mRNA-LNP vaccines tuned for systemic immunization induce strong antitumor immunity by engaging splenic immune cells

S Bevers, SAA Kooijmans, E Van de Velde… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
mRNA vaccines have recently proved to be highly effective against SARS-CoV-2. Key to
their success is the lipid-based nanoparticle (LNP), which enables efficient mRNA …

Progress towards non-small-cell lung cancer models that represent clinical evolutionary trajectories

RE Hynds, KK Frese, DR Pearce… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths
worldwide. Although advances are being made towards earlier detection and the …

Two sides of the same coin: Protective versus pathogenic CD4+ resident memory T cells

AE Oja, RAW van Lier, P Hombrink - Science immunology, 2022 - science.org
The ability of the adaptive immune system to form memory is key to providing protection
against secondary infections. Resident memory T cells (TRM) are specialized T cell …

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor cell intrinsically promotes resident memory CD8+ T cell differentiation and function

JW Dean, EY Helm, Z Fu, L Xiong, N Sun, KN Oliff… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) regulates the differentiation and function of
CD4+ T cells; however, its cell-intrinsic role in CD8+ T cells remains elusive. Herein we …

Mesenchymal stromal cell delivery of oncolytic immunotherapy improves CAR-T cell antitumor activity

MK McKenna, A Englisch, B Brenner, T Smith… - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) is a formidable barrier to the
success of adoptive cell therapies for solid tumors. Oncolytic immunotherapy with …

Spherical nucleic acid vaccine structure markedly influences adaptive immune responses of clinically utilized prostate cancer targets

MH Teplensky, JW Dittmar, L Qin… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer vaccines, which activate the immune system against a target antigen, are attractive
for prostate cancer, where multiple upregulated protein targets are identified. However …

[HTML][HTML] CD8+ PD-1+ to CD4+ PD-1+ ratio (PERLS) is associated with prognosis of patients with advanced NSCLC treated with PD-(L) 1 blockers

B Duchemann, M Naigeon, E Auclin… - … for Immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) expression has been associated with
activation and exhaustion of both the CD4 and CD8 populations in advanced non-small cell …

Charged particle and conventional radiotherapy: current implications as partner for immunotherapy

D Marcus, RIY Lieverse, C Klein, A Abdollahi… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immunotherapy provides the unprecedented opportunity to prolong the
survival of cancer patients and even cure patients with previously untreatable malignancies …

A palette of cytokines to measure anti-tumor efficacy of T cell-based therapeutics

P Ramesh, R Shivde, D Jaishankar, D Saleiro… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cytokines are molecules that help cells communicate at short range. Often,
a single cytokine is measured in patient tissues to understand whether immune cells are …

Generation of neoantigen-specific T cells for adoptive cell transfer for treating head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

T Wei, M Leisegang, M Xia, K Kiyotani, N Li… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Adoptive cell therapy using TCR-engineered T cells (TCR-T cells) represents a promising
strategy for treating relapsed and metastatic cancers. We previously established methods to …