ArticleCells2021
Regulatory T Cells Inhibit T Cell Activity by Downregulating CD137 Ligand via CD137 Trogocytosis.
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- In or out of control: Modulating regulatory T cell homeostasis and function with immune checkpoint pathways.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Both soluble and cell surface CD137 expressed by Foxp3+ CD4 T cells restrain autoimmune diabetes.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026Article
- Trogocytosis in cancer immunity and cellular immunotherapy: mechanisms, therapeutic challenges, and translational opportunities.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Targeting intratumoral regulatory T cells by CD137 aptamer-shRNA chimeras.Immunotherapy advances · 2026Article
- Circulating CD137⁺Treg cells and LOX-1⁺PMN-MDSCs as biomarkers of immunotherapy resistance in (R/M) HNSCC patients.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
- Induction of cell death in malignant cells and regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironment by targeting CD137.Oncoimmunology · 2025Article
- Single-cell analysis reveals an important role of CD137L+ macrophages in the host response to uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection in the bladder.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Trogocytosis-mediated immune evasion in the tumor microenvironment.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2025Review
- CD137-expressing regulatory T cells in cancer and autoimmune diseases.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025Review
- Human OX40L-CAR-TScience translational medicine · 2024Article
- GAS-STING: a classical DNA recognition pathways to tumor therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Epstein-Barr virus-induced ectopic CD137 expression helps nasopharyngeal carcinoma to escape immune surveillance and enables targeting by chimeric antigen receptors.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2022Article
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Abstract
CD137 is a costimulatory molecule expressed on activated T cells. CD137 ligand (CD137L) is expressed by antigen presenting cells (APC), which use the CD137-CD137L system to enhance immune responses. It was, therefore, surprising to discover CD137 expression on regulatory T cells (Treg). The function of CD137 in Treg are controversial. While some studies report that CD137 signalling converts Treg to effector T cells (Teff), other studies find that CD137-expressing Treg display a stronger inhibitory activity than CD137
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