Background
The scarcity of primary conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) and the limited functionality of monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) have long hindered mechanistic and translational studies in human dendritic cell (DC) biology and immunoth…
Background
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapies have revolutionized cancer immunotherapy, particularly in hematologic malignancies, but their efficacy in solid tumors remains limited. Key barriers include tumor antigen heterogeneity, on-target/of…
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Natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapies remain largely ineffective against solid tumors and strategies that directly enhance NK cell cytotoxicity often fail to establish durable tumor control. To address this limitation, we developed…
Background
Natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapies remain largely ineffective against solid tumors and strategies that directly enhance NK cell cytotoxicity often fail to establish durable tumor control. To address this limitation, we developed…
Background
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has demonstrated safety and modest efficacy against diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs), a highly aggressive pediatric brain tumor. However, mechanisms of CAR T-cell resistance in DMG settings remai…
Background
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains uniformly lethal due to pronounced intratumoral heterogeneity and a highly immunosuppressive microenvironment that limits the efficacy of targeted therapies.
Methods
We engineered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) …
Background
Uveal melanoma is a rare melanoma subtype characterized by a liver-dominant pattern of metastasis which is associated with a lack of durable responses to immunotherapies. Adoptive cell transfer of autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (…
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy targeting CD19 has transformed the treatment of hematologic malignancies. The costimulatory domain (CSD) of CAR constructs plays a crucial role in determining T cell metabolism, persistence, an…
Background
Antigen escape is one of the leading causes of relapse following chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy, particularly in multiple myeloma. A critical gap persists in understanding the tumor-intrinsic pathways that trigger antigen loss, i…
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B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is the main target for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells in multiple myeloma (MM), demonstrating promising outcomes. However, unlike what happens with CART19 in lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s…
