New method helps the immune system find and destroy cancer cells

According to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States on the 26th, researchers at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and the National Institute of Molecular Genetics in Italy have identified a potential treatment that can improve the human immune system to find and destroy the body The ability of cancer cells: by restricting the activity of a group of cells that regulate the immune system, thereby releasing other immune cells to attack the tumors of cancer patients

"Immunotherapy has recently become a new treatment for a variety of cancers

The immune system detects and removes cancer cells by a group of cells called effector T cells (Teff).

Treg cells play an important role in the human body.

The researchers said that there is indeed a mechanism to inhibit Treg cells

The researchers found that inhibiting a family of enzymes called PIP4K in cells can inhibit Treg cells without affecting Teff cells

They isolated Treg cells from healthy donors and used genetic technology to inhibit the production of PIP4K

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