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Leptin boosts T cell function in tumours

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Rivadeneira et al. show that treatment of melanoma-bearing mice with the oncolytic Vaccinia virus recruits metabolically dysfunctional CD8+ T cells, which limits tumour regression. Vaccinia-mediated engineered expression of leptin in… Click to show full abstract

Rivadeneira et al. show that treatment of melanoma-bearing mice with the oncolytic Vaccinia virus recruits metabolically dysfunctional CD8+ T cells, which limits tumour regression. Vaccinia-mediated engineered expression of leptin in cancer cells improved responses through metabolic reprogramming of T cells.

Keywords: boosts cell; function tumours; leptin boosts; cell function

Journal Title: Nature Reviews Cancer
Year Published: 2019

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