Tumor-derived ILT4 induces T cell senescence and suppresses tumor immunity.
Aiqin GaoXia LiuWenli LinJingnan WangShuyun WangFusheng SiLan HuangYangjing ZhaoYuping SunGuangyong PengPublished in: Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (2021)
These studies identify a novel mechanism responsible for ILT4-mediated immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment, and prove a novel concept of ILT4 as a critical checkpoint molecule for tumor immunotherapy.