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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2014

Clinical applications of gamma delta T cells with multivalent immunity.

Drew C Deniger, Judy S Moyes, Laurence J N Cooper

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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78citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Drew C DenigerSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute , Bethesda, MD , USA.
Judy S MoyesDivision of Pediatrics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, TX , USA.
Laurence J N CooperDivision of Pediatrics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, TX , USA ; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, TX , USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON SPORE IN OVARIAN CANCERP50CA083639 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BAST, ROBERT C · 1999 to 2015
$33.0M
PR1-specific CB T cells for Patients with Myeloid MalignanciesP01CA148600 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KAUR, INDRESHPAL · 2011 to 2022
$24.4M
Adoptive immunotherapy after umbilical cord blood transplantR01CA124782 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI COOPER, LAURENCE J.N. · 2007 to 2011
$2.0M
T-cell Therapy for B-lineage Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaR01CA141303 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI COOPER, LAURENCE J.N. · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
Enhancing the efficacy of CD19-specific cord blood-derived T CellsR01CA120956 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI COOPER, LAURENCE J.N. · 2007 to 2011
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA148600NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA083639NCI NIH HHS R01 CA120956NCI NIH HHS R01 CA124782NCI NIH HHS R01 CA141303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

γδ T cells hold promise for adoptive immunotherapy because of their reactivity to bacteria, viruses, and tumors. However, these cells represent a small fraction (1-5%) of the peripheral T-cell pool and require activation and propagation to achieve clinical benefit. Aminobisphosphonates specifically expand the Vγ9Vδ2 subset of γδ T cells and have been used in clinical trials of cancer where objective responses were detected. The Vγ9Vδ2 T cell receptor (TCR) heterodimer binds multiple ligands and results in a multivalent attack by a monoclonal T cell population. Alternatively, populations of γδ T cells with oligoclonal or polyclonal TCR repertoire could be infused for broad-range specificity. However, this goal has been restricted by a lack of applicable expansion protocols for non-Vγ9Vδ2 cells. Recent advances using immobilized antigens, agonistic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), tumor-derived artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPC), or combinations of activating mAbs and aAPC have been successful in expanding gamma delta T cells with oligoclonal or polyclonal TCR repertoires. Immobilized major histocompatibility complex Class-I chain-related A was a stimulus for γδ T cells expressing TCRδ1 isotypes, and plate-bound activating antibodies have expanded Vδ1 and Vδ2 cells ex vivo. Clinically sufficient quantities of TCRδ1, TCRδ2, and TCRδ1(neg)TCRδ2(neg) have been produced following co-culture on aAPC, and these subsets displayed differences in memory phenotype and reactivity to tumors in vitro and in vivo. Gamma delta T cells are also amenable to genetic modification as evidenced by introduction of αβ TCRs, chimeric antigen receptors, and drug-resistance genes. This represents a promising future for the clinical application of oligoclonal or polyclonal γδ T cells in autologous and allogeneic settings that builds on current trials testing the safety and efficacy of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells.

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adoptive T-cell therapyallogeneic transplantationartificial APCcancerchimeric antigen receptorsimmunotherapyT-cell receptorγδ T cells

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PMID25566249
PMCPMC4263175
OpenAlexW2017288179

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