Tissue-resident memory T cells in immune-related adverse events: friend or foe?

ABSTRACT

Many cancer patients experience toxicity during checkpoint blockade immunotherapy, which often leads to treatment discontinuation. To this end, understanding the mechanisms mediating immune-related adverse events (irAE) should ultimately enable improvement in clinical outcomes. Recent work has revealed that tissue-resident memory T (T_RM) cells are locally expanded in irAE-dermatitis and -colitis.

KEYWORDS:

• immune-related adverse events
• irAE
• tissue-resident memory T cells
• checkpoint blockade

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Funding

R. Reschke was funded by the German Research foundation (DFG RE 4468/2-1)