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 …

Overcoming on-target, off-tumour toxicity of CAR T cell therapy for solid tumours

CL Flugel, RG Majzner, G Krenciute, G Dotti… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Therapies with genetically modified T cells that express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)
specific for CD19 or B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) are approved to treat certain B cell …

CAR-T cell therapy in hematological malignancies: current opportunities and challenges

X Zhang, L Zhu, H Zhang, S Chen, Y Xiao - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy represents a major breakthrough in cancer
treatment, and it has achieved unprecedented success in hematological malignancies …

Transient rest restores functionality in exhausted CAR-T cells through epigenetic remodeling

EW Weber, KR Parker, E Sotillo, RC Lynn… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION More than 50% of patients treated with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–T
cells for B cell malignancies develop progressive disease after CAR therapy, and these …

Proximity-based modalities for biology and medicine

X Liu, A Ciulli - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular proximity orchestrates biological function, and blocking existing proximities is an
established therapeutic strategy. By contrast, strengthening or creating neoproximity with …

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 …

Mechanisms of cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity of CAR T-cell therapy and associated prevention and management strategies

X Xiao, S Huang, S Chen, Y Wang, Q Sun… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2021 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has yielded impressive outcomes and
transformed treatment algorithms for hematological malignancies. To date, five CAR T-cell …

The future of engineered immune cell therapies

DJ Irvine, MV Maus, DJ Mooney, WW Wong - Science, 2022 - science.org
Immune cells are being engineered to recognize and respond to disease states, acting as a
“living drug” when transferred into patients. Therapies based on engineered immune cells …

From thalidomide to rational molecular glue design for targeted protein degradation

V Oleinikovas, P Gainza, T Ryckmans… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Thalidomide and its derivatives are powerful cancer therapeutics that are among the best-
understood molecular glue degraders (MGDs). These drugs selectively reprogram the E3 …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of prime editing insertion efficiencies using sequence features and DNA repair determinants

J Koeppel, J Weller, EM Peets, A Pallaseni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most short sequences can be precisely written into a selected genomic target using prime
editing; however, it remains unclear what factors govern insertion. We design a library of …