Interferon-γ: teammate or opponent in the tumour microenvironment?

AM Gocher, CJ Workman, DAA Vignali - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy offers substantive benefit to patients with various tumour types, in
some cases leading to complete tumour clearance. However, many patients do not respond …

The JAK/STAT signaling pathway: from bench to clinic

X Hu, J Li, M Fu, X Zhao, W Wang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
The Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling
pathway was discovered more than a quarter-century ago. As a fulcrum of many vital cellular …

Tumor-intrinsic sensitivity to the pro-apoptotic effects of IFN-γ is a major determinant of CD4+ CAR T-cell antitumor activity

M Boulch, M Cazaux, A Cuffel, MV Guerin, Z Garcia… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract CD4+ T cells and CD4+ chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells display highly
variable antitumor activity in preclinical models and in patients; however, the mechanisms …

JAK-STAT signaling: a double-edged sword of immune regulation and cancer progression

KL Owen, NK Brockwell, BS Parker - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling mediates
almost all immune regulatory processes, including those that are involved in tumor cell …

Interferon-gamma at the crossroads of tumor immune surveillance or evasion

F Castro, AP Cardoso, RM Gonçalves, K Serre… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic molecule with associated antiproliferative, pro-
apoptotic and antitumor mechanisms. This effector cytokine, often considered as a major …

[HTML][HTML] Interferon-γ primes macrophages for pathogen ligand-induced killing via a caspase-8 and mitochondrial cell death pathway

DS Simpson, J Pang, A Weir, IY Kong, M Fritsch… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
Cell death plays an important role during pathogen infections. Here, we report that interferon-
γ (IFNγ) sensitizes macrophages to Toll-like receptor (TLR)-induced death that requires …

Advancing to the era of cancer immunotherapy

Y Wang, M Wang, HX Wu, RH Xu - Cancer Communications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer greatly affects the quality of life of humans worldwide and the number of patients
suffering from it is continuously increasing. Over the last century, numerous treatments have …

Th17-type cytokines, IL-6 and TNF-α synergistically activate STAT3 and NF-kB to promote colorectal cancer cell growth

V De Simone, E Franzè, G Ronchetti, A Colantoni… - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Colorectal cancers (CRCs) often show a dense infiltrate of cytokine-producing
immune/inflammatory cells. The exact contribution of each immune cell subset and cytokine …

IFN-γ: A cytokine at the right time, is in the right place

JD Burke, HA Young - Seminars in immunology, 2019 - Elsevier
Interferon gamma has long been studied as a critical mediator of tumor immunity. In recent
years, the complexity of cellular interactions that take place in the tumor microenvironment …

Interleukins, from 1 to 37, and interferon-γ: receptors, functions, and roles in diseases

M Akdis, S Burgler, R Crameri, T Eiwegger… - Journal of allergy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Advancing our understanding of mechanisms of immune regulation in allergy, asthma,
autoimmune diseases, tumor development, organ transplantation, and chronic infections …