Manipulating the Tumor Microenvironment Ex Vivo for Enhanced Expansion of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Adoptive Cell Therapy

JA Chacon, AA Sarnaik, JQ Chen, C Creasy… - Clinical Cancer …, 2015 - AACR
Purpose: Cultured tumor fragments from melanoma metastases have been used for years as
a source of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) for adoptive cell therapy (ACT). The …

In vitro 4-1BB stimulation promotes expansion of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from various sarcoma subtypes

M Nielsen, A Krarup-Hansen, D Hovgaard… - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - Springer
Tumor-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) can be in vitro expanded and have the
ability to induce complete and durable tumor regression in some patients with melanoma …

Co-Stimulation through 4-1BB/CD137 Improves the Expansion and Function of CD8+ Melanoma Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes for Adoptive T-Cell Therapy

JA Chacon, RC Wu, P Sukhumalchandra, JJ Molldrem… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Adoptive T-cell therapy (ACT) using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) can induce tumor
regression in up to 50% or more of patients with unresectable metastatic melanoma …

Augmented lymphocyte expansion from solid tumors with engineered cells for costimulatory enhancement

KM Friedman, LE DeVillier, SA Feldman… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Treatment of patients with adoptive T-cell therapy requires expansion of unique
tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cultures from single-cell suspensions processed from …

Enrichment of CD8+ cells from melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte cultures reveals tumor reactivity for use in adoptive cell therapy

PA Prieto, KH Durflinger, JR Wunderlich… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) for metastatic
melanoma has shown objective response rates as high as 72%. The successful application …

Activation and propagation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes on clinical-grade designer artificial antigen-presenting cells for adoptive immunotherapy of melanoma

MA Forget, S Malu, H Liu, C Toth, S Maiti… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Adoptive cell therapy with autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) is a
therapy for metastatic melanoma with response rates of up to 50%. However, the generation …

Tumor-specific CD4+ melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

KM Friedman, PA Prieto, LE Devillier… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Adoptive cell therapy using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) can mediate objective and
durable tumor regressions in patients with metastatic melanoma. CD8+ tumor-reactive TIL …

Minimally cultured tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes display optimal characteristics for adoptive cell therapy

KQ Tran, J Zhou, KH Durflinger… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with tumor-reactive lymphocytes in patients with refractory
melanoma can result in tumor regression and prolonged survival. Generating tumor-reactive …

Ex vivo interleukin-12-priming during CD8+ T cell activation dramatically improves adoptive T cell transfer antitumor efficacy in a lymphodepleted host

MP Rubinstein, CA Cloud, TE Garrett, CJ Moore… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Clinical application of adoptive T cell therapy has been hindered by an
inability to generate adequate numbers of nontolerized, functionally active, tumor-specific T …

Costimulation through the CD137/4-1BB pathway protects human melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from activation-induced cell death and enhances antitumor …

JA Hernandez-Chacon, Y Li, RC Wu… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Adoptive T-cell therapy (ACT) using expanded tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) with high-
dose interleukin-2 is a promising form of immunotherapy for stage IV melanoma having …