Abstract:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as the most common type of primary liver cancer, leads to heavy economic and health burdens to patients. With the progress of immunology research about HCC, the role of memory CD8+ T cells in HCC suppression is gradually recognized. This article reviewes exogenous and endogenous immunotherapy based on the specific distribution, surface molecules, and functions of memory CD8+ T cells subsets. The exogenous immunotherapy mainly contains adoptive immunotherapy carried by memory CD8+ T cells, while the endogenous mainly contains targeted therapies targeting immunosuppressive molecules. Memory CD8+ T cell-associated immunotherapy has shown good efficacy in both animal and human trials in HCC, and it is hopeful for a bright future to the treatment of HCC.
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