Inhibition of Akt signaling promotes the generation of superior tumor-reactive T cells for adoptive immunotherapy

AB van der Waart, NMP van de Weem… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
Effective T-cell therapy against cancer is dependent on the formation of long-lived, stem cell–
like T cells with the ability to self-renew and differentiate into potent effector cells. Here, we …

Ex vivo AKT-inhibition facilitates generation of polyfunctional stem cell memory-like CD8+ T cells for adoptive immunotherapy

CM Mousset, W Hobo, Y Ji, H Fredrix… - …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Adoptive T cell therapy has shown clinical potential for patients with cancer, though effective
treatment is dependent on longevity and potency of the exploited tumor-reactive T cells …

Akt1 and -2 inhibition diminishes terminal differentiation and enhances central memory CD8+ T-cell proliferation and survival

R Abu Eid, KM Friedman, M Mkrtichyan… - …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The CD8+ T-cell response comprises terminally differentiated effector cells and antigen-
experienced memory T cells. The latter encompass central (TCM) and effector (TEM) …

Ex vivo Akt inhibition promotes the generation of potent CD19CAR T cells for adoptive immunotherapy

R Urak, M Walter, L Lim, CLW Wong, LE Budde… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Insufficient persistence and effector function of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-
redirected T cells have been challenging issues for adoptive T cell therapy. Generating …

[HTML][HTML] Transient stimulation expands superior antitumor T cells for adoptive therapy

Y Kagoya, M Nakatsugawa, T Ochi, Y Cen, T Guo… - JCI insight, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adoptive cell therapy is a potentially curative therapeutic approach for patients with cancer.
In this treatment modality, antitumor T cells are exponentially expanded in vitro prior to …

New insights into the stemness of adoptively transferred T cells by γc family cytokines

M Luo, W Gong, Y Zhang, H Li, D Ma, K Wu… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
T cell-based adoptive cell therapy (ACT) has exhibited excellent antitumoral efficacy
exemplified by the clinical breakthrough of chimeric antigen receptor therapy (CAR-T) in …

Stem-like CD8 T cells mediate response of adoptive cell immunotherapy against human cancer

S Krishna, FJ Lowery, AR Copeland, E Bahadiroglu… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) using ex vivo–expanded autologous tumor-infiltrating
lymphocytes (TILs) can mediate complete regression of certain human cancers. The impact …

In Vivo Programming of Tumor Antigen-Specific T Lymphocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells to Promote Cancer Immunosurveillance

F Lei, B Zhao, R Haque, X Xiong, L Budgeon… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Adoptive T-cell immunotherapy has garnered wide attention, but its effective use is limited by
the need of multiple ex vivo manipulations and infusions that are complex and expensive. In …

Genetic ablation of HLA class I, class II, and the T-cell receptor enables allogeneic T cells to be used for adoptive T-cell therapy

Y Kagoya, T Guo, B Yeung, K Saso… - Cancer immunology …, 2020 - AACR
Adoptive immunotherapy can induce sustained therapeutic effects in some cancers.
Antitumor T-cell grafts are often individually prepared in vitro from autologous T cells, which …

Progressively enhancing stemness of adoptively transferred T cells with PI3Kδ blockade improves metabolism and antitumor immunity

GO Rangel Rivera, CJ Dwyer, HM Knochelmann… - Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
Generating stem-like memory T cells (TSCM) is a potential strategy to improve adoptive
immunotherapy. Elucidating optimal ways to modulate signaling pathways that enrich TSCM …