ArticleJournal of immunotoxicology2010
An overview of IL-7 biology and its use in immunotherapy.
Article in Journal of immunotoxicology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.
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Abstract
Interleukin (IL)-7 is required for T-cell development as well as for the survival and homeostasis of mature T-cells. In the thymus, the double negative (DN) CD4(-) CD8(-) thymocyte progenitor transition into double positive CD4+ CD8+ cells requires Notch and IL-7 signaling. Importantly, IL-7 seems to have a dose effect on T-cell development and, at high doses, DN progression is blocked. Naïve T-cells in the thymus, and after their exit to the periphery, are dependent on IL-7 and TCR signaling for survival. Upon antigen exposure, they proliferate and differentiate into memory T-cells. Because IL-7 intervenes at all stages of T-cell development and maintenance, it has been introduced recently into clinical trials as an immunotherapeutic agent for cancer patients (of particular note, those who had undergone T-cell depleting therapy) in an attempt to increase their population sizes of CD4+ and CD8+ cells overall, and specifically of CD8+ (CD45RA+)CCR7+ and/or CD27+), CD4+ (CD45RA+CD31+), and CD4+ central memory T-cells (CD45RA(-)CCR7+). Interestingly, IL-7 in humans induced a preferential expansion of naïve T-cells, resulting in a broader T-cell repertoire than before the treatment; this effect was independent of age. This suggests that IL-7 therapy could enhance immune responses in patients with limited naïve T-cell numbers as in aged patients or after disease-induced or iatrogenic T-cell depletion. This overview highlights the role of IL-7 on T-cells in mice and humans.
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