Engineering living therapeutics with synthetic biology

A Cubillos-Ruiz, T Guo, A Sokolovska… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
The steadfast advance of the synthetic biology field has enabled scientists to use genetically
engineered cells, instead of small molecules or biologics, as the basis for the development …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering strategies to overcome the current roadblocks in CAR T cell therapy

S Rafiq, CS Hackett, RJ Brentjens - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
T cells genetically engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have proven—
and impressive—therapeutic activity in patients with certain subtypes of B cell leukaemia or …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced safety and efficacy of protease-regulated CAR-T cell receptors

L Labanieh, RG Majzner, D Klysz, E Sotillo, CJ Fisher… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Regulatable CAR platforms could circumvent toxicities associated with CAR-T therapy, but
existing systems have shortcomings including leakiness and attenuated activity. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cell design and engineering for cancer therapy

Y Gong, RGJ Klein Wolterink, J Wang, GMJ Bos… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Due to their efficient recognition and lysis of malignant cells, natural killer (NK) cells are
considered as specialized immune cells that can be genetically modified to obtain capable …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging landscape of immune cell therapies

EW Weber, MV Maus, CL Mackall - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cell therapies present an entirely new paradigm in drug development. Within this class,
immune cell therapies are among the most advanced, having already demonstrated …

[HTML][HTML] The current landscape of CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors: Mechanisms, research progress, challenges, and counterstrategies

A Daei Sorkhabi, L Mohamed Khosroshahi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The successful outcomes of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in treating
hematologic cancers have increased the previously unprecedented excitement to use this …

IL-7 and CCL19 expression in CAR-T cells improves immune cell infiltration and CAR-T cell survival in the tumor

K Adachi, Y Kano, T Nagai, N Okuyama… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Infiltration, accumulation, and survival of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells in solid
tumors is crucial for tumor clearance. We engineered CAR-T cells to express interleukin (IL) …

[HTML][HTML] Universal chimeric antigen receptors for multiplexed and logical control of T cell responses

JH Cho, JJ Collins, WW Wong - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are promising cancer therapeutic
agents, with the prospect of becoming the ultimate smart cancer therapeutics. To expand the …

[HTML][HTML] Teaching an old dog new tricks: next-generation CAR T cells

N Tokarew, J Ogonek, S Endres… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) refers to the therapeutic use of T cells. T cells genetically
engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) constitute the most clinically …

CAR T-cell therapy: a new era in cancer immunotherapy

AN Miliotou, LC Papadopoulou - Current pharmaceutical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Over the years, a
number of conventional cytotoxic approaches for neoplastic diseases has been developed …