SHP1 expression in tumor-associated dendritic cells drives immunoevasion via impairing CD8+ memory T cell responses

Gao Yu, Yusheng Liang, Weize Yu, Gaojian Zhuang, Bing Li, Jiayi Huang, Jinghao Zheng, Xuanqi Yang, Leyun Wen, Xiaoming Tan, Yuan Zhang · 2026

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Gao Yu and colleagues published a 2026 cancer immunology study on dendritic cells. These cells teach killer T cells to attack tumors. A brake protein inside them weakens that teaching. Tumors exploit the brake to escape immunity. The team removed the brake in mice.

Without it, dendritic cells activated more strongly. Tumors grew less in two mouse models. Memory T cells formed in greater numbers. Gene analysis traced the effect to an interferon pathway. Blocking the brake also improved existing immunotherapy in earlier work. The findings nominate this protein as a drug target. Stronger teaching cells could make treatments last longer.

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CREATORGao Yu, Yusheng Liang, Weize Yu, Gaojian Zhuang, Bing Li, Jiayi Huang, Jinghao Zheng, Xuanqi Yang, Leyun Wen, Xiaoming Tan, Yuan Zhang
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE41 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13347042

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