Compartmentalized Aldehyde Stress Drives CD8⁺ T Cell Exhaustion and Spatial Exclusion in Breast Cancer
This study demonstrates that in breast cancer, aldehyde stress driven by cancer stem cells and CD8⁺ T cell exhaustion are compartmentally decoupled, with tumor exclusion mediated by spatial segregation and protein checkpoint signaling rather than diffusible metabolites, suggesting that effective treatment requires a dual strategy targeting both CSC metabolism and T-cell restoration.