| First Author | Lopes N | Year | 2021 |
| Journal | Eur J Immunol | Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 17-26 |
| PubMed ID | 33188652 | Mgi Jnum | J:306291 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6712054 | Doi | 10.1002/eji.201948402 |
| Citation | Lopes N, et al. (2021) Functional and metabolic dichotomy of murine gammadelta T cell subsets in cancer immunity. Eur J Immunol 51(1):17-26 |
| abstractText | gammadelta T cells can display a plethora of immune functions, but recent studies have highlighted their importance, in multiple disease models, as sources of the pro-inflammatory cytokines, IL-17A (IL-17), and IFN-gamma. These are produced by distinct murine effector gammadelta T cell subsets that diverge during thymic gammadelta T cell development. Among the multiple roles these subsets play in peripheral tissues, a striking dichotomy has emerged at tumor sites: whereas IFN-gamma(+) gammadelta T cells inhibit tumor cell growth, IL-17(+) gammadelta T cells promote tumor progression and metastasis formation. In this review, we discuss the main lines of evidence, mostly from preclinical studies in mouse models, for this functional dichotomy in cancer immunity. We further highlight very recent advances in our understanding how metabolic sources and pathways can impact on the balance between IFN-gamma(+) and IL-17(+) gammadelta T cells in the tumor microenvironment, which opens a new exciting avenue to explore toward the application of gammadelta T cells in cancer immunotherapy. |
