CAR-cell therapy in the era of solid tumor treatment: current challenges and emerging therapeutic advances

KM Maalej, M Merhi, VP Inchakalody, S Mestiri… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
In the last decade, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a
promising immunotherapeutic approach to fight cancers. This approach consists of …

CAR T cell therapy for patients with solid tumours: key lessons to learn and unlearn

SM Albelda - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2024 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have been approved for use in patients with B cell
malignancies or relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma, yet efficacy against most solid …

Immunotherapy: reshape the tumor immune microenvironment

B Lv, Y Wang, D Ma, W Cheng, J Liu, T Yong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) include tumor cells, immune cells, cytokines, etc.
The interactions between these components, which are divided into anti-tumor and pro …

Desmoplastic stroma restricts T cell extravasation and mediates immune exclusion and immunosuppression in solid tumors

Z **ao, L Todd, L Huang, E Noguera-Ortega… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The desmoplastic stroma in solid tumors presents a formidable challenge to
immunotherapies that rely on endogenous or adoptively transferred T cells, however, the …

Emerging sonodynamic therapy‐based nanomedicines for cancer immunotherapy

Y Yang, J Huang, M Liu, Y Qiu, Q Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer immunotherapy effect can be greatly enhanced by other methods to induce
immunogenic cell death (ICD), which has profoundly affected immunotherapy as a highly …

Programmed cell death tunes tumor immunity

J Liu, M Hong, Y Li, D Chen, Y Wu, Y Hu - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The demise of cells in various ways enables the body to clear unwanted cells. Studies over
the years revealed distinctive molecular mechanisms and functional consequences of …

Simultaneous Activation of Pyroptosis and cGAS‐STING Pathway with Epigenetic/Photodynamic Nanotheranostic for Enhanced Tumor Photoimmunotherapy

F Ding, J Liu, K Ai, C Xu, X Mao, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Promoting innate immunity through pyroptosis induction or the cyclic GMP‐AMP synthase‐
stimulator of interferon gene (cGAS‐STING) pathway activation has emerged as a potent …

Enhanced T cell effector activity by targeting the Mediator kinase module

KA Freitas, JA Belk, E Sotillo, PJ Quinn, MC Ramello… - Science, 2022 - science.org
T cells are the major arm of the immune system responsible for controlling and regressing
cancers. To identify genes limiting T cell function, we conducted genome-wide CRISPR …

WNT signaling and cancer stemness

M Katoh, M Katoh - Essays in biochemistry, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Cancer stemness, defined as the self-renewal and tumor-initiation potential of cancer stem
cells (CSCs), is a cancer biology property featuring activation of CSC signaling networks …

Autologous HER2-specific CAR T cells after lymphodepletion for advanced sarcoma: a phase 1 trial

M Hegde, S Navai, C DeRenzo, SK Joseph, K Sanber… - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
In this prospective, interventional phase 1 study for individuals with advanced sarcoma, we
infused autologous HER2-specific chimeric antigen receptor T cells (HER2 CAR T cells) …