| Literature DB >> 27138532 |
Timothy T Spear1, Kaoru Nagato2,3, Michael I Nishimura2.
Abstract
Immunotherapy is one of the most promising and innovative approaches to treat cancer, viral infections, and other immune-modulated diseases. Adoptive immunotherapy using gene-modified T cells is an exciting and rapidly evolving field. Exploiting knowledge of basic T cell biology and immune cell receptor function has fostered innovative approaches to modify immune cell function. Highly translatable clinical technologies have been developed to redirect T cell specificity by introducing designed receptors. The ability to engineer T cells to manifest desired phenotypes and functions is now a thrilling reality. In this review, we focus on outlining different varieties of genetically engineered T cells, their respective advantages and disadvantages as tools for immunotherapy, and their promise and drawbacks in the clinic.Entities:
Keywords: Adoptive cell therapy; Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR); Gene-modified T cells; T cell; T cell receptor (TCR); Tumor immunity
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27138532 PMCID: PMC5424608 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-016-1842-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Immunol Immunother ISSN: 0340-7004 Impact factor: 6.968