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ReviewExperimental & molecular medicine2025

Trogocytosis-mediated immune evasion in the tumor microenvironment.

Jeonghyun Kim, Soyeon Park, Jungseo Kim, Yewon Kim, Hong Min Yoon, Bima Rexa Rayhan, Jaekwang Jeong, Alfred L M Bothwell, Jae Hun Shin

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Review in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Macrophage Trogocytosis of Tumor Cells Drives the Immunosuppression of Tumor Microenvironment.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  8. Immune surveillance interrupted: how cancer exploits trogocytosis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  9. 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 · 2026
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  15. TNF-⍺-mediated myeloid-instructed CD14Cell reports. Medicine · 2026
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  16. The double-positive cells in the tumor microenvironment.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jeonghyun KimInstitute of Advanced Bio-Industry Convergence, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Soyeon ParkInstitute of Advanced Bio-Industry Convergence, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Jungseo KimIntegrative Science and Engineering Division, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea.
Yewon KimIntegrative Science and Engineering Division, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea.
Hong Min YoonIntegrative Science and Engineering Division, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea.
Bima Rexa RayhanIntegrative Science and Engineering Division, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Korea.
Jaekwang JeongInternal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
Alfred L M BothwellDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 505 S. 45th Street, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA. albothwell@unmc.edu.
Jae Hun ShinInstitute of Advanced Bio-Industry Convergence, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. jaehun.shin@yonsei.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-0017

Funding

Regulatory T Cell Control of Intestinal TumorigenesisR01CA168670 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BOTHWELL, ALFRED LM · 2014 to 2018
$2.1M
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00213586NCI NIH HHS R01 CA168670Yonsei University 2023-22-0438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trogocytosis is a dynamic cellular process characterized by the exchange of the plasma membrane and associated cytosol during cell-to-cell interactions. Unlike phagocytosis, this transfer maintains the surface localization of transferred membrane molecules. For example, CD4 T cells engaging with antigen-presenting cells undergo trogocytosis, which facilitates the transfer of antigen-loaded major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules from antigen-presenting cells to CD4 T cells. This transfer results in the formation of antigen-loaded MHC class II molecule-dressed CD4 T cells. These "dressed" CD4 T cells subsequently participate in antigen presentation to other CD4 T cells. Additionally, trogocytosis enables the acquisition of immune-regulatory molecules, such as CTLA-4 and Tim3, in recipient cells, thereby modulating their anti-tumor immunity. Concurrently, donor cells undergo plasma membrane loss, and substantial loss can trigger trogocytosis-mediated cell death, termed trogoptosis. This review aims to explore the trogocytosis-mediated transfer of immune regulatory molecules and their implications within the tumor microenvironment to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of immune evasion in cancers.

Indexed as

Immune EvasionNeoplasmsTrogocytosisTumor EscapeTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHumans

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PMID39741180
PMCPMC11799389

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