The mRNA and lncRNA profiles of the T cells activated by breast tumor-specific DCs pulsed by MDA-MB-231 lysates at day 0, day 1 and day 6
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ABSTRACT: Activation induced cell death (AICD) of T lymphocytes may be exploited by cancers to eliminate cytotoxic T cells (CTLs). Here, we demonstrated excessive apoptosis of tumor antigen-specific CTLs in breast and lung cancers. Interestingly, NKILA, an NF-κB interacting lncRNA, sensitizes CTLs to AICD by inhibiting NF-κB activities after their activation. In vivo, administering CTLs with NKILA silencing into immunocompromised mice with breast cancer patient derived xenografts (PDXs) effectively inhibits PDX growth by increasing CTL infiltration. Clinically, NKILA was overexpressed in the tumor specific CTLs of breast and lung cancers, which was associated with less CTL infiltration in the tumors and shorter patient survival. Our findings present the first evidence that AICD in patient tumor-specific CTLs is crucial to cancer immune evasion, and targeting NKILA in CTLs emerges as a novel anti-tumor immunotherapy.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE108819 | GEO | 2018/07/23
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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