Towards a commercial process for the manufacture of genetically modified T cells for therapy

AD Kaiser, M Assenmacher, B Schröder, M Meyer… - Cancer gene …, 2015 - nature.com
The recent successes of adoptive T-cell immunotherapy for the treatment of hematologic
malignancies have highlighted the need for manufacturing processes that are robust and …

Treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) with CAIX CAR-engineered T-cells–a completed study overview

CHJ Lamers, Y Klaver, JW Gratama… - Biochemical society …, 2016 - portlandpress.com
We studied safety and proof of concept of a phase I/II trial with chimeric antigen receptor
(CAR) T-cells in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). The CAR was based …

Immunological synapse predicts effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor cells

W Xiong, Y Chen, X Kang, Z Chen, P Zheng, YH Hsu… - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cell therapy has the potential to improve the
overall survival of patients with malignancies by enhancing the effectiveness of CAR T cells …

[HTML][HTML] Immune response against head and neck cancer: biological mechanisms and implication on therapy

F Perri, F Ionna, F Longo, GDV Scarpati… - Translational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Head and neck carcinoma (HNC) are diseases arising from several tracts of the
aerodigestive ways. Most HNC are squamous cell carcinoma (SCCHN). Immunotherapy is a …

In vitro machine learning-based CAR T immunological synapse quality measurements correlate with patient clinical outcomes

A Naghizadeh, W Tsao, J Hyun Cho, H Xu… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The human immune system consists of a highly intelligent network of billions of
independent, self-organized cells that interact with each other. Machine learning (ML) is an …

Analysis and augmentation of the immunologic bystander effects of CAR T cell therapy in a syngeneic mouse cancer model

A Klampatsa, MS Leibowitz, J Sun, M Liousia… - Molecular Therapy …, 2020 - cell.com
The therapeutic efficacy of adoptive transfer of T cells transduced with chimeric antigen
receptors (CARs) has been limited in the treatment of solid cancers, partly due to tumor …

Beyond lymphopenia, unraveling radiation-induced leucocyte subpopulation kinetics and mechanisms through modeling approaches

TN Pham, J Coupey, SM Candeias, V Ivanova… - Journal of experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Leucocyte subpopulations in both lymphoid and myeloid lineages have a significant impact
on antitumor immune response. While radiation-induced lymphopenia is being studied …

[HTML][HTML] The immunosuppression role of alpha-fetoprotein in human hepatocellular carcinoma

W Meng, B Bai, Z Bai, Y Li, P Yue, X Li… - Discovery …, 2016 - discoverymedicine.com
Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related
death. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is perhaps the best-defined tumor marker for HCC, and as …

[HTML][HTML] T cell microvilli: finger-shaped external structures linked to the fate of T cells

HR Kim, JS Park, WC Soh, NY Kim, HY Moon… - Immune …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microvilli are outer membrane organelles that contain cross-linked filamentous actin. Unlike
well-characterized epithelial microvilli, T-cell microvilli are dynamic similar to those of …

Peripheral blood–derived virus-specific memory stem T cells mature to functional effector memory subsets with self-renewal potency

M Schmueck-Henneresse, R Sharaf, K Vogt… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.aai.org
Memory T cells expressing stem cell–like properties have been described recently. The
capacity of self-renewal and differentiation into various memory/effector subsets make them …