2021
Circulating clonally expanded T cells reflect functions of tumor-infiltrating T cells
Lucca LE, Axisa PP, Lu B, Harnett B, Jessel S, Zhang L, Raddassi K, Zhang L, Olino K, Clune J, Singer M, Kluger HM, Hafler DA. Circulating clonally expanded T cells reflect functions of tumor-infiltrating T cells. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2021, 218: e20200921. PMID: 33651881, PMCID: PMC7933991, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating T cellsT cellsUnique transcriptional patternsFeatures of exhaustionLongitudinal immune monitoringPeripheral immune environmentsT cell responsesT cell functionSingle-cell levelTranscriptional patternsTCR sharingTerminal exhaustionImmune environmentImmune monitoringCancer immunotherapyMetastatic melanomaEffector functionsCell responsesTumor tissueGene signatureTumorsCell functionImmunotherapyTCRαβBlood
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