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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2024

IL-7-primed bystander CD8 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes optimize the antitumor efficacy of T cell engager immunotherapy.

Kun-Joo Lee, Donghoon Choi, Nara Tae, Ha Won Song, Yeon-Woo Kang, Minji Lee, Dain Moon, Youngsik Oh, Sujeong Park, Ji-Hae Kim and 12 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Kun-Joo LeeDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Donghoon ChoiResearch Institute of NeoImmuneTech, Inc., Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Nara TaeKangwon Institute of Inclusive Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea.
Ha Won SongDivision of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea.
Yeon-Woo KangDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Minji LeeResearch Institute of NeoImmuneTech, Inc., Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Dain MoonDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Youngsik OhDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Sujeong ParkDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Ji-Hae KimDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Siheon JeongDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Jaehyuk YangDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Uni ParkDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Da Hee HongGenexine Inc., Seoul 07789, Republic of Korea.
Mi-Sun ByunGenexine Inc., Seoul 07789, Republic of Korea.
Su-Hyung ParkGraduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
Joohyuk SohnDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Yunji ParkDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Sun-Kyoung ImResearch Institute of NeoImmuneTech, Inc., Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea.
Sun Shim ChoiDivision of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: schoi@kangwon.ac.kr.
Dae Hee KimKangwon Institute of Inclusive Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea; College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kimdh@kangwon.ac.kr.
Seung-Woo LeeDepartment of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: sw_lee@postech.ac.kr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bispecific T cell engagers (TCEs) show promising clinical efficacy in blood tumors, but their application to solid tumors remains challenging. Here, we show that Fc-fused IL-7 (rhIL-7-hyFc) changes the intratumoral CD8 T cell landscape, enhancing the efficacy of TCE immunotherapy. rhIL-7-hyFc induces a dramatic increase in CD8 tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in various solid tumors, but the majority of these cells are PD-1-negative tumor non-responsive bystander T cells. However, they are non-exhausted and central memory-phenotype CD8 T cells with high T cell receptor (TCR)-recall capacity that can be triggered by tumor antigen-specific TCEs to acquire tumoricidal activity. Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals that rhIL-7-hyFc-induced bystander CD8 TILs transform into cycling transitional T cells by TCE redirection with decreased memory markers and increased cytotoxic molecules. Notably, TCE treatment has no major effect on tumor-reactive CD8 TILs. Our results suggest that rhIL-7-hyFc treatment promotes the antitumor efficacy of TCE immunotherapy by increasing TCE-sensitive bystander CD8 TILs in solid tumors.

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunotherapyInterleukin-7Lymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingAnimalsBystander EffectCell Line, TumorHumansMiceNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellIL7 protein, humanInterleukin-7Receptors, Antigen, T-Cellbispecific T cell engagerbystander CD8 T cellcancer immunotherapycombination therapyinterleukin-7solid tumorstumor-infiltrating lymphocytestumor microenvironment

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PMID38744277
PMCPMC11148861

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