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LN-stem, tumor stem, tumor terminally differentiated CD8 T cells from human kidney cancer

ABSTRACT: This work aimed to understand the source of TCF1+ CD8 T cells in tumors. By studying human tumor draining lymph-nodes (TDLNs), we find that CD8 T cells activate in TDLN but fail to acquire the normal effector program. Instead, these CD8 T cells share functional, transcriptional, and epigenetic traits with TCF1+ stem-like cells in the tumor. This suggests that these activated cells are a precursor to the stem-like CD8 T cells in tumors. By using mouse models, we show that tumor-specific CD8 T cells are activated in TDLN, but do not acquire an effector phenotype. These cells then migrate into the tumor where they require additional co-stimulation from antigen presenting cells to acquire the effector program. This is strikingly different from canonical CD8 T cell activation to acute viruses, where the effector program is acquired immediately. This model of T cell differentiation has important implications to improve immunotherapy.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE216731 | GEO | 2022/11/03

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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