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Aging Compromises Terminal Differentiation Program of Cytotoxic Effector Lineage and Promotes Exhaustion in CD8+ T Cells Responding to Coronavirus Infection.

Zhu Z, Lou G, Luo Y, Yihunie K, Hoar J, Daniel JA, Evers BM, Yao C, Wu T, 2025 May Aging Cell e70109

The redox sensor KEAP1 facilitates adaptation of T cells to chronic antigen stimulation by preventing hyperactivation.

Zhu Z, Luo Y, Lou G, Yihunie K, Wizzard S, DeVilbiss AW, Muh S, Ma C, Shinde SS, Hoar J, Hu T, Zhang N, Biswal S, DeBerardinis RJ, Wu T, Yao C, 2024 Nov Sci Immunol 101 9 eadk2954

FOXP1 and KLF2 reciprocally regulate checkpoints of stem-like to effector transition in CAR T cells.

Zhu Z, Lou G, Teng XL, Wang H, Luo Y, Shi W, Yihunie K, Hao S, DeGolier K, Liao C, Huang H, Zhang Q, Fry T, Wang T, Yao C, Wu T, 2023 Nov Nat Immunol

BACH2 enforces the transcriptional and epigenetic programs of stem-like CD8+ T cells.

Yao C, Lou G, Sun HW, Zhu Z, Sun Y, Chen Z, Chauss D, Moseman EA, Cheng J, D'Antonio MA, Shi W, Shi J, Kometani K, Kurosaki T, Wherry EJ, Afzali B, Gattinoni L, Zhu Y, McGavern DB, O'Shea JJ, Schwartzberg PL, Wu T, 2021 Mar Nat Immunol 3 22 370-380

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals TOX as a key regulator of CD8+ T cell persistence in chronic infection.

Yao C, Sun HW, Lacey NE, Ji Y, Moseman EA, Shih HY, Heuston EF, Kirby M, Anderson S, Cheng J, Khan O, Handon R, Reilley J, Fioravanti J, Hu J, Gossa S, Wherry EJ, Gattinoni L, McGavern DB, O'Shea JJ, Schwartzberg PL, Wu T, 2019 07 Nat. Immunol. 7 20 890-901

The TCF1-Bcl6 axis counteracts type I interferon to repress exhaustion and maintain T cell stemness.

Wu T, Ji Y, Moseman EA, Xu HC, Manglani M, Kirby M, Anderson SM, Handon R, Kenyon E, Elkahloun A, Wu W, Lang PA, Gattinoni L, McGavern DB, Schwartzberg PL 2016 Dec Sci Immunol 6 1

TCF1 Is Required for the T Follicular Helper Cell Response to Viral Infection.

Wu T, Shin HM, Moseman EA, Ji Y, Huang B, Harly C, Sen JM, Berg LJ, Gattinoni L, McGavern DB, Schwartzberg PL, 2015 Sep Cell Rep 12 12 2099-110

Dynamic STING repression orchestrates immune cell development and function.

Knox K, Jeltema D, Dobbs N, Yang K, Xing C, Song K, Tang Z, Torres-Ramirez G, Wang J, Gao S, Wu T, Yao C, Wang J, Yan N, 2025 Mar Sci Immunol 105 10 eado9933

Profiling antigen-binding affinity of B cell repertoires in tumors by deep learning predicts immune-checkpoint inhibitor treatment outcomes.

Song B, Wang K, Na S, Yao J, Fattah FJ, Martin AL, von Itzstein MS, Yang DM, Liu J, Xue Y, Liang C, Guo Y, Raman I, Zhu C, Dowell JE, Homsi J, Rashdan S, Yang S, Gwin ME, Wu T, Hsiehchen D, Gloria-McCutchen Y, Lu CP, Raj P, Bai XC, Wang J, Conejo-Garcia J, Xie Y, Huang J, Gerber DE, Wang T, 2025 Jun Nat Cancer

The prostacyclin receptor PTGIR is a NRF2-dependent regulator of CD8+ T cell exhaustion.

Dahabieh MS, DeCamp LM, Oswald BM, Kitchen-Goosen SM, Fu Z, Vos M, Compton SE, Longo J, Foy NM, Williams KS, Ellis AE, Johnson A, Sodiya I, Vincent M, Lee H, Yao C, Wu T, Sheldon RD, Krawczyk CM, Jones RG, 2025 Jul Nat Immunol 7 26 1139-1151

Obesity reshapes regulatory T cells in the visceral adipose tissue by disrupting cellular cholesterol homeostasis.

Elkins C, Ye C, Sivasami P, Mulpur R, Diaz-Saldana PP, Peng A, Xu M, Chiang YP, Moll S, Rivera-Rodriguez DE, Cervantes-Barragan L, Wu T, Au-Yeung BB, Scharer CD, Ford ML, Kissick H, Li C, 2025 Jan Sci Immunol 103 10 eadl4909

Facts and hopes for immunotherapy in renal cell carcinoma.

Yao C, Zhang T, Wu T, Brugarolas J, 2022 Jul Clin Cancer Res

IL-27 promotes the expansion of self-renewing CD8+ T cells in persistent viral infection.

Huang Z, Zak J, Pratumchai I, Shaabani N, Vartabedian VF, Nguyen N, Wu T, Xiao C, Teijaro JR, 2019 08 J Exp Med 8 216 1791-1808

miR-155 harnesses Phf19 to potentiate cancer immunotherapy through epigenetic reprogramming of CD8+ T cell fate.

Ji Y, Fioravanti J, Zhu W, Wang H, Wu T, Hu J, Lacey NE, Gautam S, Le Gall JB, Yang X, Hocker JD, Escobar TM, He S, Dell'Orso S, Hawk NV, Kapoor V, Telford WG, Di Croce L, Muljo SA, Zhang Y, Sartorelli V, Gattinoni L, 2019 05 Nat Commun 1 10 2157

Type I interferon suppresses virus-specific B cell responses by modulating CD8+ T cell differentiation.

Moseman EA, Wu T, de la Torre JC, Schwartzberg PL, McGavern DB, 2016 Oct Sci Immunol 4 1

mTOR promotes anti-viral humoral immunity by differentially regulating CD4 helper T cell and B cell responses.

Ye L, Lee J, Xu L, Mohammed AU, Li W, Hale JS, Tan WG, Wu T, Davis CW, Ahmed R, Araki K 2016 Dec J. Virol.

Cutting Edge: miR-17-92 Is Required for Both CD4 Th1 and T Follicular Helper Cell Responses during Viral Infection.

Wu T, Wieland A, Lee J, Hale JS, Han JH, Xu X, Ahmed R, 2015 Sep J Immunol 6 195 2515-9

Distinct Memory CD4(+) T Cells with Commitment to T Follicular Helper- and T Helper 1-Cell Lineages Are Generated after Acute Viral Infection.

Hale JS, Youngblood B, Latner DR, Mohammed AU, Ye L, Akondy RS, Wu T, Iyer SS, Ahmed R 2013 Apr Immunity 4 38 805-17

Temporal expression of microRNA cluster miR-17-92 regulates effector and memory CD8+ T-cell differentiation.

Wu T, Wieland A, Araki K, Davis CW, Ye L, Hale JS, Ahmed R 2012 Jun Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 25 109 9965-70

TSC1/2 tumour suppressor complex maintains Drosophila germline stem cells by preventing differentiation.

Sun P, Quan Z, Zhang B, Wu T, Xi R, 2010 Aug Development 15 137 2461-9

Binding of the environmental pollutant naphthol to bovine serum albumin.

Wu T, Wu Q, Guan S, Su H, Cai Z, 2007 Jun Biomacromolecules 6 8 1899-906