Engineering IL-2 for immunotherapy of autoimmunity and cancer

R Hernandez, J Põder, KM LaPorte… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Preclinical studies of the T cell growth factor activity of IL-2 resulted in this cytokine
becoming the first immunotherapy to be approved nearly 30 years ago by the US Food and …

Strategies to therapeutically modulate cytokine action

WJ Leonard, JX Lin - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines are secreted or membrane-presented molecules that mediate broad cellular
functions, including development, differentiation, growth and survival. Accordingly, the …

[HTML][HTML] Differential roles of regulatory T cells in acute respiratory infections

M Jovisic, N Mambetsariev, BD Singer… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
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Engineering cytokine therapeutics

J Deckers, T Anbergen, AM Hokke, A de Dreu… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytokines have pivotal roles in immunity, making them attractive as therapeutics for a variety
of immune-related disorders. However, the widespread clinical use of cytokines has been …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering interferons and interleukins for cancer immunotherapy

PG Holder, SA Lim, CS Huang, P Sharma… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cytokines are a class of potent immunoregulatory proteins that are secreted in response to
various stimuli and act locally to regulate many aspects of human physiology and disease …

Reigniting hope in cancer treatment: the promise and pitfalls of IL-2 and IL-2R targeting strategies

S Muhammad, T Fan, Y Hai, Y Gao, J He - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and its receptor (IL-2R) are essential in orchestrating immune
responses. Their function and expression in the tumor microenvironment make them …

IL-2-based approaches to Treg enhancement

F Harris, YA Berdugo, T Tree - Clinical and Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Immune homeostasis is heavily dependent on the action of regulatory T cells (Tregs) which
act to suppress the activation of many immune cell types including autoreactive conventional …

Engineered Treg cells as putative therapeutics against inflammatory diseases and beyond

S Bittner, T Hehlgans, M Feuerer - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells ensure tolerance against self-antigens, limit excessive
inflammation, and support tissue repair processes. Therefore, Treg cells are currently …

Harnessing regulatory T cells to establish immune tolerance

P Ho, E Cahir-McFarland, JD Fontenot… - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
Engineered regulatory T (Treg) cells have emerged as precision therapeutics aimed at
inducing immune tolerance while reducing the risks associated with generalized …

[HTML][HTML] Regulatory T cells in GVHD therapy

W Guo, X Su, M Wang, X Feng - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a common complication and the leading cause of
morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) …