Epigenetic regulation of T cell exhaustion

JA Belk, B Daniel, AT Satpathy - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic antigen stimulation during viral infections and cancer can lead to T cell exhaustion,
which is characterized by reduced effector function and proliferation, and the expression of …

Targeting NF-κB pathway for the therapy of diseases: mechanism and clinical study

H Yu, L Lin, Z Zhang, H Zhang, H Hu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2020 - nature.com
NF-κB pathway consists of canonical and non-canonical pathways. The canonical NF-κB is
activated by various stimuli, transducing a quick but transient transcriptional activity, to …

Deleting DNMT3A in CAR T cells prevents exhaustion and enhances antitumor activity

B Prinzing, CC Zebley, CT Petersen, Y Fan… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is revolutionizing cancer immunotherapy for
patients with B cell malignancies and is now being developed for solid tumors and chronic …

NF‐κB signaling in inflammation and cancer

T Zhang, C Ma, Z Zhang, H Zhang, H Hu - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since nuclear factor of κ‐light chain of enhancer‐activated B cells (NF‐κB) was discovered
in 1986, extraordinary efforts have been made to understand the function and regulating …

Targeting the epigenetic regulation of antitumour immunity

SJ Hogg, PA Beavis, MA Dawson… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of the epigenome drives aberrant transcriptional programmes that promote
cancer onset and progression. Although defective gene regulation often affects oncogenic …

An intercellular transfer of telomeres rescues T cells from senescence and promotes long-term immunological memory

A Lanna, B Vaz, C D'Ambra, S Valvo, C Vuotto… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The common view is that T lymphocytes activate telomerase to delay senescence. Here we
show that some T cells (primarily naïve and central memory cells) elongated telomeres by …

Turning cold into hot: firing up the tumor microenvironment

Q Duan, H Zhang, J Zheng, L Zhang - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Cancers develop within complex tissue environments consisting of diverse innate and
adaptive immune cells, along with stromal cells, vascular networks, and many other cellular …

The precursors of CD8+ tissue resident memory T cells: from lymphoid organs to infected tissues

L Kok, D Masopust, TN Schumacher - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
CD8+ tissue resident memory T cells (TRM cells) are essential for immune defence against
pathogens and malignancies, and the molecular processes that lead to TRM cell formation …

TOX reinforces the phenotype and longevity of exhausted T cells in chronic viral infection

F Alfei, K Kanev, M Hofmann, M Wu, HE Ghoneim… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cytotoxic T cells are essential mediators of protective immunity to viral infection and
malignant tumours and are a key target of immunotherapy approaches. However, prolonged …

The single-cell epigenomic and transcriptional landscape of immunity to influenza vaccination

F Wimmers, M Donato, A Kuo, T Ashuach, S Gupta… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Emerging evidence indicates a fundamental role for the epigenome in immunity. Here, we
mapped the epigenomic and transcriptional landscape of immunity to influenza vaccination …