Redirecting T-cell specificity by introducing a tumor-specific chimeric antigen receptor.

ABSTRACT: Infusions of antigen-specific T cells have yielded therapeutic responses in patients with pathogens and tumors. To broaden the clinical application of adoptive immunotherapy against malignancies, investigators have developed robust systems for the genetic modification and characterization of T cells expressing introduced chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to redirect specificity. Human trials are under way in patients with aggressive malignancies to test the hypothesis that manipulating the recipient and reprogramming T cells before adoptive transfer may improve their therapeutic effect. These examples of personalized medicine infuse T cells designed to meet patients' needs by redirecting their specificity to target molecular determinants on the underlying malignancy. The generation of clin

SUBMITTER: Jena B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2938125 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature