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ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2019

Fates of CD8+ T cells in Tumor Microenvironment.

Nomathamsanqa Resegofetse Maimela, Shasha Liu, Yi Zhang

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Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 284 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

284 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Association of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes with clinical outcomes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nomathamsanqa Resegofetse MaimelaBiotherapy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.
Shasha LiuBiotherapy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.
Yi ZhangBiotherapy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies have reported a positive correlation between elevated CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and good prognosis in cancer. However, the mechanisms linking T cell tumor-infiltration and tumor rejection are yet to be fully understood. The cells and factors of the TME facilitate tumor development in various ways. CD8+ T cell function is influenced by a number of factors, including CD8+ T cell trafficking and localization into tumor sites; as well as CD8+ T cell growth and differentiation. This review highlights recent literature as well as currently evolving concepts regarding the fates of CD8+ T cells in the TME from three different aspects CD8+ T cell trafficking, differentiation and function. A thorough understanding of factors contributing to the fates of CD8+ T cells will allow researchers to develop new strategies and improve on already existing strategies to facilitate CD8+ T cell mediated anti-tumor function, impede T cell dysfunction and modulate the TME into a less immunosuppressive TME.

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CD8+ T cell differentiationCD8+ T cell fatesCD8+ T cell traffickingT cell exhaustionTumor microenvironment

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PMID30581539
PMCPMC6297055

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