Advances in improving CAR-T cell exhaustion in cancer immunotherapy / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@# 嵌合抗原受体T（chimeric antigen receptor T， CAR-T）细胞是一种通过基因工程表达受体的T细胞，能够识别特定的抗 原，是目前最具潜力的靶向肿瘤治疗方法。然而，作为抗癌免疫系统中主要效应细胞之一的CD8+T细胞在肿瘤中发挥作用时， 通 常处于耗竭状态，而这种功能缺陷的CD8+T细胞是杀伤肿瘤的障碍。肿瘤微环境（tumor microenvironment，TME）中存在许多抑 制性因素，例如耗竭性T细胞表面高表达的抑制性受体、免疫抑制细胞群、抑制性因子、转录因素、代谢因素等都对T细胞的分化 及耗竭有重要影响。当然， CAR的结构和共刺激域也对CAR-T细胞整体功能发挥着重要作用。本文着重总结近年有关CD8+T 细胞耗竭的机制及改善策略的研究进展，为增强CAR-T细胞的抗肿瘤效应提供了潜在思路。

Advances of exosomes in gastric cancer metastasis and their applications in diagnosis / 中国肿瘤临床

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most resistant malignancy to several treatment strategies. In recent years, the morbidity and mortality of GC has stayed high. Surgical resection remains the main treatment option for GC at present. Although chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and traditional Chinese medicine are used as adjuvant therapies after surgery, the prognosis and five-year survival rate are still low. Currently, there is no effective method for early diagnosis of GC and thus most patients are diagnosed only when the advanced symptoms appear. Exosomes contain and transfer DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, and other biological macromole-cules. Several studies have found that exosomes are involved in tumor processes including cell proliferation and metastasis. In particu-lar, the abundant biological macromolecules present in the exosomes reflect the progress of tumor development thereby enabling them as non-invasive diagnostic markers. This provides a new idea for diagnosing GC in early stages. In this review, the contribution of exosomes to GC metastasis and the applications of exosomes in early GC diagnosis are briefly summarized.