Interleukin-2 signaling in the regulation of T cell biology in autoimmunity and cancer

AN Shouse, KM LaPorte, TR Malek - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a critical cytokine for T cell peripheral tolerance and
immunity. Here, we review how IL-2 interaction with the high-affinity IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) …

PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint blockade in ovarian cancer: Dilemmas and opportunities

Z Peng, M Li, H Li, Q Gao - Drug Discovery Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Evidence that PD-1/PD-L1 blockade benefits patients with ovarian cancer
lacks.•Mechanisms by which ovarian cancer resists PD-1/PD-L1 blockade are increasingly …

Clinically translatable cytokine delivery platform for eradication of intraperitoneal tumors

AM Nash, MI Jarvis, S Aghlara-Fotovat… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Proinflammatory cytokines have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the
treatment of metastatic melanoma and renal carcinoma. However, effective cytokine therapy …

Targeting a disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) 17-CD122 axis enhances CD8+ T cell effector differentiation and anti-tumor immunity

L Sun, A Jiao, H Liu, R Ding, N Yuan, B Yang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
CD8+ T cell immune responses are regulated by multi-layer networks, while the post-
translational regulation remains largely unknown. Transmembrane ectodomain shedding is …

Tumor intrinsic PD-L1 promotes DNA Repair in distinct cancers and suppresses PARP inhibitor–induced synthetic lethality

AVR Kornepati, JT Boyd, CE Murray… - Cancer …, 2022 - aacrjournals.org
BRCA1-mediated homologous recombination is an important DNA repair mechanism that is
the target of FDA-approved PARP inhibitors, yet details of BRCA1-mediated functions …

Current advances in PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer

Y Zhang, Q Cui, M Xu, D Liu, S Yao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of a variety of cancers. Epithelial
ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy, and the rate of advanced tumor …

Selective targeting of IL2Rβγ combined with radiotherapy triggers CD8-and NK-mediated immunity, abrogating metastasis in HNSCC

J Gadwa, M Amann, TE Bickett, MW Knitz… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
The implementation of cancer immunotherapies has seen limited clinical success in head
and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Interleukin-2 (IL-2), which modulates the …

[HTML][HTML] Fragile Treg cells: Traitors in immune homeostasis?

X Song, R Chen, J Li, Y Zhu, J Jiao, H Liu… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a key role in maintaining immune tolerance and tissue
homeostasis. However, in some disease microenvironments, Treg cells exhibit fragility …

Addition of interleukin-2 overcomes resistance to neoadjuvant CTLA4 and PD1 blockade in ex vivo patient tumors

P Kaptein, C Jacoberger-Foissac… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy with anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated protein 4
(CTLA4)+ anti–programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) monoclonal antibodies has …

Expansion of circulating stem-like CD8+ T cells by adding CD122-directed IL-2 complexes to radiation and anti-PD1 therapies in mice

K Onyshchenko, R Luo, E Guffart, S Gaedicke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Combination of radiation therapy (RT) with immune checkpoint blockade can enhance
systemic anti-tumor T cell responses. Here, using two mouse tumor models, we demonstrate …