Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Semin Immunol. 2023 Sep;69:101797. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2023.101797. Epub 2023 Jun 19.
With the emergence and success of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, immuno-oncology has primarily focused on CD8 T cells, whose cytotoxic programs directly target tumor cells. However, the limited response rate of current immunotherapy regimens has prompted investigation into other types of tumor-infiltrating immune cells, such as CD4 T cells and B cells, and how they interact with CD8 T cells in a coordinated network. Recent studies have demonstrated the potential therapeutic benefits of CD4 T follicular helper (TFH) cells and B cells in cancer, highlighting the important role of their crosstalk and interactions with other immune cell components in the tumor microenvironment. These interactions also occur in tumor-associated tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS), which resemble secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) with orchestrated vascular, chemokine, and cellular infrastructures that support the developmental pathways of functional immune cells. In this review, we discuss recent breakthroughs on TFH biology and T cell-B cell interactions in tumor immunology, and their potential as novel therapeutic targets to advance cancer treatment.
随着检查点阻断免疫疗法的出现和成功,肿瘤免疫疗法主要集中在 CD8 T 细胞上,其细胞毒性程序直接针对肿瘤细胞。然而,目前免疫疗法方案的反应率有限,促使人们研究其他类型的肿瘤浸润免疫细胞,如 CD4 T 细胞和 B 细胞,以及它们如何在协调的网络中与 CD8 T 细胞相互作用。最近的研究表明,CD4 T 滤泡辅助(TFH)细胞和 B 细胞在癌症中的潜在治疗益处,强调了它们的串扰以及与肿瘤微环境中其他免疫细胞成分相互作用的重要性。这些相互作用也发生在肿瘤相关的三级淋巴结构(TLS)中,这些结构类似于具有协调的血管、趋化因子和细胞结构的次级淋巴器官(SLO),支持功能性免疫细胞的发育途径。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了肿瘤免疫学中 TFH 生物学和 T 细胞-B 细胞相互作用的最新突破,以及它们作为推进癌症治疗的新治疗靶点的潜力。
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