CD8A and neoplasm: After contact with each other, T cells and tumor cells secrete CXCL9 and CXCL10, induced by INF-γ, with a positive feedback mechanism to increase the infiltration of immune cells (CD8+ T cells, NK cells, and macrophages) within the tumor (Van Allen et al., 2015; Tokunaga et al., 2018; Vitiello and Miller, 2020).