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ArticlePLoS pathogens2024

Influenza virus infection enhances tumour-specific CD8+ T-cell immunity, facilitating tumour control.

Philine Steinbach, Eva Pastille, Lara Kaumanns, Alexandra Adamczyk, Kathrin Sutter, Wiebke Hansen, Ulf Dittmer, Jan Buer, Astrid M Westendorf, Torben Knuschke

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philine SteinbachInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Eva PastilleInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Lara KaumannsInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Alexandra AdamczykInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Kathrin SutterInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Wiebke HansenInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Ulf DittmerInstitute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Jan BuerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Astrid M WestendorfInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Torben KnuschkeInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2273-1475
University of Duisburg-Essen · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza A virus (IAV) can cause severe respiratory infection leading to significant global morbidity and mortality through seasonal epidemics. Likewise, the constantly increasing number of cancer diseases is a growing problem. Nevertheless, the understanding of the mutual interactions of the immune responses between cancer and infection is still very vague. Therefore, it is important to understand the immunological cross talk between cancer and IAV infection. In several preclinical mouse models of cancer, including melanoma and colorectal cancer, we observed that IAV infection in the lung significantly decreased the tumour burden. Concomitantly, tumour-specific CD8+ T-cells are strongly activated upon infection, both in the tumour tissue and in the lung. CD8+ T-cell depletion during infection reverses the reduced tumour growth. Interestingly, IAV infection orchestrated the migration of tumour-specific CD8+ T-cells from the tumour into the infected lung. Blocking the migration of CD8+ T-cells prevented the anti-tumoural effect. Thus, our findings show that viral respiratory infection has significant impact on the anti-tumour CD8+ T-cell response, which will significantly improve our understanding of the immunological cross talk between cancer and infection.

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Communicable DiseasesInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanNeoplasmsOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunityMice

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PMID38271469
PMCPMC10846710
OpenAlexW4391215495

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