B细胞破坏了三级淋巴体结构的形成,并抑制了抗瘤免疫力
Changhao Chen1, Mingjie An1, Hanhao Zheng1
1Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Cancer cell
|January 9, 2026
概括
研究人员发现了一种特定的B细胞子集,它在膀癌中破坏了三级淋巴细胞结构 (TLS),阻碍了免疫治疗. 阻止这一子集,即IGLL5+B细胞,可以通过恢复TLS完整性和增强免疫反应来改善癌症治疗.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 三级淋巴体结构 (TLSs) 对抗瘤免疫非常重要.
- 在癌症中TLS平衡的调节还不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定膀癌中TLS恒温的调节者.
- 研究一种新型B细胞子集在膀癌和免疫治疗反应中的作用.
主要方法:
- 单细胞RNA测序和空间转录组学.
- 基因工程和人性化的小鼠模型.
- 患者衍生异种移植 (PDX) 和泛癌模型.
主要成果:
- 在膀癌中发现了一种新的IGLL5+B细胞子集.
- IGLL5+ B细胞通过IGLL5-LTβR相互作用抑制非正规NF-κB信号传递,破坏TLS完整性并损害免疫疗法.
- 在临床前模型中,阻断IGLL5可保存TLS并增强免疫疗法的疗效.
结论:
- IGLL5+ B细胞是膀癌中TLS恒温的关键调节者.
- 准IGLL5+B细胞代表了增强TLS依赖癌症免疫疗法的有希望的策略.
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