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ArticleCancer discovery2021

IFNγ Is Critical for CAR T Cell-Mediated Myeloid Activation and Induction of Endogenous Immunity.

Darya Alizadeh, Robyn A Wong, Sharareh Gholamin, Madeleine Maker, Maryam Aftabizadeh, Xin Yang, Joseph R Pecoraro, John D Jeppson, Dongrui Wang, Brenda Aguilar and 9 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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127 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Darya AlizadehT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California. cbrown@coh.org dalizadeh@coh.org.
Robyn A WongT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Sharareh GholaminDepartment of Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
Madeleine MakerT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Maryam AftabizadehT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Xin YangT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Joseph R PecoraroT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
John D JeppsonT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Dongrui WangT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Brenda AguilarT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Renate StarrT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.ORCID 0000-0002-2200-6900
Claire B LarmonierDepartment of Biopathology, Molecular Pathology Unit, Bergonié Institute, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bordeaux, France.
Nicolas LarmonierCNRS UMR 5164, ImmunoConcEpT, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Min-Hsuan ChenCore of Integrative Genomics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California.
Xiwei WuCore of Integrative Genomics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California.
Antoni RibasDepartment of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Behnam BadieDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Stephen J FormanT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California.
Christine E BrownT Cell Therapeutics Research Labs, Cellular Immunotherapy Center, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, California. cbrown@coh.org dalizadeh@coh.org.ORCID 0000-0003-4915-8207
City of Hope · USCalifornia Institute of Technology · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRCity Of Hope National Medical Center · USInstitut Bergonié · FRUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Transgenic Mouse FacilityP30CA033572 · NCI · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI STANLEY R. HAMILTON · 1985 to 2026
$86.3M
Project 3: Modeling and overcoming resistance to melanoma immunotherapyP01CA244118 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RIBAS, ANTONI · 2020 to 2024
$12.8M
Clinical evaluation of IL13Ra2-targeted CAR T cell therapy in combination with nivolumab in patients with recurrent malignant gliomaR01CA236500 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI BADIE, BEHNAM, BROWN, CHRISTINE · 2019 to 2024
$3.3M
The role of T helper cells in mediating effective immune checkpoint blockade therapy against cancerK00CA234923 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WANG, DONGRUI · 2021 to 2021
$88k
Refinement of CAR-T-Cell therapy targeting glioblastomasF99CA234923 · NCI · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI WANG, DONGRUI · 2018 to 2019
$59k
NCI NIH HHS F99 CA234923NCI NIH HHS K00 CA234923NCI NIH HHS P01 CA244118NCI NIH HHS P30 CA033572NCI NIH HHS R01 CA236500
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells mediate potent antigen-specific antitumor activity; however, their indirect effects on the endogenous immune system are not well characterized. Remarkably, we demonstrate that CAR T-cell treatment of mouse syngeneic glioblastoma (GBM) activates intratumoral myeloid cells and induces endogenous T-cell memory responses coupled with feed-forward propagation of CAR T-cell responses. IFNγ production by CAR T cells and IFNγ responsiveness of host immune cells are critical for tumor immune landscape remodeling to promote a more activated and less suppressive tumor microenvironment. The clinical relevance of these observations is supported by studies showing that human IL13Rα2-CAR T cells activate patient-derived endogenous T cells and monocytes/macrophages through IFNγ signaling and induce the generation of tumor-specific T-cell responses in a responding patient with GBM. These studies establish that CAR T-cell therapy has the potential to shape the tumor microenvironment, creating a context permissible for eliciting endogenous antitumor immunity. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings highlight the critical role of IFNγ signaling for a productive CAR T-cell therapy in GBM. We establish that CAR T cells can activate resident myeloid populations and promote endogenous T-cell immunity, emphasizing the importance of host innate and adaptive immunity for CAR T-cell therapy of solid tumors.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsGlioblastomaInterferon-gammaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDMyeloid CellsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenTumor MicroenvironmentXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysInterferon-gammaReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID33837065
PMCPMC8561746
OpenAlexW3139549049

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