“…We also observed a cancer-specific decrease in the percentage of CD8 + , but not CD4 + , cells in pulmonary LNs ( Figure 2D and Supplemental Figure 3C), which may reflect ongoing suppression of antitumor cytotoxic T cell immune responses. Several mechanisms have been suggested to explain the Treg enrichment observed in various tumors (14), including their expansion in situ, local inducible Treg (iTreg) conversion, and enhanced trafficking to tumors, and these were explored in our study.…”