Localization, tissue biology and T cell state—implications for cancer immunotherapy

JM Schenkel, KE Pauken - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023‏ - nature.com
Tissue localization is a critical determinant of T cell immunity. CD8+ T cells are contact-
dependent killers, which requires them to physically be within the tissue of interest to kill …

How chemokines organize the tumour microenvironment

TR Mempel, JK Lill, LM Altenburger - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024‏ - nature.com
For our immune system to contain or eliminate malignant solid tumours, both myeloid and
lymphoid haematopoietic cells must not only extravasate from the bloodstream into the …

Multiplexed imaging mass cytometry of the chemokine milieus in melanoma characterizes features of the response to immunotherapy

T Hoch, D Schulz, N Eling, JM Gómez… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Intratumoral immune cells are crucial for tumor control and antitumor responses during
immunotherapy. Immune cell trafficking into tumors is mediated by binding of specific …

A human autoimmune organoid model reveals IL-7 function in coeliac disease

AJM Santos, V van Unen, Z Lin, SM Chirieleison, N Ha… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
In vitro models of autoimmunity are constrained by an inability to culture affected epithelium
alongside the complex tissue-resident immune microenvironment. Coeliac disease (CeD) is …

[HTML][HTML] GD2-targeting CAR-T cells enhanced by transgenic IL-15 expression are an effective and clinically feasible therapy for glioblastoma

T Gargett, LM Ebert, NTH Truong… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Aggressive primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma are uniquely
challenging to treat. The intracranial location poses barriers to therapy, and the potential for …

Interpretable and context-free deconvolution of multi-scale whole transcriptomic data with UniCell deconvolve

D Charytonowicz, R Brody, R Sebra - Nature communications, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract We introduce UniCell: Deconvolve Base (UCDBase), a pre-trained, interpretable,
deep learning model to deconvolve cell type fractions and predict cell identity across Spatial …

Glial reactivity and T cell infiltration in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau pathology

IJ Hartnell, D Woodhouse, W Jasper, L Mason… - Brain, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau (FTLD-tau) is a group of tauopathies that
underlie∼ 50% of FTLD cases. Identification of genetic risk variants related to …

T cell-mediated additive cytotoxicity–death by multiple bullets

B Weigelin, P Friedl - Trends in cancer, 2022‏ - cell.com
Immune effector cells, including cytotoxic T cells (CTLs), induce apoptosis and eliminate
target cells by direct cell–cell contacts. In vivo, CTLs fail to efficiently kill solid tumor cells by …

High resolution microfluidic assay and probabilistic modeling reveal cooperation between T cells in tumor killing

G Ronteix, S Jain, C Angely, M Cazaux… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Cytotoxic T cells are important components of natural anti-tumor immunity and are
harnessed in tumor immunotherapies. Immune responses to tumors and immune therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-specific T cells support chemokine-driven spatial organization of intratumoral immune microaggregates needed for long survival

Z Abdulrahman, SJ Santegoets, G Sturm… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The composition of the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) associated with
good prognosis generally also predicts the success of immunotherapy, and both entail the …