Engineered cellular immunotherapies in cancer and beyond

AV Finck, T Blanchard, CP Roselle, G Golinelli… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
This year marks the tenth anniversary of cell therapy with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-
modified T cells for refractory leukemia. The widespread commercial approval of genetically …

T cell receptor therapeutics: immunological targeting of the intracellular cancer proteome

CA Klebanoff, SS Chandran, BM Baker… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
The T cell receptor (TCR) complex is a naturally occurring antigen sensor that detects,
amplifies and coordinates cellular immune responses to epitopes derived from cell surface …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ T cells maintain killing of MHC-I-negative tumor cells through the NKG2D–NKG2DL axis

EC Lerner, KI Woroniecka, VM D'Anniballe… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The accepted paradigm for both cellular and anti-tumor immunity relies upon tumor cell
killing by CD8+ T cells recognizing cognate antigens presented in the context of target cell …

Identification of essential genes for cancer immunotherapy

SJ Patel, NE Sanjana, RJ Kishton, A Eidizadeh… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Somatic gene mutations can alter the vulnerability of cancer cells to T-cell-based
immunotherapies. Here we perturbed genes in human melanoma cells to mimic loss-of …

[HTML][HTML] Direct identification of clinically relevant neoepitopes presented on native human melanoma tissue by mass spectrometry

M Bassani-Sternberg, E Bräunlein, R Klar… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Although mutations may represent attractive targets for immunotherapy, direct identification
of mutated peptide ligands isolated from human leucocyte antigens (HLA) on the surface of …

Cancer regression and neurological toxicity following anti-MAGE-A3 TCR gene therapy

RA Morgan, N Chinnasamy, D Abate-Daga… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Nine cancer patients were treated with adoptive cell therapy using autologous anti-MAGE-
A3 T-cell receptors (TCR)-engineered T cells. Five patients experienced clinical regression …

[HTML][HTML] Expanding the therapeutic window for CAR T cell therapy in solid tumors: the knowns and unknowns of CAR T cell biology

K Watanabe, S Kuramitsu, AD Posey Jr… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A major obstacle for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy in solid tumors is the
lack of truly tumor-specific target antigens, which translates to the targeting of tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Driving gene-engineered T cell immunotherapy of cancer

LA Johnson, CH June - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) gene-engineered T cell therapy holds the potential to
make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients with terminal cancers. For decades …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing cell-based cancer immunotherapy through stem cell engineering

YR Li, ZS Dunn, Y Yu, M Li, P Wang, L Yang - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Advances in cell-based therapy, particularly CAR-T cell therapy, have transformed the
treatment of hematological malignancies. Although an important step forward for the field …

[HTML][HTML] Chimeric antigen receptor-engineered human gamma delta T cells: enhanced cytotoxicity with retention of cross presentation

A Capsomidis, G Benthall, HH Van Acker, J Fisher… - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Gamma delta T (γδT) lymphocytes are primed for rapid function, including cytotoxicity toward
cancer cells, and are a component of the immediate stress response. Following activation …