CAR T cell immunotherapy for human cancer

CH June, RS O'Connor, OU Kawalekar, S Ghassemi… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Adoptive T cell transfer (ACT) is a new area of transfusion medicine involving the infusion of
lymphocytes to mediate antitumor, antiviral, or anti-inflammatory effects. The field has rapidly …

New development in CAR-T cell therapy

Z Wang, Z Wu, Y Liu, W Han - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2017 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T cells (CAR-T cells) have yielded
unprecedented efficacy in B cell malignancies, most remarkably in anti-CD19 CAR-T cells …

A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

DG Augusto, LD Murdolo, DSM Chatzileontiadou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Studies have demonstrated that at least 20% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2
remain asymptomatic,,–. Although most global efforts have focused on severe illness in …

Targeting of multiple tumor-associated antigens by individual T cell receptors during successful cancer immunotherapy

G Dolton, C Rius, A Wall, B Szomolay, V Bianchi… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The T cells of the immune system can target tumors and clear solid cancers following tumor-
infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy. We used combinatorial peptide libraries and a …

Tuning sensitivity of CAR to EGFR density limits recognition of normal tissue while maintaining potent antitumor activity

HG Caruso, LV Hurton, A Najjar, D Rushworth, S Ang… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Many tumors overexpress tumor-associated antigens relative to normal tissue, such as
EGFR. This limits targeting by human T cells modified to express chimeric antigen receptors …

Engineered TCR-T cell immunotherapy in anticancer precision medicine: pros and cons

Q Zhao, Y Jiang, S Xiang, PJ Kaboli, J Shen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This review provides insight into the role of engineered T-cell receptors (TCRs) in
immunotherapy. Novel approaches have been developed to boost anticancer immune …

CRISPR-mediated TCR replacement generates superior anticancer transgenic T cells

M Legut, G Dolton, AA Mian… - Blood, The Journal …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Adoptive transfer of T cells genetically modified to express a cancer-specific T-cell receptor
(TCR) has shown significant therapeutic potential for both hematological and solid tumors …

The emerging world of TCR-T cell trials against cancer: a systematic review

J Zhang, L Wang - Technology in cancer research & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
T-cell receptor–engineered T-cell therapy and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy are 2
types of adoptive T-cell therapy that genetically modify natural T cells to treat cancers …

High-throughput T cell receptor engineering by functional screening identifies candidates with enhanced potency and specificity

R Vazquez-Lombardi, JS Jung, FS Schlatter, A Mei… - Immunity, 2022 - cell.com
A major challenge in adoptive T cell immunotherapy is the discovery of natural T cell
receptors (TCRs) with high activity and specificity to tumor antigens. Engineering synthetic …

The discriminatory power of the T cell receptor

J Pettmann, A Huhn, E Abu Shah, MA Kutuzov… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
T cells use their T cell receptors (TCRs) to discriminate between lower-affinity self and
higher-affinity non-self peptides presented on major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) …