CART immunotherapy: development, success, and translation to malignant gliomas and other solid tumors

AC Filley, M Henriquez, M Dey - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
T cell chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology has allowed for the introduction of a high
degree of tumor selectivity into adoptive cell transfer therapies. Evolution of this technology …

T‐cell receptor affinity in the age of cancer immunotherapy

MM Hoffmann, JE Slansky - Molecular carcinogenesis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The strength of the interaction between T‐cell receptors (TCRs) and their ligands,
peptide/major histocompatibility complex complexes (pMHCs), is one of the most frequently …

RNA-transfection of γ/δ T cells with a chimeric antigen receptor or an α/β T-cell receptor: a safer alternative to genetically engineered α/β T cells for the immunotherapy …

DC Harrer, B Simon, S Fujii, K Shimizu, U Uslu… - BMC cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Adoptive T-cell therapy relying on conventional T cells transduced with T-cell
receptors (TCRs) or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) has caused substantial tumor …

The generation of CAR-transfected natural killer T cells for the immunotherapy of melanoma

B Simon, M Wiesinger, J März… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Natural killer T (NKT) cells represent a cell subpopulation that combines characteristics of
natural killer (NK) cells and T cells. Through their endogenous T-cell receptors (TCRs), they …

The si RNA‐mediated downregulation of PD‐1 alone or simultaneously with CTLA‐4 shows enhanced in vitro CAR‐T‐cell functionality for further clinical development …

B Simon, DC Harrer, B Schuler‐Thurner… - Experimental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)‐T cells have been used successfully for cancer
immunotherapy. While substantial tumor regression was observed in leukaemia and …

NF-κB activation triggers NK-cell stimulation by monocyte-derived dendritic cells

NC Bosch, RE Voll, CJ Voskens… - … in medical oncology, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In therapeutic cancer vaccination, monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs)
efficiently activate specific T-cell responses; however, optimizing the activation of innate …

[HTML][HTML] Arming T cells with a gp100-specific TCR and a CSPG4-specific CAR using combined DNA-and RNA-based receptor transfer

B Simon, DC Harrer, B Schuler-Thurner, G Schuler… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tumor cells can develop immune escape mechanisms to bypass T cell recognition, eg,
antigen loss or downregulation of the antigen presenting machinery, which represents a …

Electroporation of mRNA as universal technology platform to transfect a variety of primary cells with antigens and functional proteins

KF Gerer, S Hoyer, J Dörrie, N Schaft - RNA Vaccines: Methods and …, 2017 - Springer
Electroporation (EP) of mRNA into human cells is a broadly applicable method to transiently
express proteins of choice in a variety of different cell types. We have spent more than a …

A Chimeric IL-15/IL-15Rα Molecule Expressed on NFκB-Activated Dendritic Cells Supports Their Capability to Activate Natural Killer Cells

NC Bosch, LM Martin, CJ Voskens, C Berking… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural killer (NK) cells, members of the innate immune system, play an important role in the
rejection of HLA class I negative tumor cells. Hence, a therapeutic vaccine, which can …

Combining a chimeric antigen receptor and a conventional T‐cell receptor to generate T cells expressing two additional receptors (TETAR s) for a multi‐hit …

U Uslu, G Schuler, J Dörrie… - Experimental Dermatology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The adoptive transfer of engineered T cells represents an important approach in
immunotherapy of melanoma. However, relapse of the tumor can occur due to immune …