Contribution of resident and circulating precursors to tumor-infiltrating CD8 <sup>+</sup> T cell populations in lung cancer
Paul Gueguen, Christina Metoikidou, Thomas Dupic, Myriam Lawand, Christel Goudot, Sylvain Baulande, Sonia Lameiras, Olivier Lantz, Nicolas Girard, Agathe Seguin‐Givelet, Marine Lefèvre, Thierry Mora, Aleksandra M. Walczak, Joshua J. Waterfall, Sebastián Amigorena
Abstract
TIL subpopulations expressing memory-like gene modules: one is also present in blood (circulating precursors) and the other one in juxtatumor tissue (tissue-resident precursors). In tumors, these two precursor populations converge through a unique transitional state into terminally differentiated cells, often referred to as dysfunctional or exhausted. Differentiation is associated with TCR expansion, and transition from precursor to late-differentiated states correlates with intratumor T cell cycling. These results provide a coherent working model for TIL origin, ontogeny, and functional organization in primary NSCLC.