CXCR6 deficiency impairs cancer vaccine efficacy and CD8⁺ resident memory T-cell recruitment in head and neck and lung tumors

Abstract

This work demonstrates the in vivo role of CXCR6-CXCL16 axis in the migration of CD8⁺ resident memory T cells in lung mucosa after vaccination, resulting in the control of tumor growth. This work reinforces and explains why the intranasal route of vaccination is the most appropriate strategy for inducing these cells in the head and neck and pulmonary mucosa, which remains a major objective to overcome resistance to anti-PD-1/PD-L1, especially in cold tumors.