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SUBMITTER: Lu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6072282 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Yong Y Wang Qiang Q Xue Gang G Bi Enguang E Ma Xingzhe X Wang Aibo A Qian Jianfei J Dong Chen C Yi Qing Q
Cancer cell 20180601 6
The antitumor effector T helper 1 (Th1) and Th17 cells represent two T cell paradigms: short-lived cytolytic Th1 cells and "stem cell-like" memory Th17 cells. We report that Th9 cells represent a third paradigm-they are less-exhausted, fully cytolytic, and hyperproliferative. Only tumor-specific Th9 cells completely eradicated advanced tumors, maintained a mature effector cell signature with cytolytic activity as strong as Th1 cells, and persisted as long as Th17 cells in vivo. Th9 cells display ...[more]