Proliferative exhausted CD8+ T cells exacerbate long-lasting anti-tumor effects in human papillomavirus-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

  1. Danni Cheng
  2. Ke Qiu
  3. Yufang Rao
  4. Minzi Mao
  5. Li Li
  6. Yan Wang
  7. Yao Song
  8. Junren Chen
  9. Xiaowei Yi
  10. Xiuli Shao
  11. Shao Hui Huang
  12. Yi Zhang
  13. Xuemei Chen
  14. Sisi Wu
  15. Shuaishuai Yu
  16. Jun Liu
  17. Haiyang Wang
  18. Xingchen Peng
  19. Daibo Li
  20. Lin Yang
  21. Li Chen
  22. Zhiye Ying
  23. Yongbo Zheng
  24. Meijun Zheng
  25. Binwu Ying
  26. Xiaoxi Zeng
  27. Wei Zhang
  28. Wei Xu
  29. Geoffrey Liu
  30. Fei Chen  Is a corresponding author
  31. Haopeng Yu  Is a corresponding author
  32. Yu Zhao  Is a corresponding author
  33. Jianjun Ren  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, West China Medical School, Sichuan University, China
  2. Institute of Clinical Pathology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
  3. Research Core Facility of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
  4. West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
  5. Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
  6. Department of Biotherapy and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
  7. MinSheng Ear-Nose-Throat Hospital, China
  8. Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
  9. Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Canada
  10. Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada

Decision letter

  1. Kellie N Smith
    Reviewing Editor; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
  2. Tadatsugu Taniguchi
    Senior Editor; University of Tokyo, Japan

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Decision letter after peer review:

Thank you for submitting your article "Proliferative Exhausted CD8 T Cells Exacerbate Long-lasting Anti-tumor Effects in Human Papillomavirus Positive Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma" for consideration by eLife. Your article has been reviewed by 1 peer reviewer, and the evaluation has been overseen by a Reviewing Editor and Tadatsugu Taniguchi as the Senior Editor. The reviewer has opted to remain anonymous.

The Reviewing Editor has drafted this to help you prepare a revised submission.

Essential revisions:

1) Temper some claims as indicated in the reviewer comments, ensuring that the conclusions are supported by the data presented.

2) Clarify the use of TCRseq to ensure TCR-based conclusions are biologically relevant.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82705.sa1

Author response

Essential revisions:

1) Temper some claims as indicated in the reviewer comments, ensuring that the conclusions are supported by the data presented.

2) Clarify the use of TCRseq to ensure TCR-based conclusions are biologically relevant.

With the kind help from you, the paper has been carefully revised and all the comments are fully dealt with. Specifically, we have tempered some claims as indicated in the reviewers’ comments, ensuring that the conclusions are supported by the data presented. And we especially clarified the use of TCRseq to ensure TCR-based conclusions are biologically relevant.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82705.sa2

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  1. Danni Cheng
  2. Ke Qiu
  3. Yufang Rao
  4. Minzi Mao
  5. Li Li
  6. Yan Wang
  7. Yao Song
  8. Junren Chen
  9. Xiaowei Yi
  10. Xiuli Shao
  11. Shao Hui Huang
  12. Yi Zhang
  13. Xuemei Chen
  14. Sisi Wu
  15. Shuaishuai Yu
  16. Jun Liu
  17. Haiyang Wang
  18. Xingchen Peng
  19. Daibo Li
  20. Lin Yang
  21. Li Chen
  22. Zhiye Ying
  23. Yongbo Zheng
  24. Meijun Zheng
  25. Binwu Ying
  26. Xiaoxi Zeng
  27. Wei Zhang
  28. Wei Xu
  29. Geoffrey Liu
  30. Fei Chen
  31. Haopeng Yu
  32. Yu Zhao
  33. Jianjun Ren
(2023)
Proliferative exhausted CD8+ T cells exacerbate long-lasting anti-tumor effects in human papillomavirus-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
eLife 12:e82705.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82705

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