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Binding of the Fap2 protein of Fusobacterium nucleatum to human inhibitory receptor TIGIT protects tumors from immune cell attack.

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This work has shown that natural killer cell killing of various tumors is inhibited in the presence of various F. nucleatum strains, and identified a bacterium-dependent, tumor-immune evasion mechanism in which tumors exploit the Fap2 protein of F. nucleus to inhibit immune cell activity via TIGIT.
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This article is published in Immunity.The article was published on 2015-02-17 and is currently open access. It has received 784 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: TIGIT & Fusobacterium nucleatum.

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Lag-3, Tim-3, and TIGIT: Co-inhibitory Receptors with Specialized Functions in Immune Regulation

TL;DR: Co-inhibitory receptors, such as CTLA-4 and PD-1, have an important role in regulating T cell responses and have proven to be effective targets in the setting of chronic diseases where constitutive co- inhibitory receptor expression on T cells dampens effector T-cell responses.
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Interaction between microbiota and immunity in health and disease

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review features of microbiome-immunity crosstalk and their roles in health and disease, while providing examples of molecular mechanisms orchestrating these interactions in the intestine and extra-intestinal organs.
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Cancer and the microbiota

TL;DR: This Review considers how microbes and the microbiota may amplify or mitigate carcinogenesis, responsiveness to cancer therapeutics, and cancer-associated complications.
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Molecular principles of metastasis: a hallmark of cancer revisited

TL;DR: The authors explore the recent advancements in the field of metastasis and highlight the latest insights that contribute to shaping this hallmark of cancer.
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Hallmarks of cancer: the next generation.

TL;DR: Recognition of the widespread applicability of these concepts will increasingly affect the development of new means to treat human cancer.
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The interaction of TIGIT with PVR and PVRL2 inhibits human NK cell cytotoxicity

TL;DR: It is shown that TIGIT is expressed by all human NK cells, that it binds PVR and PVRL2 but not PVRL3 and that it inhibits NK cytotoxicity directly through its ITIM, providing an “alternative self” mechanism for MHC class I inhibition.
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Fusobacterium nucleatum Potentiates Intestinal Tumorigenesis and Modulates the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment

TL;DR: Data suggest that, through recruitment of tumor-infiltrating immune cells, fusobacteria generate a proinflammatory microenvironment that is conducive for colorectal neoplasia progression, and this work finds that F.nucleatum does not exacerbate colitis, enteritis, or inflammation-associated intestinal carcinogenesis.
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