Insights from a 30-year journey: function, regulation and therapeutic modulation of PD1

K Chamoto, T Yaguchi, M Tajima, T Honjo - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
PD1 was originally discovered in 1992 as a molecule associated with activation-induced cell
death in T cells. Over the past 30 years, it was found that PD1 has a critical role in avoiding …

GM-CSF: A double-edged sword in cancer immunotherapy

A Kumar, A Taghi Khani, A Sanchez Ortiz… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a cytokine that drives the
generation of myeloid cell subsets including neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and …

IL-5-producing CD4+ T cells and eosinophils cooperate to enhance response to immune checkpoint blockade in breast cancer

OS Blomberg, L Spagnuolo, H Garner, L Voorwerk… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has heralded a new era in cancer therapy. Research
into the mechanisms underlying response to ICB has predominantly focused on T cells; …

Innate lymphoid cells and cancer

N Jacquelot, C Seillet, E Vivier, GT Belz - Nature Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
The innate lymphoid cell (ILC) family is composed of natural killer (NK) cells, ILC1, ILC2 and
ILC3, which participate in immune responses to virus, bacteria, parasites and transformed …

Decoding the tumor microenvironment with spatial technologies

LA Walsh, DF Quail - Nature Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Visualization of the cellular heterogeneity and spatial architecture of the tumor
microenvironment (TME) is becoming increasingly important to understand mechanisms of …

Eosinophil–lymphocyte interactions in the tumor microenvironment and cancer immunotherapy

S Grisaru-Tal, ME Rothenberg, A Munitz - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Eosinophils are important effector cells and therapeutic targets in allergic diseases.
Emerging data indicate that eosinophils infiltrate a variety of solid tumor types and have …

Heterogeneity of type 2 innate lymphoid cells

H Spits, J Mjösberg - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
More than a decade ago, type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) were discovered to be
members of a family of innate immune cells consisting of five subsets that form a first line of …

Innate lymphoid cells and innate-like T cells in cancer—at the crossroads of innate and adaptive immunity

B Ruf, TF Greten, F Korangy - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Immunotherapies targeting conventional T cells have revolutionized systemic treatment for
many cancers, yet only a subset of patients benefit from these approaches. A better …

An innate IL-25–ILC2–MDSC axis creates a cancer-permissive microenvironment for Apc mutation–driven intestinal tumorigenesis

E Jou, N Rodriguez-Rodriguez, ACF Ferreira… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Interleukin-25 (IL-25) and group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) defend the host against
intestinal helminth infection and are associated with inappropriate allergic reactions. IL-33 …

TGFβ control of immune responses in cancer: a holistic immuno-oncology perspective

BG Nixon, S Gao, X Wang, MO Li - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The immune system responds to cancer in two main ways. First, there are prewired
responses involving myeloid cells, innate lymphocytes and innate-like adaptive lymphocytes …