Human Immunology News Volume 11.02 | Jan 18 2023

    0
    74








    2023-01-18 | HIN 11.02


    Human Immunology News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 11.02 – 18 January, 2023
    TOP STORY

    Prognostic Role of the Innate Immune Signature CD163 and “Eat Me” Signal Calreticulin in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

    260 ccRCC samples from three different cohorts consisting of 213 primary tumors and 47 metastases were obtained. We focused on five representative innate immune signatures, CD68, CD163, the “eat me” signal calreticulin, the “don’t eat me” signal CD47, and signal regulatory protein α, and examined the role of each signature by quantitative immunohistochemistry.
    [Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy]

    Abstract
    Take the Immunology Podcast feedback survey for a chance to win a Bluetooth speaker.
    PUBLICATIONSRanked by the impact factor of the journal

    Control of Acute Myeloid Leukemia by a Trifunctional NKp46-CD16a-NK Cell Engager Targeting CD123

    Researchers engineered a trifunctional natural killer cell engager that targeted CD123, the alpha chain of the IL-3 receptor, on acute myeloid leukemia blasts and NKp46 and CD16a on NK cells.
    [Nature Biotechnology]

    Full ArticlePress Release

    Immunogenomic Analysis of Human Brain Metastases Reveals Diverse Immune Landscapes across Genetically Distinct Tumors

    The authors performed an extensive characterization of the immunogenomic landscape of human brain metastases by combining whole-exome/whole-genome sequencing, RNA sequencing of immune cell populations, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence staining, and tissue imaging analyses.
    [Cell Reports Medicine]

    Full ArticleGraphical Abstract

    CD4+ Helper T Cells Endow cDC1 with Cancer-Impeding Functions in the Human Tumor Micro-Environment

    Single cell transcriptomics revealed that CD4+ T-cell help uniquely optimized cDC1 in many functions that supported antigen cross-presentation and T cell priming, while these changes did not apply to other dendritic cells types.
    [Nature Communications]

    Full Article

    Cancer Cells Resistant to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Acquire Interferon-Associated Epigenetic Memory to Sustain T Cell Dysfunction

    Investigators showed that, across human and/or mouse tumors, immune dysfunction was associated with cancer cells acquiring epigenetic features of inflammatory memory.
    [Nature Cancer]

    Abstract

    Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells as Adjuvant Therapy for Unresectable Adenocarcinoma

    Scientists investigated whether CAR T cells could be used as an adjuvant therapy to clear residual cancer cells. They tested the feasibility of this approach in two partial resection xenograft models using mesothelin-specific CAR T cells.
    [Science Advances]

    Full ArticlePress Release

    A Universal MHCII Technology Platform to Characterize Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells

    By combining MHCII allele purification, allele-independent peptide loading, and multiplexed flow cytometry technologies, researchers developed a method that enabled high-throughput personalized CD4+ T cell identification, immunophenotyping, and sorting.
    [Cell Reports Methods]

    Full ArticleGraphical Abstract

    Glioma-Derived LRIG3 Interacts with NETO2 in Tumor-Associated Macrophages to Modulate Microenvironment and Suppress Tumor Growth

    The expression of A disintegrin and metalloprotease 17 in glioma cells was positively correlated with the expression of soluble LRIG3 (sLRIG3) in cell supernatant. sLRIG3 could suppress the M2-like polarity transformation of tumor-associated macrophages and inhibit the growth of tumor.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

    Full Article

    A Drug Screening to Identify Novel Combinatorial Strategies for Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy Efficacy

    The authors conducted a small molecule compound library screen in a human breast cancer cell line to identify whether certain drugs contribute to CAR T cell killing. Signaling pathways of tumor cells and T cells affected by the screened drugs were predicted via RNA sequencing.
    [Journal Of Translational Medicine]

    Full Article

    Request your free copy of the 'Human Immune Cytokines' Wallchart
    REVIEWS

    Therapy with Oncolytic Viruses: Progress and Challenges

    Scientists describe data on selected novel oncolytic viruses (OVs) that are currently in clinical development, either as monotherapies or as part of combination regimens, as well as some of the preclinical, clinical, and regulatory hurdles that have thus far limited the development of OVs.
    [Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology]

    Full Article

    T Follicular Helper Cells in Cancer

    The authors discuss recent advances in understanding how T follicular helper cell crosstalk with B cells and CD8+ T cells in secondary and tertiary lymphoid structures enhances antitumor immunity, but may also exacerbate immune-related adverse events related to cancer immunotherapy.
    [Trends in Cancer]

    AbstractGraphical Abstract
    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    TC BioPharm Announces Strategic Collaboration to Advance Gamma Delta T Cells in Oncology

    TC Biopharm PLC announced a strategic collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to expand the knowledge base of how gamma-delta T cells work in oncology settings.
    [TC Biopharm PLC]

    Press Release

    MD Anderson’s Jennifer Wargo Receives TAMEST O’Donnell Award for Pioneering Microbiome Research

    Jennifer Wargo received a 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST) for her contributions to the understanding of how the gut microbiome influences responses to immunotherapy and other cancer treatments.
    [MD Anderson Cancer Center]

    Press Release
    FEATURED EVENT

    Cell Symposium: Viruses in Health and Disease

    March 19 – 21, 2023
    Sitges, Spain

    > See All Events

    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

    PhD Student/Post-Doctoral Fellow – Microbiome-Host Interactions & Immunotherapy

    Bar-Ilan University – Ramat Gan, Israel

    Postdoctoral Scholar Position – Cancer Drug Resistance

    University of California Los Angeles – Los Angeles, California, United States

    Research Chair – Immunology

    The University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    European Market Development Manager – Immunology

    STEMCELL Technologies – St. Egreve, France

    Postdoctoral Researcher – Cellular Motility, Migration, and Signaling Pathways

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Bronx, New York, United States

    > See All Jobs

    Submit an article, publication, job or event
    Brought to you by
    stemcell-logo-for newsletter-2
    Human Immunology News Twitter