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Hang on there! T cells bringing IL-12 are more tumor-reactive
May 11, 2022
IL-12 is of great interest for immunotherapy for its broad immune-activating effects. However, systemic treatment induces severe toxicities, limiting its application. Approaches to safely deliver cytokines to the tumor microenvironment are therefore warranted. Jones and Nardozzi et al. investigated a...
Hormone-driven immune exhaustion fuels sex bias in cancer
May 4, 2022
Sex bias in the development, aggressiveness, and mortality of cancer is a well documented phenomenon that cannot be fully explained by behavioral, physical, or genetic differences. Looking into potential immunological mechanisms as to how biological sex, as defined by...
Inducing optimal antitumor T cells by combining vaccination and checkpoint therapy
April 27, 2022
Tumor neoantigen-specific T cells generated by vaccines can synergize with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) for antitumor efficacy, but not much is known about the dynamics of these cells during therapy. Therefore, Liu, Chen, and Zhang et al. assessed the...
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