EpCAM-targeting CAR-T cell immunotherapy is safe and efficacious for epithelial tumors

D Li, X Guo, K Yang, Y Yang, W Zhou, Y Huang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The efficacy of CAR-T cells for solid tumors is unsatisfactory. EpCAM is a biomarker of
epithelial tumors, but the clinical feasibility of CAR-T therapy targeting EpCAM is lacking …

Molecular characteristics and therapeutic vulnerabilities across paediatric solid tumours

DTW Jones, A Banito, TGP Grünewald, M Haber… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The spectrum of tumours arising in childhood is fundamentally different from that seen in
adults, and they are known to be divergent from adult malignancies in terms of cellular …

How I treat unique and difficult-to-manage cases of CAR T-cell therapy–associated neurotoxicity

BD Santomasso, J Gust, F Perna - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
With growing indications for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, toxicity profiles
are evolving. There is an urgent and unmet need of approaches to optimally manage …

Cancer stem cells and immunosuppressive microenvironment in glioma

Q Ma, W Long, C Xing, J Chu, M Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glioma is one of the most common malignant tumors of the central nervous system and is
characterized by extensive infiltrative growth, neovascularization, and resistance to various …

In vivo CRISPR screening in CD8 T cells with AAV–Sleeping Beauty hybrid vectors identifies membrane targets for improving immunotherapy for glioblastoma

L Ye, JJ Park, MB Dong, Q Yang, RD Chow… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Targeting membrane proteins could improve the efficacy of T cell–based immunotherapies.
To facilitate the identification of T cell targets, we developed a hybrid genetic screening …

Dual targeting of polyamine synthesis and uptake in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

A Khan, LD Gamble, DH Upton, C Ung, DMT Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an incurable malignant childhood brain tumor, with
no active systemic therapies and a 5-year survival of less than 1%. Polyamines are small …

Limitations in the design of chimeric antigen receptors for cancer therapy

S Stoiber, BL Cadilha, MR Benmebarek, S Lesch… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer therapy has entered a new era, transitioning from unspecific chemotherapeutic
agents to increasingly specific immune-based therapeutic strategies. Among these, chimeric …

Developmental origins and emerging therapeutic opportunities for childhood cancer

M Filbin, M Monje - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death in children in developed countries.
Arising in the context of actively growing tissues, childhood cancers are fundamentally …

Histone variant and cell context determine H3K27M reprogramming of the enhancer landscape and oncogenic state

S Nagaraja, MA Quezada, SM Gillespie, M Arzt… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Development of effective targeted cancer therapies is fundamentally limited by our
molecular understanding of disease pathogenesis. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is …

[HTML][HTML] GD2-targeting CAR-T cells enhanced by transgenic IL-15 expression are an effective and clinically feasible therapy for glioblastoma

T Gargett, LM Ebert, NTH Truong… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Aggressive primary brain tumors such as glioblastoma are uniquely
challenging to treat. The intracranial location poses barriers to therapy, and the potential for …