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 …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and new technologies in adoptive cell therapy

P Zhang, G Zhang, X Wan - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Adoptive cell therapies (ACTs) have existed for decades. From the initial infusion of tumor-
infiltrating lymphocytes to the subsequent specific enhanced T cell receptor (TCR)-T and …

Nano-optogenetic engineering of CAR T cells for precision immunotherapy with enhanced safety

NT Nguyen, K Huang, H Zeng, J Jing, R Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-based immunotherapy, approved by the US Food
and Drug Administration, has shown curative potential in patients with haematological …

Autonomous push button–controlled rapid insulin release from a piezoelectrically activated subcutaneous cell implant

H Zhao, S Xue, MD Hussherr, AP Teixeira… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Traceless physical cues are desirable for remote control of the in situ production and real-
time dosing of biopharmaceuticals in cell-based therapies. However, current optogenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Special chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modifications of T cells: a review

L Miao, J Zhang, B Huang, Z Zhang, S Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has become one of the hot topics in tumor
immunity research in recent years. Although CAR-T cell therapy is highly effective in treating …

The clinical potential of optogenetic interrogation of pathogenesis

TT Gao, TJ Oh, K Mehta, YEA Huang… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Opsin‐based optogenetics has emerged as a powerful biomedical tool using
light to control protein conformation. Such capacity has been initially demonstrated to control …

[HTML][HTML] A single-chain and fast-responding light-inducible Cre recombinase as a novel optogenetic switch

H Duplus-Bottin, M Spichty, G Triqueneaux, C Place… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Optogenetics enables genome manipulations with high spatiotemporal resolution, opening
exciting possibilities for fundamental and applied biological research. Here, we report the …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging mammalian gene switches for controlling implantable cell therapies

O Madderson, AP Teixeira, M Fussenegger - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Engineered cell-based therapies have emerged as a new paradigm in modern medicine,
with several engineered T cell therapies currently approved to treat blood cancers and many …

Blue Light Signaling Regulates Escherichia coli W1688 Biofilm Formation and l-Threonine Production

W Sun, S Shi, J Chen, W Zhao, T Chen, G Li… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Escherichia coli biofilm may form naturally on biotic and abiotic surfaces; this represents a
promising approach for efficient biochemical production in industrial fermentation. Recently …

[HTML][HTML] Application and design of switches used in CAR

P Głowacki, P Rieske - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among the many oncology therapies, few have generated as much excitement as CAR-T.
The success of CAR therapy would not have been possible without the many discoveries …