Preclinical and clinical studies of CAR-NK-cell therapies for malignancies

H Li, W Song, Z Li, M Zhang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, a specific type of
immunotherapy, in recent decades was a fantastic breakthrough for the treatment of …

Intrathecal bivalent CAR T cells targeting EGFR and IL13Rα2 in recurrent glioblastoma: phase 1 trial interim results

SJ Bagley, M Logun, JA Fraietta, X Wang, AS Desai… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM) remains a major unmet medical need, with a median overall
survival of less than 1 year. Here we report the first six patients with rGBM treated in a phase …

EGFR, the Lazarus target for precision oncology in glioblastoma

B Lin, J Ziebro, E Smithberger, KR Skinner… - Neuro …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The Lazarus effect is a rare condition that happens when someone seemingly dead shows
signs of life. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) represents a target in the fatal …

[HTML][HTML] Locally secreted BiTEs complement CAR T cells by enhancing killing of antigen heterogeneous solid tumors

Y Yin, JL Rodriguez, N Li, R Thokala, MLP Nasrallah… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Bispecific T cell engagers (BiTEs) are bispecific antibodies that redirect T cells to target
antigen-expressing tumors. We hypothesized that BiTE-secreting T cells could be a valuable …

The IAP antagonist birinapant enhances chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for glioblastoma by overcoming antigen heterogeneity

EZ Song, X Wang, BI Philipson, Q Zhang… - Molecular Therapy …, 2022 - cell.com
Antigen heterogeneity that results in tumor antigenic escape is one of the major obstacles to
successful chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies in solid tumors including …

Modeling glioblastoma complexity with organoids for personalized treatments

KD Pawlowski, JT Duffy, MV Babak… - Trends in molecular …, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains a fatal diagnosis despite the current standard of care of
maximal surgical resection, radiation, and temozolomide (TMZ) therapy. One aspect that …

Armored bicistronic CAR T cells with dominant-negative TGF-β receptor II to overcome resistance in glioblastoma

N Li, JL Rodriguez, Y Yin, MT Logun, L Zhang, S Yu… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have shown significant efficacy in hematological
diseases. However, CAR T therapy has demonstrated limited efficacy in solid tumors …

Ligand-based, piggyBac-engineered CAR-T cells targeting EGFR are safe and effective against non-small cell lung cancers

T Chinsuwan, K Hirabayashi, S Mishima… - Molecular Therapy …, 2023 - cell.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in various cancers, including non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and in some somatic cells at a limited level, rendering it an …

Optimizing CAR-T therapy for glioblastoma

OY Tang, ZA Binder, DM O'Rourke… - Molecular Diagnosis & …, 2023 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies have transformed the management of
hematologic malignancies but have not yet demonstrated consistent efficacy in solid tumors …

Bispecific T-cell engagers and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies in glioblastoma: an update

R Alsajjan, WP Mason - Current Oncology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma is the most common malignant primary brain tumor in adults. The prognosis is
extremely poor even with standard treatment of maximal safe resection, radiotherapy, and …