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Of CAR s and TRUCK s: chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells engineered with an inducible cytokine to modulate the tumor stroma

Chmielewski, Markus, Hombach, Andreas A., Abken, Hinrich·2014·Immunological Reviews

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Summary: Adoptive T‐cell therapy recently achieved impressive efficacy in early phase trials, in particular in hematologic malignancies, strongly supporting the notion that the immune system can control cancer. A current strategy of favor is based on ex vivo‐engineered patient T cells, which are redirected by a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and recognize a predefined target by an antibody‐derived binding domain. Such CAR T cells can substantially reduce the tumor burden as long as the targeted antigen is present on the cancer cells. However, given the tremendous phenotypic diversity in solid tumor lesions, a reasonable number of cancer cells are not recognized by a given CAR, considerably reducing the therapeutic success. This article reviews a recently described strategy for overcoming this shortcoming of the CAR T‐cell therapy by modulating the tumor stroma by a CAR T‐cell‐secreted transgenic cytokine like interleukin‐12 (IL‐12). The basic process is that CAR T cells, when activated by their CAR, deposit IL‐12 in the targeted tumor lesion, which in turn attracts an innate immune cell response toward those cancer cells that are invisible to CAR T cells. Such TRUCK s, T cells redirected for universal cytokine‐mediated killing, exhibited remarkable efficacy against solid tumors with diverse cancer cell phenotypes, suggesting their evaluation in clinical trials.

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Authors
Chmielewski, M., Hombach, A. A., & Abken, H.
Venue
Immunological Reviews
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-12-13
Volume
257
Issue
1
Pages
83-90
ISSN
  • 0105-2896 (ISSN-L)
  • 1600-065X
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W2068173904
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356
References
58
FWCI
1.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
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