In vivo CD8+ T cell CRISPR screening reveals control by Fli1 in infection and cancer

Z Chen, E Arai, O Khan, Z Zhang, SF Ngiow, Y He… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Improving effector activity of antigen-specific T cells is a major goal in cancer
immunotherapy. Despite the identification of several effector T cell (T EFF)-driving …

Genome-wide CRISPR screens in primary human T cells reveal key regulators of immune function

E Shifrut, J Carnevale, V Tobin, TL Roth, JM Woo… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Human T cells are central effectors of immunity and cancer immunotherapy. CRISPR-based
functional studies in T cells could prioritize novel targets for drug development and improve …

Genome-wide CRISPR screens of T cell exhaustion identify chromatin remodeling factors that limit T cell persistence

JA Belk, W Yao, N Ly, KA Freitas, YT Chen, Q Shi… - Cancer cell, 2022 - cell.com
T cell exhaustion limits antitumor immunity, but the molecular determinants of this process
remain poorly understood. Using a chronic stimulation assay, we performed genome-wide …

TCR signal strength defines distinct mechanisms of T cell dysfunction and cancer evasion

M Shakiba, P Zumbo, G Espinosa-Carrasco… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
T cell receptor (TCR) signal strength is a key determinant of T cell responses. We developed
a cancer mouse model in which tumor-specific CD8 T cells (TST cells) encounter tumor …

Tcf1 and Lef1 are required for the immunosuppressive function of regulatory T cells

S Xing, K Gai, X Li, P Shao, Z Zeng, X Zhao… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
Tcf1 and Lef1 have versatile functions in regulating T cell development and differentiation,
but intrinsic requirements for these factors in regulatory T (T reg) cells remain to be …

Transcriptional and epigenetic regulators of human CD8+ T cell function identified through orthogonal CRISPR screens

SR McCutcheon, AM Swartz, MC Brown, A Barrera… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical response to adoptive T cell therapies is associated with the transcriptional and
epigenetic state of the cell product. Thus, discovery of regulators of T cell gene networks and …

Single-cell deletion analyses show control of pro–T cell developmental speed and pathways by Tcf7, Spi1, Gata3, Bcl11a, Erg, and Bcl11b

W Zhou, F Gao, M Romero-Wolf, S Jo… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As early T cell precursors transition from multipotentiality to T lineage commitment, they
change expression of multiple transcription factors. It is unclear whether individual …

Genome-wide CRISPR screens in T helper cells reveal pervasive crosstalk between activation and differentiation

J Henriksson, X Chen, T Gomes, U Ullah, KB Meyer… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Summary T helper type 2 (Th2) cells are important regulators of mammalian adaptive
immunity and have relevance for infection, autoimmunity, and tumor immunology. Using a …

In vitro modeling of CD8+ T cell exhaustion enables CRISPR screening to reveal a role for BHLHE40

JE Wu, S Manne, SF Ngiow, AE Baxter, H Huang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Identifying molecular mechanisms of exhausted CD8 T cells (Tex) is a key goal of improving
immunotherapy of cancer and other diseases. However, high-throughput interrogation of in …

Ectopic Tcf1 expression instills a stem-like program in exhausted CD8+ T cells to enhance viral and tumor immunity

Q Shan, S Hu, X Chen, DB Danahy… - Cellular & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Exhausted CD8+ T (Tex) cells are dysfunctional due to persistent antigen exposure
in chronic viral infection and tumor contexts. A stem cell-like Tex (Tex-stem) subset can self …