Reigniting hope in cancer treatment: the promise and pitfalls of IL-2 and IL-2R targeting strategies

S Muhammad, T Fan, Y Hai, Y Gao, J He - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and its receptor (IL-2R) are essential in orchestrating immune
responses. Their function and expression in the tumor microenvironment make them …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-penetrating peptides in protein mimicry and cancer therapeutics

M Zorko, S Jones, Ü Langel - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive research has been undertaken in the pursuit of anticancer therapeutics. Many
anticancer drugs require specificity of delivery to cancer cells, whilst sparing healthy tissue …

Regulatory T-cell therapy approaches

O McCallion, M Bilici, J Hester… - Clinical and Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) have enormous therapeutic potential to treat a variety of
immunopathologies characterized by aberrant immune activation. Adoptive transfer of ex …

Functional antibody delivery: Advances in cellular manipulation

KC Koch, GN Tew - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The current therapeutic antibody market in the US consists of 100 antibody-based products
and their market value is expected to explode beyond $300 billion by 2025. These therapies …

PRMT5 regulates epigenetic changes in suppressive Th1-like iTregs in response to IL-12 treatment

N Jadon, S Shanthalingam, GN Tew… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Induced regulatory T cells (iTregs) are a heterogeneous population of
immunosuppressive T cells with therapeutic potential. Treg cells show a range of plasticity …

Promises and pitfalls of next-generation Treg adoptive immunotherapy

P Christofi, C Pantazi, N Psatha, I Sakellari, E Yannaki… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Adoptive immunotherapy has emerged as an effective alternative of
mounting impact to the current standard of care in cancer, viral infections, and recently …

Protein binding and release by polymeric cell-penetrating peptide mimics

HC Davis, ND Posey, GN Tew - Biomacromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is significant potential in exploiting antibody specificity to develop new therapeutic
treatments. However, intracellular protein delivery is a paramount challenge because of the …

Induction of FoxP3 Pre-MRNA Alternative Splicing to Enhance the Suppressive Activity of Regulatory T Cells from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients

DD Zhdanov, YA Gladilina, VG Blinova, AA Abramova… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3) is a key transcription factor responsible for the development,
maturation, and function of regulatory T cells (Tregs). The FoxP3 pre-mRNA is subject to …

Protein kinase C at the crossroad of mutations, cancer, targeted therapy and immune response

A Aquino, N Bianchi, A Terrazzan, O Franzese - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review aims to analyze the clinical drawbacks faced by PKC inhibitors
and uncovering aspects that might potentially interfere with the clinical outcome of …

[HTML][HTML] Protein kinase C theta modulates PCMT1 through hnRNPL to regulate FOXP3 stability in regulatory T cells

EI Ozay, S Shanthalingam, JA Torres, BA Osborne… - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
T cell receptor signaling, together with cytokine-induced signals, can differentially regulate
RNA processing to influence T helper versus regulatory T cell fate. Protein kinase C family …