Reprogramming the tumor microenvironment by genome editing for precision cancer therapy

K Liu, JJ Cui, Y Zhan, QY Ouyang, QS Lu, DH Yang… - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is essential for immune escape by tumor cells. It plays
essential roles in tumor development and metastasis. The clinical outcomes of tumors are …

CRISPR screens for functional interrogation of immunity

H Shi, JG Doench, H Chi - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
CRISPR-based technologies represent a major breakthrough in biomedical science as they
offer a powerful platform for unbiased screening and functional genomics in various fields …

Glucocorticoid signaling and regulatory T cells cooperate to maintain the hair-follicle stem-cell niche

Z Liu, X Hu, Y Liang, J Yu, H Li, MN Shokhirev… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Maintenance of tissue homeostasis is dependent on the communication between stem cells
and supporting cells in the same niche. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are emerging as a …

CRISPR screens unveil signal hubs for nutrient licensing of T cell immunity

L Long, J Wei, SA Lim, JL Raynor, H Shi, JP Connelly… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Nutrients are emerging regulators of adaptive immunity. Selective nutrients interplay with
immunological signals to activate mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), a …

Canonical BAF complex activity shapes the enhancer landscape that licenses CD8+ T cell effector and memory fates

B McDonald, BY Chick, NS Ahmed, M Burns, S Ma… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
CD8+ T cells provide host protection against pathogens by differentiating into distinct
effector and memory cell subsets, but how chromatin is site-specifically remodeled during …

Stepwise activities of mSWI/SNF family chromatin remodeling complexes direct T cell activation and exhaustion

E Battistello, KA Hixon, DE Comstock, CK Collings… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Highly coordinated changes in gene expression underlie T cell activation and exhaustion.
However, the mechanisms by which such programs are regulated and how these may be …

SWI/SNF complexes in hematological malignancies: biological implications and therapeutic opportunities

A Andrades, P Peinado, JC Alvarez-Perez… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Hematological malignancies are a highly heterogeneous group of diseases with varied
molecular and phenotypical characteristics. SWI/SNF (SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable) …

The regulation and differentiation of regulatory T cells and their dysfunction in autoimmune diseases

TS Sumida, NT Cheru, DA Hafler - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The discovery of FOXP3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells as a distinct cell lineage with a central
role in regulating immune responses provided a deeper understanding of self-tolerance …

Recent advances and applications of CRISPR-Cas9 in cancer immunotherapy

Z Liu, M Shi, Y Ren, H Xu, S Weng, W Ning, X Ge… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
The incidence and mortality of cancer are the major health issue worldwide. Apart from the
treatments developed to date, the unsatisfactory therapeutic effects of cancers have not …

Distinct Foxp3 enhancer elements coordinate development, maintenance, and function of regulatory T cells

R Kawakami, Y Kitagawa, KY Chen, M Arai, D Ohara… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
The transcription factor Foxp3 plays crucial roles for Treg cell development and function.
Conserved non-coding sequences (CNSs) at the Foxp3 locus control Foxp3 transcription …