PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling transduction pathway and targeted therapies in cancer

A Glaviano, ASC Foo, HY Lam, KCH Yap, W Jacot… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The PI3K/AKT/mTOR (PAM) signaling pathway is a highly conserved signal
transduction network in eukaryotic cells that promotes cell survival, cell growth, and cell …

Clinical implications of T cell exhaustion for cancer immunotherapy

A Chow, K Perica, CA Klebanoff… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has been a remarkable clinical advancement in the treatment of cancer. T
cells are pivotal to the efficacy of current cancer immunotherapies, including immune …

Mitochondrial dynamics in health and disease: mechanisms and potential targets

W Chen, H Zhao, Y Li - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria are organelles that are able to adjust and respond to different stressors and
metabolic needs within a cell, showcasing their plasticity and dynamic nature. These …

Impact of manufacturing procedures on CAR T cell functionality

N Watanabe, F Mo, MK McKenna - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The field of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T cell therapy has rapidly expanded in
the past few decades. As of today, there are six CAR T cell products that have been …

BLIMP1 and NR4A3 transcription factors reciprocally regulate antitumor CAR T cell stemness and exhaustion

IY Jung, V Narayan, S McDonald, AJ Rech… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have not induced meaningful clinical responses in
solid tumors. Loss of T cell stemness, poor expansion capacity, and exhaustion during …

CAR-T cell therapy in multiple myeloma: Current limitations and potential strategies

X Zhang, H Zhang, H Lan, J Wu, Y Xiao - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Over the last decade, the survival outcome of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) has been
substantially improved with the emergence of novel therapeutic agents, such as proteasome …

Mitochondria-ER contact mediated by MFN2-SERCA2 interaction supports CD8+ T cell metabolic fitness and function in tumors

JF Yang, X Xing, L Luo, XW Zhou, JX Feng… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Metabolic fitness of T cells is essential for their vitality, which is largely dependent on the
behavior of the mitochondria. The nature of mitochondrial behavior in tumor-infiltrating T …

Metabolic challenges and interventions in CAR T cell therapy

JJ Peng, L Wang, Z Li, CL Ku, PC Ho - Science Immunology, 2023 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have achieved true clinical success in treating
hematological malignancy patients, laying the foundation of CAR T cells as a new pillar of …

Lipid metabolism reprogramming of CD8+ T cell and therapeutic implications in cancer

R Wang, Z Liu, Z Fan, H Zhan - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Effector, memory and exhaustion are three phenotypes of CD8+ T cell. In tumor
microenvironment (TME), metabolism dysfunction of the three should take the blame for …

Strategies to enhance CAR-T persistence

Y Liu, L An, R Huang, J Xiong, H Yang, X Wang… - Biomarker …, 2022 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy has significantly improved the life
expectancy for patients with refractory or relapse B cell lymphoma. As for B cell acute …