Interleukin-18 in health and disease

K Yasuda, K Nakanishi, H Tsutsui - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Interleukin (IL)-18 was originally discovered as a factor that enhanced IFN-γ production from
anti-CD3-stimulated Th1 cells, especially in the presence of IL-12. Upon stimulation with Ag …

γδ T cells: pleiotropic immune effectors with therapeutic potential in cancer

B Silva-Santos, S Mensurado, SB Coffelt - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
The potential of cancer immunotherapy relies on the mobilization of immune cells capable of
producing antitumour cytokines and effectively killing tumour cells. These are major …

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 …

Gamma-delta (γδ) T cells: friend or foe in cancer development?

Y Zhao, C Niu, J Cui - Journal of translational medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background γδ T cells are a distinct subgroup of T cells containing T cell receptors (TCRs) γ
and TCR δ chains with diverse structural and functional heterogeneity. As a bridge between …

γδ T cells in the tumor microenvironment—Interactions with other immune cells

KF Chan, JDG Duarte, S Ostrouska… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A growing number of studies have shown that γδ T cells play a pivotal role in mediating the
clearance of tumors and pathogen-infected cells with their potent cytotoxic, cytolytic, and …

Effector Vγ9Vδ2 T cells dominate the human fetal γδ T-cell repertoire

T Dimova, M Brouwer, F Gosselin… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
γδ T cells are unconventional T cells recognizing antigens via their γδ T-cell receptor (TCR)
in a way that is fundamentally different from conventional αβ T cells. γδ T cells usually are …

Gamma delta T cells and their pathogenic role in psoriasis

C Qi, Y Wang, P Li, J Zhao - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
γδT cells are an unconventional population of T lymphocytes that play an indispensable role
in host defense, immune surveillance, and homeostasis of the immune system. They display …

[HTML][HTML] γδ T cells and their potential for immunotherapy

YL Wu, YP Ding, Y Tanaka, LW Shen… - … journal of biological …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vγ9Vδ2 (also termed Vγ2Vδ2) T cells, a major human peripheral blood γδ T cell subset,
recognize microbial (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate and endogenous …

Human γδ T cell subsets and their clinical applications for cancer immunotherapy

D Lee, CJ Rosenthal, NE Penn, ZS Dunn, Y Zhou… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Research into the immunotherapeutic potential of T cells has
predominantly focused on conventional alpha beta (αβ) T cells, which recognize peptide …

Five layers of receptor signaling in γδ T-cell differentiation and activation

ST Ribeiro, JC Ribot, B Silva-Santos - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The contributions of γδ T-cells to immunity to infection or tumors critically depend on their
activation and differentiation into effectors capable of secreting cytokines and killing infected …