Non-invasive reporter gene imaging of cell therapies, including T cells and stem cells

C Ashmore-Harris, M Iafrate, A Saleem, GO Fruhwirth - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Cell therapies represent a rapidly emerging class of new therapeutics. They are intended
and developed for the treatment of some of the most prevalent human diseases, including …

Merits and challenges of iPSC-derived organoids for clinical applications

Z Xu, J Yang, X Xin, C Liu, L Li, X Mei… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have entered an unprecedented state of
development since they were first generated. They have played a critical role in disease …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal PET imaging reveals differences in CAR-T tumor retention in triple-negative breast cancer models

A Volpe, C Lang, L Lim, F Man, E Kurtys… - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CAR-T) has been rolled out as a new treatment for
hematological malignancies. For solid tumor treatment, CAR-T has been disappointing so …

Challenges for the applications of human pluripotent stem cell-derived liver organoids

M Chang, MS Bogacheva, YR Lou - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current organoid culture systems allow pluripotent and adult stem cells to self-organize
to form three-dimensional (3D) structures that provide a faithful recapitulation of the …

How Non-invasive in vivo Cell Tracking Supports the Development and Translation of Cancer Immunotherapies

M Iafrate, GO Fruhwirth - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy is a relatively new treatment regimen for cancer, and it is based on the
modulation of the immune system to battle cancer. Immunotherapies can be classified as …

A preclinical pipeline to evaluate migrastatics as therapeutic agents in metastatic melanoma

O Maiques, B Fanshawe, E Crosas-Molist… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Metastasis is a hallmark of cancer and responsible for most cancer deaths.
Migrastatics were defined as drugs interfering with all modes of cancer cell invasion and …

Spatiotemporal in vivo tracking of polyclonal human regulatory T cells (Tregs) reveals a role for innate immune cells in Treg transplant recruitment

J Jacob, S Nadkarni, A Volpe, Q Peng, SL Tung… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2021 - cell.com
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are emerging as a new cell-based therapy in solid organ
transplantation. Adoptive transfer of Tregs has been shown preclinically to protect from graft …

[HTML][HTML] Options for imaging cellular therapeutics in vivo: a multi-stakeholder perspective

BM Helfer, V Ponomarev, PS Patrick, PJ Blower… - Cytotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Cell-based therapies have been making great advances toward clinical reality. Despite the
increase in trial activity, few therapies have successfully navigated late-phase clinical trials …

Theranostic biomaterials for tissue engineering

BN Kharbikar, JX Zhong, DL Cuylear, CA Perez… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering strategies, notably biomaterials, can be modularly designed and tuned
to match specific patient needs. While many challenges within tissue engineering remain …

Applications of nuclear-based imaging in gene and cell therapy: Probe considerations

A Volpe, NVK Pillarsetty, JS Lewis… - Molecular Therapy …, 2021 - cell.com
Several types of gene-and cell-based therapeutics are now emerging in the cancer
immunotherapy, transplantation, and regenerative medicine landscapes. Radionuclear …