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ReviewNPJ precision oncology2026

Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in glioblastoma: immunobiology and translational implications.

Cameron M Hill, Chibueze D Nwagwu, Angel O Odukoya, Brian Hsueh, Anthony Z Wang, Gavin P Dunn

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Review in NPJ precision oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Cameron M HillBrain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Chibueze D NwagwuBrain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Angel O OdukoyaBrain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Brian HsuehBrain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Anthony Z WangBrain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Gavin P DunnBrain Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. gpdunn@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Engineering T Cell Adoptive Therapy for GlioblastomaR01NS130209 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Alain Charest, Gavin Peter Dunn · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
Neuroscience Resident Research ProgramUE5NS065743 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SYDNEY S CASH, Ziv Williams · 2024 to 2026
$2.6M
Unlocking the Immunobiology of Conventional Dendritic Cells to Augment T Cell Activation in GlioblastomaR01NS144029 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Gavin Peter Dunn, Allegra Adele Petti · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS130209NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS144029NINDS NIH HHS UE5 NS065743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) poses unique challenges to immunotherapy, owing to its low tumor mutational burden, profound antigenic heterogeneity, and highly immunosuppressive microenvironment. Observations of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in human GBM differ from those in syngeneic orthotopic murine models: whereas TILs in several widely used murine glioma models display an abundance of exhausted T cells, patient tumors are enriched for clonally expanded granzyme K⁺ T cells of uncertain function. We review the current understanding of the brain tumor immunity cycle in GBM, highlight the translational implications of TIL biology, and evaluate emerging TCR-based approaches, including adoptive TILs transfer, neoantigen vaccines, and engineered receptors. A refined focus on identifying and harnessing tumor-selective T cells may enable more rational, personalized immunotherapies for GBM.

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PMID42437767
PMCPMC13357577

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