γδ T cells: origin and fate, subsets, diseases and immunotherapy

Y Hu, Q Hu, Y Li, L Lu, Z Xiang, Z Yin… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
The intricacy of diseases, shaped by intrinsic processes like immune system exhaustion and
hyperactivation, highlights the potential of immune renormalization as a promising strategy …

Impact of aging on immunity in the context of COVID-19, HIV, and tuberculosis

A Grifoni, T Alonzi, G Alter, DMC Noonan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of aging biology needs to be expanded due to the continuously growing number
of elderly people worldwide. Aging induces changes that affect all systems of the body. The …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the effector functions of vδ2 γδ T cells and nk cells against cholangiocarcinoma cells

I Kulma, K Na-Bangchang, A Carvallo Herrera… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare disease characterized by malignant cells derived from
the epithelial cells of the biliary duct system. Despite extensive treatments, the prognosis for …

Vγ2 x PD-L1, a bispecific antibody targeting both the Vγ2 TCR and PD-L1, improves the anti-tumor response of Vγ2Vδ2 T cell

R Yang, Q He, H Zhou, C Gong, X Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The potent cytotoxic property of Vγ2Vδ2 T cells makes them attractive for adoptive T cell
transfer therapy. The transfusing of the expanded Vγ2Vδ2 T cells into cancer patients shows …

Adjunctive Zoledronate+ IL-2 administrations enhance anti-tuberculosis Vγ2Vδ2 T-effector populations, and improve treatment outcome of multidrug-resistant …

H Shen, E Yang, M Guo, R Yang, G Huang… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a refractory disease with high mortality rate due
to no or few choices of antibiotics. Adjunctive immunotherapy may help improve treatment …

CD137 expression and signal function drive pleiotropic γδ T-cell effector functions that inhibit intracellular M. tuberculosis growth

X Ji, G Huang, Y Peng, J Wang, X Cai, E Yang, L Zhu… - Clinical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Co-activation signal that induces/sustains pleiotropic effector functions of antigen-specific γδ
T cells remains unknown. Here, Mycobacteria tuberculosis (Mtb) tuberculin administration …

Bispecific antibody PD-L1 x CD3 boosts the anti-tumor potency of the expanded Vγ2Vδ2 T cells

R Yang, S Shen, C Gong, X Wang, F Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vγ2Vδ2 T cell-based immunotherapy has benefited some patients in clinical trials, but the
overall efficacy is low for solid tumor patients. In this study, a bispecific antibody against both …

NKG2D signaling regulates IL-17A-producing γδT cells in mice to promote cancer progression

S Curio, SC Edwards, T Suzuki… - Discovery …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract γδT cells are unconventional T cells particularly abundant in mucosal tissues that
play an important role in tissue surveillance, homeostasis, and cancer. γδT cells recognize …

A CD4+ CD161+ T-cell subset present in unexposed humans, not Tb patients, are fast acting cells that inhibit the growth of intracellular mycobacteria involving CD161 …

R Yang, Y Peng, J Pi, Y Liu, E Yang, X Shen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It remains undefined whether a subset of CD4+ T cells can function as fast-acting cells to
control Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Here we show that the primary CD4+ …

Analysis of the components of Mycobacterium tuberculosis heat-resistant antigen (Mtb-HAg) and its regulation of γδ T-cell function

J Wei, F Guo, Y Song, T Feng, Y Wang, K Xu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis heat-resistant antigen (Mtb-HAg) is a peptide
antigen released from the mycobacterial cytoplasm into the supernatant of Mycobacterium …