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ArticleCell death & disease2026

Disrupting Treg lineage stability elicits RORgT-mediated plasticity and enhances anti-tumor immunity.

Courtney A Swain, Dominique C Hinshaw, Ian D Miranda, Brandon J Metge, Amr Elhamamsy, Dongquan Chen, Alyssa Lee, Hua Guo, Bhavyasree Papineni, Li'an Williams and 5 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Courtney A Swain *Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Dominique C Hinshaw *Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Ian D MirandaMedical Scientist Training Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Brandon J MetgeDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Amr ElhamamsyDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8579-0184
Dongquan ChenDepartment of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Alyssa LeeDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Hua GuoDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Bhavyasree PapineniDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0110-7681
Li'an WilliamsMedical Scientist Training Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2024-4462
Jeffrey C RathmellDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-3396
Selvarangan PonnazhaganDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Robert S WelnerO'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Rajeev S SamantDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-4976
Lalita A ShevdeDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. lsamant@uab.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1520-1476

Funding

Investigating the impact of hyperglycemia on modulating T cell populations in breast cancerF31CA284611 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Courtney A Swain · 2023 to 2026
$184k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA284611U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) HT94252310779U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) W81XWH-19-1-0755U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1F31CA284611
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The imbalance of pro-inflammatory and immunosuppressive constituents in the tumor microenvironment (TME) significantly dictates cancer progression, immune invasion, and treatment response. Immunosuppressive regulatory T cells (Tregs) are associated with decreased disease-free survival due to their ability to suppress anti-tumor immunity. Notably, in response to environmental cues, Tregs display functional and phenotypic plasticity with inflammatory helper T cell subsets. Given their predominant role in sustaining immune suppression, it is remarkable that multiple developmental pathways converge to regulate Treg development and function. In this study, we designed, validated, and employed a novel genetically modified mouse model to conditionally ablate the Hedgehog (Hh) gene, Gli2, specifically in Tregs. Ablation of Gli2 activity in Tregs significantly reduced tumor burden, impaired Treg suppressive function, and shifted the transcriptional balance of Foxo3 and Rorγt, transcription factors essential for Tregs and Th17 cells. Spatial mapping highlighted that Gli2 ablation in Tregs enhances the immunogenicity of the tumor and promotes a pro-inflammatory milieu of the TME. This was underscored by a higher tumor immune signature score and enhanced infiltration of cytotoxic CD8

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Cell LineageNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3T-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor MicroenvironmentZinc Finger Protein Gli2Gli2 protein, mouseNuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3Zinc Finger Protein Gli2

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PMID42409766
PMCPMC13616968

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