| Literature DB >> 28456379 |
Isabelle Rivière1, Michel Sadelain2.
Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are synthetic receptors that reprogram T lymphocytes to target chosen antigens. The targeting of CD19, a cell surface molecule expressed in the vast majority of leukemias and lymphomas, has been successfully translated in the clinic, earning CAR therapy a special distinction in the selection of "cancer immunotherapy" by Science as the breakthrough of the year in 2013. CD19 CAR therapy is predicated on advances in genetic engineering, T cell biology, tumor immunology, synthetic biology, target identification, cell manufacturing sciences, and regulatory compliance-the central tenets of CAR therapy. Here, we review two of these foundations: the genetic engineering approaches and cell types to engineer.Entities:
Keywords: CAR; T cells; genetic engineering; genome editing; immunotherapy; vectors
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2017 PMID: 28456379 PMCID: PMC5417838 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.03.034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Ther ISSN: 1525-0016 Impact factor: 11.454