The antitumor effects of vaccine-activated CD8+ T cells associate with weak TCR signaling and induction of stem-like memory T cells.

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Published in Cancer Immunol Res on August 29, 2017

Authors

Sha Wu1,2, Wei Zhu1,3, Yibing Peng1, Lan Wang1, Yuan Hong1, Lei Huang1, Dayong Dong1, Junping Xie1, Todd Merchen1,4, Edward Kruse1,4, Zong Sheng Guo5, David Bartlett5, Ning Fu6, Yukai He7,8

Author Affiliations

1: Georgia Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
2: Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
3: Division of Laboratory Medicine of Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
4: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
5: University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
6: Division of Laboratory Medicine of Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. yhe@augusta.edu zfzn2013@126.com.
7: Georgia Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia. yhe@augusta.edu zfzn2013@126.com.
8: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.

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