CAR immune cells: design principles, resistance and the next generation

L Labanieh, CL Mackall - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The remarkable clinical activity of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies in B cell and
plasma cell malignancies has validated the use of this therapeutic class for liquid cancers …

Phase separation in immune signalling

Q Xiao, CK McAtee, X Su - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Immune signalling pathways convert pathogenic stimuli into cytosolic events that lead to the
resolution of infection. Upon ligand engagement, immune receptors together with their …

HLA-independent T cell receptors for targeting tumors with low antigen density

J Mansilla-Soto, J Eyquem, S Haubner, M Hamieh… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are receptors for antigen that direct potent immune
responses. Tumor escape associated with low target antigen expression is emerging as one …

[HTML][HTML] GPC2-CAR T cells tuned for low antigen density mediate potent activity against neuroblastoma without toxicity

S Heitzeneder, KR Bosse, Z Zhu, D Zhelev… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Pediatric cancers often mimic fetal tissues and express proteins normally silenced
postnatally that could serve as immune targets. We developed T cells expressing chimeric …

Size-dependent activation of CAR-T cells

Q Xiao, X Zhang, L Tu, J Cao, CS Hinrichs, X Su - Science immunology, 2022 - science.org
As the targets of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–T cells expand to a variety of cancers,
autoimmune diseases, viral infections, and fibrosis, there is an increasing demand for …

Exhaustion of CAR T cells: potential causes and solutions

T Kouro, H Himuro, T Sasada - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has attracted attention for its promising
therapeutic effects on hematological malignancies. However, there are problems such as …

T-cell trans-synaptic vesicles are distinct and carry greater effector content than constitutive extracellular vesicles

PF Céspedes, A Jainarayanan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The immunological synapse is a molecular hub that facilitates the delivery of three activation
signals, namely antigen, costimulation/corepression and cytokines, from antigen-presenting …

Dual targeting of CD19 and CD22 against B-ALL using a novel high-sensitivity aCD22 CAR

E Kokalaki, B Ma, M Ferrari, T Grothier, W Hazelton… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
CAR T cells recognizing CD19 effectively treat relapsed and refractory B-ALL and DLBCL.
However, CD19 loss is a frequent cause of relapse. Simultaneously targeting a second …

DCision-making in tumors governs T cell anti-tumor immunity

F Alfei, PC Ho, WL Lo - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The exploitation of T cell-based immunotherapies and immune checkpoint blockade for
cancer treatment has dramatically shifted oncological treatment paradigms and broadened …

PLCγ1 promotes phase separation of T cell signaling components

L Zeng, I Palaia, A Šarić, X Su - Journal of Cell Biology, 2021 - rupress.org
The T cell receptor (TCR) pathway receives, processes, and amplifies the signal from
pathogenic antigens to the activation of T cells. Although major components in this pathway …