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Tumor-Infiltrating γδ T Lymphocytes: Pathogenic Role, Clinical Significance, and Differential Programing in the Tumor Microenvironment.

2014

There is increasing clinical evidence indicating that the immune system may either promote or inhibit tumor progression. Several studies have demonstrated that tumors undergoing remission are largely infiltrated by T lymphocytes [tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs)], but on the other hand, several studies have shown that tumors may be infiltrated by TILs endowed with suppressive features, suggesting that TILs are rather associated with tumor progression and unfavorable prognosis. γδ T lymphocytes are an important component of TILs that may contribute to tumor immunosurveillance, as also suggested by promising reports from several small phase-I clinical trials. Typically, γδ T lymphocytes …

Editorial: Activation, functions, and generation of immunological memory in γδ T lymphocytes: lessons from nonhuman primates

2014

T cells constitute an unconventional lymphocyte population with distinct functions complementary to those of CD4 and CD8 T cells. As such, they have both adaptive features, such as expression of the TCR, and innate-like functions reminiscent of NK cells, with whom they share extensive repertoires of activating and inhibitory receptors [1, 2]. Although most antigens recognized by murine T cells remain obscure, advances have been made in identifying ligands for human T cells. The majority of circulating human T lymphocytes expresses a TCR formed by the preferentially-paired V 9 and V 2 chains (here and thereafter, called V 9V 2 T cells). Instead of binding peptides associated with molecules b…

An unconventional TRAIL to cancer therapy

2013

γδ T cells as a potential tool in colon cancer immunotherapy

2014

γδ T cells are capable of recognizing tumor cells and exert potent cellular cytotoxicity against a large range of tumors, including colon cancer. However, tumors utilize numerous strategies to escape recognition or killing by patrolling γδ T cells, such a downregulation of NKG2D ligands, MICA/B and ULBPs. Therefore, the combined upregulation of T-cell receptorand NKG2D ligands on tumor cells and induction of NKG2D expression on γδ T cells may greatly enhance tumor killing and unlock the functions of γδ T cells. Here, we briefly review current data on the mechanisms of γδ T-cell recognition and killing of colon cancer cells and propose that γδ T cells may represent a promising target for the…