Advancing beyond the twists and turns of T cell exhaustion in cancer.

van der Heide, Verena; Humblin, Etienne; Vaidya, Abishek; Kamphorst, Alice Oliffson · Sci Transl Med · 2022

review · Level V

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Abstract

Chronic antigen stimulation leads to T cell exhaustion. Nutrient restrictions and other suppressive factors in the tumor microenvironment further exacerbate T cell dysfunction. Better understanding of heterogeneity and dynamics of exhausted CD8 T cells will guide novel therapies that modulate T cell differentiation to achieve more effective antitumor responses.

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