Stem, effector, and hybrid states of memory CD8+ T cells

E Lugli, G Galletti, SK Boi, BA Youngblood - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
CD8+ T cell immunological memory of past antigen exposure can confer long-lived
protection against infections or tumors. The fact that CD8+ memory T cells can have features …

Deleting DNMT3A in CAR T cells prevents exhaustion and enhances antitumor activity

B Prinzing, CC Zebley, CT Petersen, Y Fan… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is revolutionizing cancer immunotherapy for
patients with B cell malignancies and is now being developed for solid tumors and chronic …

Two subsets of stem-like CD8+ memory T cell progenitors with distinct fate commitments in humans

G Galletti, G De Simone, EMC Mazza, S Puccio… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
T cell memory relies on the generation of antigen-specific progenitors with stem-like
properties. However, the identity of these progenitors has remained unclear, precluding a …

Epigenetic regulation of T cell adaptive immunity

AB Frias, SK Boi, X Lan… - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The conceptualization of adaptive immunity, founded on the observation of immunological
memory, has served as the basis for modern vaccination and immunotherapy approaches …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity diminishes response to PD-1-based immunotherapies in renal cancer

SK Boi, RM Orlandella, JT Gibson… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Obesity is a major risk factor for renal cancer, yet our understanding of its effects
on antitumor immunity and immunotherapy outcomes remains incomplete. Deciphering …

Obesity alters immune and metabolic profiles: New insight from obese‐resistant mice on high‐fat diet

SK Boi, CM Buchta, NA Pearson, MB Francis… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Diet‐induced obesity has been shown to alter immune function in mice, but
distinguishing the effects of obesity from changes in diet composition is complicated. It was …

Beta cell-specific CD8+ T cells maintain stem cell memory-associated epigenetic programs during type 1 diabetes

HA Abdelsamed, CC Zebley, H Nguyen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The pool of beta cell-specific CD8+ T cells in type 1 diabetes (T1D) sustains an autoreactive
potential despite having access to a constant source of antigen. To investigate the long-lived …

[HTML][HTML] The antidiabetic agent acarbose improves anti-PD-1 and rapamycin efficacy in preclinical renal cancer

RM Orlandella, WJ Turbitt, JT Gibson, SK Boi, P Li… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although immune-stimulatory and targeted therapies benefit many patients
with metastatic kidney cancer, a sizeable proportion of patients fail to respond. Recent …

BATF targets T cell exhaustion for termination

SK Boi, X Lan, B Youngblood - Nature immunology, 2021 - nature.com
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Modulation of the IL-6 receptor α underlies GLI2-mediated regulation of Ig secretion in Waldenström macroglobulinemia cells

DA Jackson, TD Smith, N Amarsaikhan… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
Ig secretion by terminally differentiated B cells is an important component of the immune
response to foreign pathogens. Its overproduction is a defining characteristic of several B …