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Craters on the melanoma surface serve as hubs for CD8+ T cells [RNA-Seq]

ABSTRACT: Immune cell interactions with tumor cells are critical for cancer therapeutic response, but it is unclear whether T cells take a direct or random path into a tumor. We performed 3D, long-term imaging of zebrafish melanomas and found that CD8+ T cells localize to craters on the tumor surface. Craters are the primary site of CD8 T cells accumulation and activation following CpG oligonucleotide injection, TLR agonists that elicit an immune response, or systemic TGF-β inhibition. Human melanomas exhibit craters at the tumor surface and in perivascular spaces where they harbor dysfunctional, proliferative CD8+ T cells. In both zebrafish and human tumors, crater size and number positively correlate with CD8+ T cell infiltration. These results identify craters as hubs that provide a direct path for CD8+ T cells into tumors.

ORGANISM(S): Danio rerio

PROVIDER: GSE213285 | GEO | 2025/09/12

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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