Component
T-cell effector function
T-cell effector function; interpretation depends on linked experimental context.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
Every nutrient with a recorded effect on this component, credited to the nutrient that acted rather than the chapter that recorded it. Open a nutrient to see the findings and the conditions they were measured under.
Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Kv1.3 overexpression lowered intracellular K and improved antitumor T-cell function; engineered cells improved melanoma control in mice.
Experimental context and source evidence
- experimental_model
- Engineered T cells, culture and adoptive transfer.
- limitations
- Genetic cell intervention cannot be translated into a dietary potassium claim.
- nutrient_topic
- Potassium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Potassium
- organism
- Mouse with human-cell complementary assays
- plain_language
- Increasing potassium exit rescued cells in this tumor model.
- primary_references
- [eil-2016-tcells] Ionic immune suppression within the tumour microenvironment limits T cell effector function (2016). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5204372/ DOI: 10.1038/nature19364
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Tumor-infiltrating T cells
Potassium: cross-nutrient mechanisms and deficiency (2026-09-17) · lines 913–922
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Engineered T cells, culture and adoptive transfer. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### k-tcell-kv13-efflux Kv1.3 overexpression lowered intracellular K and improved antitumor T-cell function; engineered cells improved melanoma control in mice. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Potassium research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Increasing potassium exit rescued cells in this tumor model. organism: Mouse with human-cell complementary assays tissue_or_cell_type: Tumor-infiltrating T cells experimental_model: Engineered T cells, culture and adoptive transfer. limitations: Genetic cell intervention cannot be translated into a dietary potassium claim. [eil-2016-tcells] Ionic immune suppression within the tumour microenvironment limits T cell effector function (2016). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5204372/ DOI: 10.1038/nature19364
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
Proposed ideas that involve this component. They are labeled as hypotheses and do not change any recorded statement.
This is a research prototype built from draft material. It is not medical advice, and its statements still await verification against the original studies.