Bispecific Antibody Armed T Cells to Target Cancer Cells

Author(s):  
Archana Thakur ◽  
Lawrence G. Lum ◽  
Sandeep Mittal
Cancers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vita Golubovskaya ◽  
Robert Berahovich ◽  
Hua Zhou ◽  
Shirley Xu ◽  
Hizkia Harto ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. eaay9209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziliang Huang ◽  
Yiqian Wu ◽  
Molly E. Allen ◽  
Yijia Pan ◽  
Phillip Kyriakakis ◽  
...  

T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) can recognize and engage with target cancer cells with redirected specificity for cancer immunotherapy. However, there is a lack of ideal CARs for solid tumor antigens, which may lead to severe adverse effects. Here, we developed a light-inducible nuclear translocation and dimerization (LINTAD) system for gene regulation to control CAR T activation. We first demonstrated light-controllable gene expression and functional modulation in human embryonic kidney 293T and Jurkat T cell lines. We then improved the LINTAD system to achieve optimal efficiency in primary human T cells. The results showed that pulsed light stimulations can activate LINTAD CAR T cells with strong cytotoxicity against target cancer cells, both in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, our LINTAD system can serve as an efficient tool to noninvasively control gene activation and activate inducible CAR T cells for precision cancer immunotherapy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1930883
Author(s):  
Archana Thakur ◽  
Johnson Ung ◽  
Elyse N. Tomaszewski ◽  
Amy Schienschang ◽  
Timothy M. LaBrie ◽  
...  

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidura Dhananjaya Jayasooriya ◽  
Beth Ringwelski ◽  
Glenn Dorsam ◽  
Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna

There is a growing interest for viral vector-free chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells due to its ability to kill cancer cells without adverse side effects. A potential avenue for manufacturing...


PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e0141669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wibke Deisting ◽  
Tobias Raum ◽  
Peter Kufer ◽  
Patrick A. Baeuerle ◽  
Markus Münz

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane L. Rossi ◽  
Thomas M. Cardillo ◽  
Edmund A. Rossi ◽  
Maria Zalath ◽  
David M. Goldenberg ◽  
...  

mAbs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Satta ◽  
Delia Mezzanzanica ◽  
Francesco Caroli ◽  
Barbara Frigerio ◽  
Massimo Di Nicola ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Angelica Cortez ◽  
Fatemeh Masrorpour ◽  
Cristina Ivan ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Ahmed I. Younes ◽  
...  

Abstract Immunotherapies revolutionized cancer treatment by harnessing the immune system to target cancer cells. However, most patients are resistant to immunotherapies and the mechanisms underlying this resistant is still poorly understood. Here, we report that overexpression of BMP7, a member of the TGFB superfamily, represents a mechanism for resistance to anti-PD1 therapy in preclinical models and in patients with disease progression while on immunotherapies. BMP7 secreted by tumor cells acts on macrophages and CD4+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment, inhibiting MAPK14 expression and impairing pro-inflammatory responses. Knockdown of BMP7 or its neutralization via follistatin in combination with anti-PD1 re-sensitizes resistant tumors to immunotherapies. Thus, we identify the BMP7 signaling pathway as a potential immunotherapeutic target in cancer.


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