2020
Transcriptomic and clonal characterization of T cells in the human central nervous system
Pappalardo JL, Zhang L, Pecsok MK, Perlman K, Zografou C, Raddassi K, Abulaban A, Krishnaswamy S, Antel J, van Dijk D, Hafler DA. Transcriptomic and clonal characterization of T cells in the human central nervous system. Science Immunology 2020, 5 PMID: 32948672, PMCID: PMC8567322, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abb8786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemCSF of patientsT cellsCerebrospinal fluidMultiple sclerosisImmune surveillanceNervous systemCSF T cellsHuman central nervous systemHealthy human donorsT cell activationImmune dysfunctionNeuroinflammatory diseasesCytotoxic capacityHealthy donorsHealthy individualsCell activationHuman donorsTissue adaptationPatientsClonal characterizationExpression of genesCellsSurveillanceFurther characterization
2017
Resisting fatal attraction: a glioma oncometabolite prevents CD8+ T cell recruitment
Lucca LE, Hafler DA. Resisting fatal attraction: a glioma oncometabolite prevents CD8+ T cell recruitment. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2017, 127: 1218-1220. PMID: 28319049, PMCID: PMC5373854, DOI: 10.1172/jci93565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsRecruitment of CD8Antitumor immune responseT cell recruitmentMigration of CD8Cell lung tumorsSyngeneic gliomaChemokines CXCL9Tumor escapeTumor controlImmune infiltrationMetastatic melanomaClinical trialsMalignant gliomasExpression of STAT1Immune surveillanceLung tumorsImmune responseAggressive cancerCell recruitmentCD8Tumor destructionTumorsGliomasCommon mutations
2012
Regulatory T cells in the central nervous system
Lowther DE, Hafler DA. Regulatory T cells in the central nervous system. Immunological Reviews 2012, 248: 156-169. PMID: 22725960, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2012.01130.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulatory T cellsTreg functionAutoimmune diseasesT cellsForkhead box protein 3Central nervous system diseaseBox protein 3Nervous system diseasesCentral nervous systemPotential therapeutic targetHuman immune systemTreg biologyPeripheral toleranceMultiple sclerosisCNS diseaseImmune surveillanceImmune responseSystem diseasesTherapeutic targetNervous systemImmune systemProtein 3DiseaseTregsCells