YY1 Upregulates Checkpoint Receptors and Downregulates Type I Cytokines in Exhausted, Chronically Stimulated Human T Cells

Summary: T cells infiltrate affected organs in chronic infections and malignancy, but they may fail to eradicate virus-infected cells or tumor because of exhaustion. This report describes a Yin Yang-1 (YY1)-centered mechanism for diverse components that have been correlated with exhaustion. Utilizin...

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Main Authors: Mumtaz Y. Balkhi, Gabor Wittmann, Fang Xiong, Richard P. Junghans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900421830018X