PI3K inhibitors are finally coming of age

B Vanhaesebroeck, MWD Perry, JR Brown… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Overactive phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) in cancer and immune dysregulation
has spurred extensive efforts to develop therapeutic PI3K inhibitors. Although progress has …

Akt in cancer: Mediator and more

S Revathidevi, AK Munirajan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Akt is a serine/threonine kinase and it participates in the key role of the PI3K signaling
pathway. The Akt can be activated by a wide range of growth signals and the biochemical …

Impact of manufacturing procedures on CAR T cell functionality

N Watanabe, F Mo, MK McKenna - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The field of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T cell therapy has rapidly expanded in
the past few decades. As of today, there are six CAR T cell products that have been …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-organoid culture supports differentiation of human CAR+ iPSCs into highly functional CAR T cells

Z Wang, HP McWilliams-Koeppen, H Reza, JR Ostberg… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Unlimited generation of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells from human-induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is an attractive approach for" off-the-shelf" CAR T cell …

Cellular networks controlling T cell persistence in adoptive cell therapy

JD Chan, J Lai, CY Slaney, A Kallies… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The antitumour activity of endogenous or adoptively transferred tumour-specific T cells is
highly dependent on their differentiation status. It is now apparent that less differentiated T …

CAR T-cell therapy in hematological malignancies

T Haslauer, R Greil, N Zaborsky… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells (CAR T-cells) are a promising therapeutic approach
in treating hematological malignancies. CAR T-cells represent engineered autologous T …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of AKT signaling uncouples T cell differentiation from expansion for receptor-engineered adoptive immunotherapy

CA Klebanoff, JG Crompton, AJ Leonardi… - JCI insight, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adoptive immunotherapies using T cells genetically redirected with a chimeric antigen
receptor (CAR) or T cell receptor (TCR) are entering mainstream clinical practice. Despite …

Metformin enhances the antitumor activity of CD8+ T lymphocytes via the AMPK–miR-107–Eomes–PD-1 pathway

Z Zhang, F Li, Y Tian, L Cao, Q Gao… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Metformin has been studied for its anticancer effects by regulating T cell functions. However,
the mechanisms through which metformin stimulates the differentiation of memory T cells …

Targeting lactate metabolism for cancer immunotherapy-a matter of precision

C Heuser, K Renner, M Kreutz, L Gattinoni - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive T cell therapies have been valuable additions to
the toolbox in the fight against cancer. These treatments have profoundly increased the …

CAR-T cell therapy for hematological malignancies: Limitations and optimization strategies

J Huang, X Huang, J Huang - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the past decade, the emergence of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has led
to a cellular immunotherapy revolution against various cancers. Although CAR-T cell …