Designing spatial and temporal control of vaccine responses

GA Roth, VCTM Picece, BS Ou, W Luo… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Vaccines are the key technology to combat existing and emerging infectious diseases.
However, increasing the potency, quality and durability of the vaccine response remains a …

The link between circulating follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

LSK Walker - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Follicular helper T (TFH) cells provide help to B cells, supporting the formation of germinal
centres that allow affinity maturation of antibody responses. Although usually located in …

Antigen presentation by dendritic cells and their instruction of CD4+ T helper cell responses

KL Hilligan, F Ronchese - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Dendritic cells are powerful antigen-presenting cells that are essential for the priming of T
cell responses. In addition to providing T-cell-receptor ligands and co-stimulatory molecules …

B cells and T follicular helper cells mediate response to checkpoint inhibitors in high mutation burden mouse models of breast cancer

DP Hollern, N Xu, A Thennavan, C Glodowski… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
This study identifies mechanisms mediating responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors
using mouse models of triple-negative breast cancer. By creating new mammary tumor …

The γc family of cytokines: basic biology to therapeutic ramifications

WJ Leonard, JX Lin, JJ O'Shea - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
The common cytokine receptor γ chain, γ c, is a component of the receptors for interleukin-2
(IL-2), IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, and IL-21. Mutation of the gene encoding γ c results in X-linked …

Interleukin-21, acting beyond the immunological synapse, independently controls T follicular helper and germinal center B cells

I Quast, AR Dvorscek, C Pattaroni, TM Steiner… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Germinal centers (GCs), transient structures within B cell follicles and central to affinity
maturation, require the coordinated behavior of T and B cells. IL-21, a pleiotropic T cell …

Spike-specific circulating T follicular helper cell and cross-neutralizing antibody responses in COVID-19-convalescent individuals

J Zhang, Q Wu, Z Liu, Q Wang, J Wu, Y Hu, T Bai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by infection with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),–and individuals with COVID-19 have …

CD4+T Cells: Differentiation and Functions

RV Luckheeram, R Zhou, AD Verma… - Journal of Immunology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
CD4+ T cells are crucial in achieving a regulated effective immune response to pathogens.
Naive CD4+ T cells are activated after interaction with antigen‐MHC complex and …

The role of interleukin-2 during homeostasis and activation of the immune system

O Boyman, J Sprent - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) signals influence various lymphocyte subsets during
differentiation, immune responses and homeostasis. As discussed in this Review …

Tertiary lymphoid structures, drivers of the anti‐tumor responses in human cancers

MC Dieu‐Nosjean, NA Giraldo, H Kaplon… - Immunological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The characterization of the microenvironment of human tumors led to the description of
tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) characterized by mature dendritic cells in a T‐cell zone …