In this issue of Blood, Mathewson et al characterized targeting a novel intracellular pathway with an agent known to induce potent antitumor effects but now also appears to potently suppress inflammatory responses by dendritic cells (DCs) and prevent graft-vs-host disease (GVHD). Identifying agents that can suppress GVHD yet not compromise graft-vs...
Little is known about the genetic changes that distinguish domestic cat populations from their wild progenitors. Here we describe a high-quality domestic cat reference genome assembly and comparative inferences made with other cat breeds, wildcats, and other mammals. Based upon these comparisons, we identified positively selected genes enriched for...
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. It has been previously reported that lung GVHD severity directly correlates with the expansion of donor Th17 cells in the absence of IFN-γ. However, the consequence of Th17-associated lung GVHD in the presence of IFN-γ has not been well characterized...
For a long time, cancer immunotherapy has focused on the induction of tumor-specific T cell-mediated immune responses. Now, a mounting body of evidence indicates that efficient anticancer immune responses also rely on innate immunity. Tietze et al. have recently elucidated an antigen-nonspecific role for memory CD8(+) T cells in cytokine-based canc...