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ArticleCancer immunology research2016

Tumor- and Neoantigen-Reactive T-cell Receptors Can Be Identified Based on Their Frequency in Fresh Tumor.

Anna Pasetto, Alena Gros, Paul F Robbins, Drew C Deniger, Todd D Prickett, Rodrigo Matus-Nicodemos, Daniel C Douek, Bryan Howie, Harlan Robins, Maria R Parkhurst and 4 more

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Article in Cancer immunology research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers.

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132citing papers in PubMed
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132 citing papers in PubMed, 191 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna PasettoSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Alena GrosSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Paul F RobbinsSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Drew C DenigerSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Todd D PrickettSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Rodrigo Matus-NicodemosImmunology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Daniel C DouekHuman Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Bryan HowieAdaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, Washington.
Harlan RobinsAdaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, Washington. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Maria R ParkhurstSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Jared GartnerSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Katarzyna Trebska-McGowanSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Jessica S CrystalSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Steven A RosenbergSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. sar@mail.nih.gov.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

Adoptive Cell Transfer Immunotherapy of CancerZIABC010984 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2025
$56.8M
Gene therapy of cancerZIABC010985 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2025
$56.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive transfer of T cells with engineered T-cell receptor (TCR) genes that target tumor-specific antigens can mediate cancer regression. Accumulating evidence suggests that the clinical success of many immunotherapies is mediated by T cells targeting mutated neoantigens unique to the patient. We hypothesized that the most frequent TCR clonotypes infiltrating the tumor were reactive against tumor antigens. To test this hypothesis, we developed a multistep strategy that involved TCRB deep sequencing of the CD8(+)PD-1(+) T-cell subset, matching of TCRA-TCRB pairs by pairSEQ and single-cell RT-PCR, followed by testing of the TCRs for tumor-antigen specificity. Analysis of 12 fresh metastatic melanomas revealed that in 11 samples, up to 5 tumor-reactive TCRs were present in the 5 most frequently occurring clonotypes, which included reactivity against neoantigens. These data show the feasibility of developing a rapid, personalized TCR-gene therapy approach that targets the unique set of antigens presented by the autologous tumor without the need to identify their immunologic reactivity. Cancer Immunol Res; 4(9); 734-43. ©2016 AACR.

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AdultAgedAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkersCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesClonal EvolutionFemaleHumansImmunophenotypingLymphocyte CountLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkersReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMCPMC5010958
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