We engineered CD8+ T cells with two orthogonal cytokines for adoptive cell transfer into mice with solid tumors. These cells acquired a novel synthetic effector state that fully deviated from TOX+ canonical exhaustion and displayed improved anti-tumor effector functions.
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This is a summary of: Corria-Osorio, J. et al. Orthogonal cytokine engineering enables novel synthetic effector states escaping canonical exhaustion in tumor-rejecting CD8+ T cells. Nat. Immunol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01477-2 (2023).
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Generation of a novel synthetic CD8+ T cell state that leads to tumor control in mice. Nat Immunol 24, 755–756 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-023-01478-1
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