CAR-T cells: the long and winding road to solid tumors

MM D'Aloia, IG Zizzari, B Sacchetti, L Pierelli… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Adoptive cell therapy of solid tumors with reprogrammed T cells can be considered the “next
generation” of cancer hallmarks. CAR-T cells fail to be as effective as in liquid tumors for the …

Design and development of therapies using chimeric antigen receptor‐expressing T cells

G Dotti, S Gottschalk, B Savoldo… - Immunological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Investigators developed chimeric antigen receptors (CAR s) for expression on T cells more
than 25 years ago. When the CAR is derived from an antibody, the resultant cell should …

Malignant gliomas in adults

PY Wen, S Kesari - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Malignant gliomas, the most common type of primary brain tumor in adults, are associated
with disproportionate cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Recently, there have been …

The prioritization of cancer antigens: a national cancer institute pilot project for the acceleration of translational research

MA Cheever, JP Allison, AS Ferris, OJ Finn… - Clinical cancer …, 2009 - AACR
The purpose of the National Cancer Institute pilot project to prioritize cancer antigens was to
develop a well-vetted, priority-ranked list of cancer vaccine target antigens based on …

Rindopepimut with bevacizumab for patients with relapsed EGFRvIII-expressing glioblastoma (ReACT): results of a double-blind randomized phase II trial

DA Reardon, A Desjardins, JJ Vredenburgh… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Rindopepimut is a vaccine targeting the tumor-specific EGF driver mutation,
EGFRvIII. The ReACT study investigated whether the addition of rindopepimut to standard …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma multiforme: State of the art and future therapeutics

TA Wilson, MA Karajannis, DH Harter - Surgical neurology …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary
malignancy of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite the proven benefit of surgical …

EGFRvIII antibody–conjugated iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging–guided convection-enhanced delivery and targeted therapy of glioblastoma

CG Hadjipanayis, R Machaidze, M Kaluzova, L Wang… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
The magnetic nanoparticle has emerged as a potential multifunctional clinical tool that can
provide cancer cell detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast enhancement …

Glioblastoma-associated microglia and macrophages: targets for therapies to improve prognosis

CC Poon, S Sarkar, VW Yong, JJP Kelly - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma is the most common and most malignant primary adult human brain tumour.
Diagnosis of glioblastoma carries a dismal prognosis. Treatment resistance and tumour …

Flt3 ligand augments immune responses to anti-DEC-205-NY-ESO-1 vaccine through expansion of dendritic cell subsets

N Bhardwaj, PA Friedlander, AC Pavlick, MS Ernstoff… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Generating responses to tumor antigens poses a challenge for immunotherapy. This phase
II trial (NCT02129075) tested fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (Flt3) ligand pre-treatment …

Current therapeutic advances targeting EGFR and EGFRvIII in glioblastoma

E Padfield, HP Ellis, KM Kurian - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and EGFRvIII analysis is of current interest in
glioblastoma–the most common malignant primary CNS tumor, because of new EGFRvIII …