Golabi, Y Younossi, A Mishra… - Hepatology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions Our findings indicate that LINC00665 is involved in the NF‐κB signaling
activation in HCC cells and that the inflammatory LINC00665/PKR/NF‐κB loop plays …

IL-7 and CCL19 expression in CAR-T cells improves immune cell infiltration and CAR-T cell survival in the tumor

K Adachi, Y Kano, T Nagai, N Okuyama… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Infiltration, accumulation, and survival of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells in solid
tumors is crucial for tumor clearance. We engineered CAR-T cells to express interleukin (IL) …

IL-7: A promising adjuvant ensuring effective T cell responses and memory in combination with cancer vaccines?

Y Zhao, K Wei, H Chi, Z Xia, X Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer vaccines exhibit specificity, effectiveness, and safety as an alternative
immunotherapeutic strategy to struggle against malignant diseases, especially with the rapid …

Memory CD4+ T Cells in Immunity and Autoimmune Diseases

I Raphael, RR Joern, TG Forsthuber - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
CD4+ T helper (Th) cells play central roles in immunity in health and disease. While much is
known about the effector function of Th cells in combating pathogens and promoting …

Constitutive signaling from an engineered IL7 receptor promotes durable tumor elimination by tumor-redirected T cells

T Shum, B Omer, H Tashiro, RL Kruse, DL Wagner… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Successful adoptive T-cell immunotherapy of solid tumors will require improved expansion
and cytotoxicity of tumor-directed T cells within tumors. Providing recombinant or transgenic …

Coexpression of IL7 and CCL21 increases efficacy of CAR-T cells in solid tumors without requiring preconditioned lymphodepletion

H Luo, J Su, R Sun, Y Sun, Y Wang, Y Dong, B Shi… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: T-cell recruitment, survival, and proliferation are the important limitations to
chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells therapy in the treatment of solid tumors. In this study …

The role of IL-7 and IL-7R in cancer pathophysiology and immunotherapy

C Wang, L Kong, S Kim, S Lee, S Oh, S Jo… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is a multipotent cytokine that maintains the homeostasis of the immune
system. IL-7 plays a vital role in T-cell development, proliferation, and differentiation, as well …

Fuel feeds function: energy metabolism and the T-cell response

CJ Fox, PS Hammerman, CB Thompson - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2005 - nature.com
Ligation of antigen receptors at the surface of lymphocytes initiates a transcriptional and
translational response that is required for cellular proliferation and effector function. By …