Follicular helper T cells remodel the immune microenvironment of pancreatic cancer via secreting CXCL13 and IL-21

X Lin, L Ye, X Wang, Z Liao, J Dong, Y Yang, R Zhang… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The immunosuppressive microenvironment is closely related to the poor
prognosis of patients with PDAC. Tfh cells play an anti-tumor function in various malignant …

CXCR5+ CD8+ T cells potently infiltrate pancreatic tumors and present high functionality

M Bai, Y Zheng, H Liu, B Su, Y Zhan, H He - Experimental cell research, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite continued improvement in conventional therapy, pancreatic cancer continues to be
one of the deadliest tumors worldwide with abysmal 5-year survival rate. New …

Low CD8+ T Cell Infiltration and High PD-L1 Expression Are Associated with Level of CD44+/CD133+ Cancer Stem Cells and Predict an Unfavorable Prognosis in …

YC Hou, YJ Chao, MH Hsieh, HL Tung, HC Wang… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer immunotherapy targeting immune checkpoints has exhibited promising clinical
outcomes in many cancers, but it offers only limited benefits for pancreatic cancer (PC) …

[HTML][HTML] Follicular helper-T cells restore CD8+-dependent antitumor immunity and anti-PD-L1/PD-1 efficacy

J Niogret, H Berger, C Rebe, R Mary… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background T follicular helper cells (Tfh) are essential to shape B cell response during
germinal center formation. Tfh accumulation has been reported in various human cancers …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals compartmental remodeling of tumor-infiltrating immune cells induced by anti-CD47 targeting in pancreatic cancer

Y Pan, F Lu, Q Fei, X Yu, P Xiong, X Yu, Y Dang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) responds poorly to immune
checkpoint inhibitor (ICPi). While the mechanism is not completely clear, it has been …

Impaired function of CD4+ T follicular helper (Tfh) cells associated with hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Y Jia, Z Zeng, Y Li, Z Li, L Jin, Z Zhang, L Wang… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background and Aims CD4+ T follicular helper (Tfh) cells, a new subset of immune cells,
have been demonstrated to be involved in the development and prognosis of tumors …

Follicular helper T cells promote the effector functions of CD8+ T cells via the provision of IL-21, which is downregulated due to PD-1/PD-L1-mediated suppression in …

W Shi, L Dong, Q Sun, H Ding, J Meng, G Dai - Experimental cell research, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated that higher expression of follicular helper T cell (Tfh)-
associated genes is associated with better prognosis in breast cancer and colorectal cancer …

[HTML][HTML] IP-10/CXCL10 induction in human pancreatic cancer stroma influences lymphocytes recruitment and correlates with poor survival

S Lunardi, NB Jamieson, SY Lim, KL Griffiths… - Oncotarget, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by an abundant desmoplastic
reaction driven by pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) that contributes to tumor progression …

LAG-3-expressing tumor-infiltrating T cells are associated with reduced disease-free survival in pancreatic cancer

L Seifert, I Plesca, L Mueller, U Sommer, M Heiduk… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In light of the majority of pancreatic cancer patients not responding to
current immune checkpoint blockade, alternative immunotherapeutic targets need to be …

[HTML][HTML] Reshaping the immune microenvironment by oncolytic herpes simplex virus in murine pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

L Zhang, W Wang, R Wang, N Zhang, H Shang, Y Bi… - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the major type of pancreatic malignancy with
very poor prognosis. Despite the promising results of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in …