Tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells as targets of cancer immunotherapy

C Tay, A Tanaka, S Sakaguchi - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are abundant in tumor tissues, raising a question of whether
immunosuppressive tumor-infiltrating Tregs (TI-Tregs) can be selectively depleted or …

The adenosine pathway in immuno-oncology

B Allard, D Allard, L Buisseret, J Stagg - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy based on immune-checkpoint inhibition or adoptive cell therapy has
revolutionized cancer care. Nevertheless, a large proportion of patients do not benefit from …

Hypoxia drives CD39-dependent suppressor function in exhausted T cells to limit antitumor immunity

PDA Vignali, K DePeaux, MLJ Watson, C Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
CD8+ T cells are critical for elimination of cancer cells. Factors within the tumor
microenvironment (TME) can drive these cells to a hypofunctional state known as …

Emerging prospects of exosomes for cancer treatment: from conventional therapy to immunotherapy

GH Nam, Y Choi, GB Kim, S Kim, SA Kim… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are a class of extracellular vesicles of around 100 nm in diameter that are
secreted by most cells and contain various bioactive molecules reflecting their cellular origin …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting adenosine in cancer immunotherapy to enhance T-cell function

S Vigano, D Alatzoglou, M Irving… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
T cells play a critical role in cancer control, but a range of potent immunosuppressive
mechanisms can be upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME) to abrogate their …

ATP and cancer immunosurveillance

O Kepp, L Bezu, T Yamazaki, F Di Virgilio… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
While intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) occupies a key position in the bioenergetic
metabolism of all the cellular compartments that form the tumor microenvironment (TME) …

The ectonucleotidases CD 39 and CD 73: novel checkpoint inhibitor targets

B Allard, MS Longhi, SC Robson… - Immunological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cancers are able to grow by subverting immune suppressive pathways, to prevent the
malignant cells as being recognized as dangerous or foreign. This mechanism prevents the …

[HTML][HTML] The complex role of regulatory T cells in immunity and aging

L Rocamora-Reverte, FL Melzer, R Würzner… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The immune system is a tightly regulated network which allows the development of defense
mechanisms against foreign antigens and tolerance toward self-antigens. Regulatory T cells …

Immune and non-immune functions of adipose tissue leukocytes

WV Trim, L Lynch - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Adipose tissue is a complex dynamic organ with whole-body immunometabolic influence.
Much of the work into understanding the role of immune cells in adipose tissue has been in …

Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials–an ISEV position paper

T Lener, M Gimona, L Aigner, V Börger… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes and microvesicles, are released by different
cell types and participate in physiological and pathophysiological processes. EVs mediate …