4‐1BB Delineates Distinct Activation Status of Exhausted Tumor‐Infiltrating CD8+ T Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hyung-Don Kim, Seongyeol Park, Seongju Jeong, Yong Joon Lee, Hoyoung Lee, Chang Gon Kim, Kyung Hwan Kim, Seung‐Mo Hong, Jung-Yun Lee, Sunghoon Kim, Hong Kwan Kim, Byung Soh Min, Jong Hee Chang, Young Seok Ju, E. Shin, Gi‐Won Song, Shin Hwang, Su‐Hyung Park

Hepatology, 2019

Targeting costimulatory receptors with agonistic antibodies is a promising cancer immunotherapy option. We aimed to investigate costimulatory receptor expression, particularly 4‐1BB (CD137 or tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 9), on tumor‐infiltrating CD8+ T cells (CD8+ tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes [TILs]) and its association with distinct T‐cell activation features among exhausted CD8+ TILs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Cited by 6 publications.

Field of study: Biology

10.1002/hep.30881