CD4+ T cells in cancer

DE Speiser, O Chijioke, K Schaeuble, C Münz - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer immunology and immunotherapy are driving forces of research and development in
oncology, mostly focusing on CD8+ T cells and the tumor microenvironment. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing Antitumor CD4+ T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy

M Ben Khelil, Y Godet, S Abdeljaoued, C Borg… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diverse evidence revealed that CD4+ T cells play an important role in
antitumor immunity by promoting or suppressing cytotoxic T cell responses. This review …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting the role of CD4+ T cells in cancer immunotherapy—new insights into old paradigms

RE Tay, EK Richardson, HC Toh - Cancer gene therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer treatment, with immune checkpoint
blockade (ICB) therapy and adoptive cell therapy (ACT) increasingly becoming standard of …

CD8+ T cells in the cancer-immunity cycle

JR Giles, AM Globig, SM Kaech, EJ Wherry - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
CD8+ T cells are end effectors of cancer immunity. Most forms of effective cancer
immunotherapy involve CD8+ T cell effector function. Here, we review the current …

Consensus nomenclature for CD8+ T cell phenotypes in cancer

L Apetoh, MJ Smyth, CG Drake, JP Abastado… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Whereas preclinical investigations and clinical studies have established that CD8+ T cells
can profoundly affect cancer progression, the underlying mechanisms are still elusive …

[HTML][HTML] Cytotoxic CD4+ T cells in cancer: expanding the immune effector toolbox

DY Oh, L Fong - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Cytotoxic T cells are important effectors of anti-tumor immunity. While tumor killing is
ascribed to CD8+ T cell function, pre-clinical and clinical studies have identified intra …

[HTML][HTML] Role and potential of different T helper cell subsets in adoptive cell therapy

D Andreu-Sanz, S Kobold - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary While most cancer immunotherapies have focused on CD8+ T cells as the
main drivers of antitumor immunity, increasing evidence indicates that CD4+ T cells also …

[HTML][HTML] The outstanding antitumor capacity of CD4+ T helper lymphocytes

T Li, B Wu, T Yang, L Zhang, K Jin - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, tumor-resident immune cells have been extensively studied to
dissect their biological functions and clinical roles. Tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells, because …

The opposing roles of CD4+ T cells in anti‐tumour immunity

T Ahrends, J Borst - Immunology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapy focuses mainly on anti‐tumour activity of CD 8+ cytotoxic T
lymphocytes (CTL s). CTL s can directly kill all tumour cell types, provided they carry …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding roles for CD4 T cells and their subpopulations in tumor immunity and therapy

MJ Dobrzanski - Frontiers in oncology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The importance of CD4 T cells in orchestrating the immune system and their role in inducing
effective T cell-mediated therapies for the treatment of patients with select established …