Human Immunology News Volume 10.04 | Feb 1 2022

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    Vol. 10.04 – 1 February, 2022
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    Tumor-Associated Neutrophils Secrete AGR2 to Promote Colorectal Cancer Metastasis via Its Receptor CD98hc–xCT

    Scientists investigated the cellular source for secreted anterior gradient-2 (AGR2) in the tumor microenvironment and underlying mechanisms mediating secreted AGR2’s effects.
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    Identification of Shared Tumor Epitopes from Endogenous Retroviruses Inducing High-Avidity Cytotoxic T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy

    Six candidates among the most commonly shared HLA-A2 epitopes with evidence of translation were selected for immunological evaluation. In vitro priming assays confirmed the immunogenicity of these epitopes, which induced high-avidity CD8+ T cell clones.
    [Science Advances]

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    ICAM-1-Mediated Adhesion Is a Prerequisite for Exosome-Induced T Cell Suppression

    Researchers reported that the adhesion molecule intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) co-localized with programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) on the exosomes; both ICAM-1 and PD-L1 were upregulated by interferon-γ.
    [Developmental Cell]

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    Exploiting Natural Killer Cell Engagers to Control Pediatric B Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Investigators tested the in vitro effect of different NK cell engagers, which triggered either NKp46 or NKp30 together with CD16A, and target either CD19 or CD20 to induce killing of pediatric B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
    [Cancer Immunology Research]

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    Multi-Objective Optimization Reveals Time- and Dose-Dependent Inflammatory Cytokine-Mediated Regulation of Human Stem Cell Derived T Cell Development

    Using a defined engineered thymic niche system, the authors undertook a multi-stage statistical learning-based optimization campaign and identified IL-3 and tumor necrosis factor α as a stage- and dose-specific enhancers of cell proliferation and T-lineage differentiation.
    [NPJ Regenerative Medicine]

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    Modulating Oxidative Stress in B Cells Promotes Immunotherapy in Food Allergy

    Researchers investigated the role of flagellin in promoting immunotherapy efficacy through modulating oxidative stress in regulatory B cells.
    [Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity]

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    Construction and Validation of a Pyroptosis-Related Gene Signature Associated with the Tumor Microenvironment in Uveal Melanoma

    The authors constructed a pyroptosis-related gene signature in uveal melanoma patients. Patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas served as the training cohort, whereas patients from Gene Expression Omnibus served as the validation cohort.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Chronic Inflammation Markers and Cytokine-Specific Autoantibodies in Danish Blood Donors with Restless Legs Syndrome

    Scientists investigated whether chronic inflammation markers C-reactive protein and soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, as well plasma levels of five different cytokine-specific autoantibodies.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Severity of Thermal Burn Injury Is Associated with Systemic Neutrophil Activation

    Leukocyte, platelet, neutrophil, and lymphocyte counts were assessed. Researchers analyzed the association of neutrophil-derived factors with clinical severity scoring systems.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    REVIEWS

    Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Inflammation and Immunity in Atherosclerosis: How to Proceed?

    Investigators provide strategic guidance for the translation of novel targets of immunotherapy into improvements in patient outcomes.
    [Nature Reviews Cardiology]

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    Human Inhibitory Leukocyte Ig-Like Receptors: From Immunotolerance to Immunotherapy

    The authors discuss the immunoregulatory functions of human LILRBs and the potential of targeting them to manipulate immune responses in various pathologies.
    [JCI Insight]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    INmune Bio, Inc. Announces Research Collaboration with Chinese University of Hong Kong to Evaluate INKmune in Nasopharyngeal Cancer

    INmune Bio, Inc. announced that the company has entered into a pre-clinical research collaboration with Chinese University of Hong Kong to evaluate INKmune™ in nasopharyngeal cancer, a type of head and neck cancer.
    [INmune Bio, Inc.]

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    Immune-Onc Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application to Initiate Trial of IO-202, a First-in-Class Myeloid Checkpoint Inhibitor Targeting LILRB4, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

    Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the FDA cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for IO-202, a first-in-class antibody targeting leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B4 (LILRB4) for the treatment of solid tumors.
    [Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc.]

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