Driving CAR T-cells forward Journal Article


Authors: Jackson, H. J.; Rafiq, S.; Brentjens, R. J.
Article Title: Driving CAR T-cells forward
Abstract: The engineered expression of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) on the surface of T cells enables the redirection of T-cell specificity. Early clinical trials using CAR T cells for the treatment of patients with cancer showed modest results, but the impressive outcomes of several trials of CD19-targeted CAR T cells in the treatment of patients with B-cell malignancies have generated an increased enthusiasm for this approach. Important lessons have been derived from clinical trials of CD19-specific CAR T cells, and ongoing clinical trials are testing CAR designs directed at novel targets involved in haematological and solid malignancies. In this Review, we discuss these trials and present strategies that can increase the antitumour efficacy and safety of CAR T-cell therapy. Given the fast-moving nature of this field, we only discuss studies with direct translational application currently or soon-to-be tested in the clinical setting.
Keywords: mesothelioma; adoptive immunotherapy; ovarian-cancer; multiple-myeloma; non-hodgkin-lymphoma; phase-i; antitumor-activity; acute myeloid-leukemia; i clinical-trial; malignant pleural; chimeric-antigen-receptor
Journal Title: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Volume: 13
Issue: 6
ISSN: 1759-4774
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2016-06-01
Start Page: 370
End Page: 383
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:000376183100006
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.36
PROVIDER: wos
PUBMED: 27000958
PMCID: PMC5529102
Notes: Review -- Source: Wos
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  1. Renier J Brentjens
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  2. Hollie Jaine Pegram
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  3. Sarwish Rafiq
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