Dynamics and specificities of T cells in cancer immunotherapy

G Oliveira, CJ Wu - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advances in cancer immunotherapy—ranging from immune-checkpoint blockade
therapy to adoptive cellular therapy and vaccines—have revolutionized cancer treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Activation or exhaustion of CD8+ T cells in patients with COVID-19

MS Rha, EC Shin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
In addition to CD4+ T cells and neutralizing antibodies, CD8+ T cells contribute to protective
immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

[PDF][PDF] The primordial differentiation of tumor-specific memory CD8+ T cells as bona fide responders to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in draining lymph nodes

Q Huang, X Wu, Z Wang, X Chen, L Wang, Y Lu… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Blocking PD-1/PD-L1 signaling transforms cancer therapy and is assumed to
unleash exhausted tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) …

An intercellular transfer of telomeres rescues T cells from senescence and promotes long-term immunological memory

A Lanna, B Vaz, C D'Ambra, S Valvo, C Vuotto… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The common view is that T lymphocytes activate telomerase to delay senescence. Here we
show that some T cells (primarily naïve and central memory cells) elongated telomeres by …

Prior vaccination promotes early activation of memory T cells and enhances immune responses during SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection

MM Painter, TS Johnston, KA Lundgreen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection of vaccinated
individuals is increasingly common but rarely results in severe disease, likely due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell transcriptomics of human T cells reveals tissue and activation signatures in health and disease

PA Szabo, HM Levitin, M Miron, ME Snyder… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Human T cells coordinate adaptive immunity in diverse anatomic compartments through
production of cytokines and effector molecules, but it is unclear how tissue site influences T …

[PDF][PDF] PD-1-expressing SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells are not exhausted, but functional in patients with COVID-19

MS Rha, HW Jeong, JH Ko, SJ Choi, IH Seo, JS Lee… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Memory T cell responses have been demonstrated in COVID-19 convalescents, but ex vivo
phenotypes of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells have been unclear. We detected SARS-CoV-2 …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals TOX as a key regulator of CD8+ T cell persistence in chronic infection

C Yao, HW Sun, NE Lacey, Y Ji, EA Moseman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Progenitor-like CD8+ T cells mediate long-term immunity to chronic infection and cancer and
respond potently to immune checkpoint blockade. These cells share transcriptional …

CAR-T cells secreting BiTEs circumvent antigen escape without detectable toxicity

BD Choi, X Yu, AP Castano, AA Bouffard… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy for solid tumors is limited due to
heterogeneous target antigen expression and outgrowth of tumors lacking the antigen …

[PDF][PDF] Human T cell development, localization, and function throughout life

BV Kumar, TJ Connors, DL Farber - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Throughout life, T cells coordinate multiple aspects of adaptive immunity, including
responses to pathogens, allergens, and tumors. In mouse models, the role of T cells is …