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Combination Immunotherapy with CAR T Cells and Checkpoint Blockade for the Treatment of Solid Tumors

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Grosser, Rachel, Cherkassky, Leonid, Chintala, Navin, Adusumilli, Prasad S.·2019·Cancer Cell

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Checkpoint blockade (CPB) therapy can elicit durable clinical responses by reactivating an exhausted immune response. However, response rates remain limited, likely secondary to a lack of a tumor-reactive immune infiltrate. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells may provide the necessary tumor-targeting immune infiltrate and a highly specific antitumor immune response. This can be further amplified by the addition of CPB agents, which serve to counteract the immune inhibitory environment undermining optimal CAR T cell efficacy. Herein, we review preclinical and clinical combination therapy with CAR T cells and CPB agents, with a focus on solid tumor malignancies.

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Authors
Grosser, R., Cherkassky, L., Chintala, N., & Adusumilli, P. S.
Affiliations
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
Adusumilli, Prasad S.
Venue
Cancer Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-11
Volume
36
Issue
5
Pages
471-482
ISSN
1535-6108 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2986629061
Cited by
603
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 77 · 2025: 129 · 2024: 88 · 2023: 81 · 2022: 104 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 42
FWCI
5.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (R01 CA235667, R01 CA236615\u201301, P30 CA008748)
  • U.S. Department of Defense (BC132124, CA170630, LC160212, CA180889)
  • Atara Biotherapeutics
  • Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research Foundation
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Keywords
chimeric antigen receptor T cells, immune checkpoint blockade, combination immunotherapy, solid tumors, tumor immune microenvironment, immune exhaustion, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, antitumor immunity
MeSH terms
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological, Receptors, Chimeric Antigen, Animals, Combined Modality Therapy, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Neoplasms, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Immunotherapy, Adoptive, Treatment Outcome, Tumor Escape, Tumor Microenvironment, Costimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell Receptors

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