Publications by authors named "Lara Kaumanns"
Article Synopsis
- Influenza A virus (IAV) causes severe respiratory infections and has implications for both public health and cancer progression, highlighting the need to study interactions between immune responses to cancer and infection.
- Research using mouse models revealed that IAV infection can decrease tumor burden while activating tumor-specific CD8+ T-cells, linking viral infection with anti-tumor effects.
- Blocking the migration of these activated CD8+ T-cells from tumors to infected lungs negated the anti-tumoral benefits of IAV infection, emphasizing the complexity of immune interactions in these contexts.
