The impact of inflationary cytomegalovirus-specific memory T cells on anti-tumour immune responses in patients with cancer

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous, persistent beta herpesvirus. CMV infection contributes to the accumulation of functional antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell pools with an effector-memory phenotype and enrichment of these immune cells in peripheral organs. We review here this 'memory T-cell inflation' phenomenon and associated factors including age and sex. 'Collateral damage' due to CMV-directed immune reactivity may occur in later stages of life - arising from CMV-specific immune responses that were beneficial in earlier life. CMV may be considered an age-dependent immunomodulator and a double-edged sword in editing anti-tumour immune responses. Emerging evidence suggests that CMV is highly prevalent in patients with a variety of cancers, particularly glioblastoma. A better understanding of CMV-associated immune responses and its implications for immune senescence, especially in patients with cancer, may aid in the design of more clinically relevant and tailored, personalized treatment regimens. 'Memory T-cell inflation' could be applied in vaccine development strategies to enrich for immune reactivity where long-term immunological memory is needed, e.g. in long-term immune memory formation directed against transformed cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:155

Enthalten in:

Immunology - 155(2018), 3 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 294-308

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luo, Xiao-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Qingda [VerfasserIn]
Rao, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhenjiang [VerfasserIn]
Paraschoudi, Georgia [VerfasserIn]
Dodoo, Ernest [VerfasserIn]
Maeurer, Markus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Age-dependent immunomodulator
Anti-tumour immunity
Cancer Vaccines
Cytomegalovirus
Immune-fitness
Journal Article
Memory T-cell inflation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.02.2019

Date Revised 01.11.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imm.12991

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM287372405