Three-dimensional genome organization in immune cell fate and function

S Cuartero, G Stik, R Stadhouders - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Immune cell development and activation demand the precise and coordinated control of
transcriptional programmes. Three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome has …

Cardinal features of immune memory in innate lymphocytes

EK Santosa, JC Sun - Nature immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of vertebrates to 'remember'previous infections had once been attributed
exclusively to adaptive immunity. We now appreciate that innate lymphocytes also possess …

BATF and IRF4 cooperate to counter exhaustion in tumor-infiltrating CAR T cells

H Seo, E González-Avalos, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The transcription factors nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and activator protein 1 (AP-
1; Fos–Jun) cooperate to promote the effector functions of T cells, but NFAT in the absence …

CD8+ T cell-intrinsic IL-6 signaling promotes resistance to anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy

MA Huseni, L Wang, JE Klementowicz, K Yuen… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are established as effective cancer therapies,
overcoming therapeutic resistance remains a critical challenge. Here we identify interleukin …

In vivo CD8+ T cell CRISPR screening reveals control by Fli1 in infection and cancer

Z Chen, E Arai, O Khan, Z Zhang, SF Ngiow, Y He… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Improving effector activity of antigen-specific T cells is a major goal in cancer
immunotherapy. Despite the identification of several effector T cell (T EFF)-driving …

BATF epigenetically and transcriptionally controls the activation program of regulatory T cells in human tumors

K Itahashi, T Irie, J Yuda, S Kumagai… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress effective antitumor immunity in tumor-bearing hosts,
thereby becoming promising targets in cancer immunotherapy. Despite the importance of …

3D chromatin reprogramming primes human memory TH2 cells for rapid recall and pathogenic dysfunction

A Onrust-van Schoonhoven, MJW de Bruijn… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Memory T cells provide long-lasting defense responses through their ability to rapidly
reactivate, but how they efficiently “recall” an inflammatory transcriptional program remains …

BATF promotes group 2 innate lymphoid cell–mediated lung tissue protection during acute respiratory virus infection

X Wu, MY Kasmani, S Zheng, A Khatun, Y Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Activated group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) accumulate and promote inflammatory
resolution and tissue repair in host defense against acute respiratory viral infections …

DNA architectural protein CTCF facilitates subset-specific chromatin interactions to limit the formation of memory CD8+ T cells

S Quon, B Yu, BE Russ, K Tsyganov, H Nguyen… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Although the importance of genome organization for transcriptional regulation of cell-fate
decisions and function is clear, the changes in chromatin architecture and how these impact …

Single cell transcriptomics shows that malaria promotes unique regulatory responses across multiple immune cell subsets

NL Dooley, TG Chabikwa, Z Pava… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum malaria drives immunoregulatory responses across multiple cell
subsets, which protects from immunopathogenesis, but also hampers the development of …