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ReviewClinical and experimental medicine2024

The role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in the formation of exhausted CD8 + T cells.

Rong Ma, Jin-Han Sun, Yan-Yang Wang

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Review in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Rong Ma *Department of Radiation Oncology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China.
Jin-Han Sun *Graduate School, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China.
Yan-Yang WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China. wangyy@nxmu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82060433Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia 2021AAC05018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8 + T cells exert a critical role in eliminating cancers and chronic infections, and can provide long-term protective immunity. However, under the exposure of persistent antigen, CD8 + T cells can differentiate into terminally exhausted CD8 + T cells and lose the ability of immune surveillance and disease clearance. New insights into the molecular mechanisms of T-cell exhaustion suggest that it is a potential way to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy by restoring the function of exhausted CD8 + T cells. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is an important executor of immune homeostasis and tolerance, inhibiting the expansion and function of many components of the immune system. Recent studies have shown that TGF-β is one of the drivers for the development of exhausted CD8 + T cells. In this review, we summarized the role and mechanisms of TGF-β in the formation of exhausted CD8 + T cells and discussed ways to target those to ultimately enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy.

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesTransforming Growth Factor betaAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsTransforming Growth Factor betaCD8 + T cellsExhaustionImmunotherapyTGF-β

Identifiers

PMID38884843
PMCPMC11182817

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