Consistently, the adoptive transfer of HDAC6-deficient CD8+ T cells to Rag1-deficient mice impairs cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell responses against vaccinia infection and impairs perforin expression in cytotoxic T cells [84], suggesting that the anti-tumor immune effect of HDAC6 is possibly mediated by the upregulation of cytotoxic function. This evidence concerns the gene CD8A and neoplasm.