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Rafa Blanco-Domínguez

@rafaelblancodom.bsky.social

Crafting an army of T cells 📍Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM). Lisbon PT

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A very elegant study. Congratulations!

30.05.2025 10:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Incredible! Over the past 2 months, 5 independent manuscripts — from @TheColonnaLab, Dan Littman, @gardnerlabucsf.bsky.social and @chrysothemisbrown.bsky.social , and our own (now in @nature.com, www.nature.com/articles/s41...), reports that the dietary pTreg program is initiated by RORγt⁺ APCs. /1

27.05.2025 18:50 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 2
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The unparalleled @bsilvasantos.bsky.social concludes the amazing #gammadeltatoronto with the keynote talk. A moment I've waited for since may2022 inaugural #gdtcellclub talk.

Super excited to see the wrap up for the unbelievable conf thanks to JC and the other fellow organizers.

Let's go!!

23.05.2025 16:08 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
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Celebrating the #DayofImmunology by spreading the word of DOT cell therapy against CRC at @i3suporto.bsky.social
Thanks for the nice welcoming after an apocalypse-like day in this side of the globe

29.04.2025 17:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Meet DOT cells: a Vδ1-biased γδ T cellular product developed by @bsilvasantos.bsky.social team at GIMM with strong antitumor traits. We show they’re powerful CRC killers, especially when combined with the microbiota derivate butyrate or checkpoint (PD1/TIGIT) blockade 🚀Thanks to the whole team!!

16.04.2025 13:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dual modulation of cytotoxic and checkpoint receptors tunes the efficacy of adoptive Delta One T cell therapy against colorectal cancer Nature Cancer - Silva-Santos and colleagues provide in vivo preclinical evidence supporting a therapeutic use of Delta One T cells to tackle colorectal cancer and propose activating natural killer...

Flying the flag for γδ T cell therapy in colorectal cancer! Our paper is out in @naturecancer.bsky.social: Potent, broad & HLA-independent cytotoxicity & tumor infiltration make DOT cells strong allogeneic candidates against CRC!

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@gimmfoundation.bsky.social
#immunotherapy #gdTcells

16.04.2025 13:28 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Diabetes can impact cellular immunity in solid tumors Cancer is increasingly prevalent worldwide, often coexisting with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Recent breakthroughs reveal the immune system’s pivotal role in eliminating tumors and how the metabolic environment, such as glucose availability, affects antitumor immunity. Diabetes is known to dysregulate both innate and adaptive immune responses, while cancer creates an immunosuppressive microenvironment. We hypothesize that diabetes in cancer subjects may exacerbate this immunosuppression. Here, we examine the current understanding of the interplay between T2D and solid tumors and the associated challenges. Despite inconsistencies in data from mouse models and human tissues, evidence suggests that T2D can impact the antitumor response. Possible mechanisms may involve myeloid cells, inducing local immunosuppression and impairing antigen presentation, and certain lymphoid cell populations, exhibiting exhaustion.

Diabetes can impact cellular immunity in solid tumors #immunology

25.03.2025 00:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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