Therapeutic targets and biomarkers of tumor immunotherapy: response versus non-response

DR Wang, XL Wu, YL Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Cancers are highly complex diseases that are characterized by not only the overgrowth of
malignant cells but also an altered immune response. The inhibition and reprogramming of …

[HTML][HTML] An NK-like CAR T cell transition in CAR T cell dysfunction

CR Good, MA Aznar, S Kuramitsu, P Samareh… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has achieved remarkable success in
hematological malignancies but remains ineffective in solid tumors, due in part to CAR T cell …

Deletion of the inhibitory co-receptor CTLA-4 enhances and invigorates chimeric antigen receptor T cells

S Agarwal, MA Aznar, AJ Rech, CR Good, S Kuramitsu… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy targeting CD19 has achieved tremendous
success treating B cell malignancies; however, some patients fail to respond due to poor …

Combined disruption of T cell inflammatory regulators Regnase-1 and Roquin-1 enhances antitumor activity of engineered human T cells

D Mai, O Johnson, J Reff, TJ Fan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
A fundamental limitation of T cell therapies in solid tumors is loss of inflammatory effector
functions, such as cytokine production and proliferation. Here, we target a regulatory axis of …

Better living through chemistry: CRISPR/Cas engineered T cells for cancer immunotherapy

N Wellhausen, S Agarwal, PC Rommel, SI Gill… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Gene editing using CRIPSR/Cas has the potential to increase anti-tumor efficacy
and persistence of adoptively transferred cells.•Allogeneic T cells can be made safer and …

Identification of core techniques that enhance genome editing of human T cells expressing synthetic antigen receptors

JF Chang, N Wellhausen, NW Engel… - Cancer Immunology …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Genome editing technologies have seen remarkable progress in recent years, enabling
precise regulation of exogenous and endogenous genes. These advances have been …

ZFP36 disruption is insufficient to enhance the function of mesothelin-targeting human CAR-T cells

D Mai, T Boyce, A Mehta, J Reff, J Scholler… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Loss of inflammatory effector function, such as cytokine production and proliferation, is a
fundamental driver of failure in T cell therapies against solid tumors. Here, we used …

Advanced strategies in improving the immunotherapeutic effect of CAR‐T cell therapy

M Wang, L Jia, X Dai, X Zhang - Molecular Oncology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR‐T) cell therapy is a newly developed immunotherapy
strategy and has achieved satisfactory outcomes in the treatment of hematological …

The CRISPR revolution in the drug discovery workflow: an industry perspective

A Lattanzi, D Maddalo - The CRISPR Journal, 2022 - liebertpub.com
In a relatively short time, the pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a rapid integration of the
CRISPR technology in multiple areas of research, development, therapy, and diagnostics. A …

Combination of CRISPR/Cas9 system and CAR-T cell therapy: A new era for refractory and relapsed hematological malignancies

K Hu, ETS Yin, Y Hu, H Huang - Current Medical Science, 2021 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy is the novel treatment strategy for
hematological malignancies such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphoma and …