The evolving role of tissue-resident memory T cells in infections and cancer

S Yenyuwadee, JL Sanchez-Trincado Lopez… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Resident memory T cells (TRM) form a distinct type of T memory cells that stably resides in
tissues. TRM form an integral part of the immune sensing network and have the ability to …

Human dendritic cells in cancer

G Lizée, M Gilliet - Innate Immune Regulation and Cancer Immunotherapy, 2012 - Springer
Dendritic cells (DCs) are currently considered to be of utmost importance for orchestrating
appropriate immune responses in vivo, and play critical roles in maintaining the distinction …

Early precursors and molecular determinants of tissue-resident memory CD8+ T lymphocytes revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing

NS Kurd, Z He, TL Louis, JJ Milner, KD Omilusik… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
During an immune response to microbial infection, CD8+ T cells give rise to distinct classes
of cellular progeny that coordinately mediate clearance of the pathogen and provide long …

CD39+ tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells with a clonal overlap across compartments mediate antitumor immunity in breast cancer

YJ Lee, JY Kim, SH Jeon, H Nam, JH Jung… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Despite being a standard treatment option in breast cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors
(ICIs) are only efficacious for a subset of patients. To gain a better understanding of the …

Stem-like CD4+ T cells in perivascular tertiary lymphoid structures sustain autoimmune vasculitis

Y Sato, A Jain, S Ohtsuki, H Okuyama… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Autoimmune vasculitis of the medium and large elastic arteries can cause blindness, stroke,
aortic arch syndrome, and aortic aneurysm. The disease is often refractory to …

Combined single‐cell and spatial transcriptomics reveal the metabolic evolvement of breast cancer during early dissemination

YM Liu, JY Ge, YF Chen, T Liu, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is now the most frequently diagnosed malignancy, and metastasis remains
the leading cause of death in breast cancer. However, little is known about the dynamic …

Resident memory T cells form during persistent antigen exposure leading to allograft rejection

KI Abou-Daya, R Tieu, D Zhao, R Rammal… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM) contained at sites of previous infection provide local
protection against reinfection. Whether they form and function in organ transplants where …

Chronic antigen in solid tumors drives a distinct program of T cell residence

NV Gavil, MC Scott, E Weyu, OC Smith… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Analyses of healthy tissue reveal signatures that identify resident memory CD8+ T cells
(TRM), which survey tissues without recirculating. The density of TRM phenotype cells within …

Variance-adjusted Mahalanobis (VAM): a fast and accurate method for cell-specific gene set scoring

HR Frost - Nucleic acids research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Statistical analysis of single cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data is hindered by high
levels of technical noise and inflated zero counts. One promising approach for addressing …

Hydrogel-immobilized nanotherapeutics: Inhibition of protective autophagy to amplify STING signals for postsurgical tumor immunotherapy

H Wang, W Sun, D Zhou, Y Qi, Z Gao, J Cui… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Activating the inherent stimulator of interferon gene (STING) pathway of cancer cells can
inhibit tumor growth but can also induce protective autophagy of tumor cells to inhibit the …