“…In the Ce6-mediated PDT group, the Cd69 activation signature gene; the Lck , Plac8 , and Il7r memory-like T cell markers; and the Gzmb and Prf1 cytotoxicity signature genes were expressed at higher levels compared with the control group in all T cell subsets ( Figure 2 I). In contrast, the Lag3 , Havcr2 , and Vsir genes, which are associated with immunoglobulin suppression of T cell activation [ 60 , 61 ] and the distinct regulatory T cell defining genes, Foxp3 , Il2ra , and Tnfrsf18, exhibited decreased expression in the Ce6-mediated PDT group compared with the control group for all T cell subsets. Overall, these findings indicate that more CD8 + activated T cells and CD8 + cytotoxic T cells induced by Ce6-mediated PDT treatment are the predominant populations that correlate with the antitumor immune response.…”