Enhancing CAR-T cell efficacy in solid tumors by targeting the tumor microenvironment

G Liu, W Rui, X Zhao, X Lin - Cellular & Molecular Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has achieved successful outcomes against
hematological malignancies and provided a new impetus for treating solid tumors. However …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-associated macrophages: function, phenotype, and link to prognosis in human lung cancer

JG Quatromoni, E Eruslanov - American journal of translational …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macrophages are the dominant leukocyte population found in the tumor microenvironment.
Accumulating evidence suggests that these tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) actively …

Platelets subvert T cell immunity against cancer via GARP-TGFβ axis

S Rachidi, A Metelli, B Riesenberg, BX Wu… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Cancer-associated thrombocytosis has long been linked to poor clinical outcome, but the
underlying mechanism is enigmatic. We hypothesized that platelets promote malignancy …

Chimeric antigen receptors T cell therapy in solid tumor: challenges and clinical applications

HR Mirzaei, A Rodriguez, J Shepphird… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Adoptive cellular immunotherapy (ACT) employing engineered T lymphocytes expressing
chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) has demonstrated promising antitumor effects in …

Two-wave nanotherapy to target the stroma and optimize gemcitabine delivery to a human pancreatic cancer model in mice

H Meng, Y Zhao, J Dong, M Xue, YS Lin, Z Ji, WX Mai… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) elicits a dense stromal response that blocks
vascular access because of pericyte coverage of vascular fenestrations. In this way, the …

Engineering next-generation CAR-T cells: overcoming tumor hypoxia and metabolism

TA Gao, YY Chen - Annual review of chemical and biomolecular …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have shown remarkable
success in treating B-cell malignancies, reflected by multiple US Food and Drug …

TGF‐β–responsive CAR‐T cells promote anti‐tumor immune function

AJ Hou, ZNL Chang, MH Lorenzini… - Bioengineering & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that responds to transforming growth factor beta (TGF‐β)
enables the engineering of T cells that convert this immunosuppressive cytokine into a …

Understanding and improving cellular immunotherapies against cancer: From cell-manufacturing to tumor-immune models

R Ringquist, D Ghoshal, R Jain, K Roy - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is shaped by dynamic metabolic and immune
interactions between precancerous and cancerous tumor cells and stromal cells like …

Beyond CAR T cells: other cell-based immunotherapeutic strategies against cancer

S Patel, RA Burga, AB Powell, EA Chorvinsky… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cells have successfully harnessed
T cell immunity against malignancies, but they are by no means the only cell therapies in …

Targeting the tumor microenvironment to enhance antitumor immune responses

K Van der Jeught, L Bialkowski, L Daszkiewicz… - …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The identification of tumor-specific antigens and the immune responses directed against
them has instigated the development of therapies to enhance antitumor immune responses …