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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

A Correlation Between Differentiation Phenotypes of Infused T Cells and Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy.

Hao Ren, Kunkun Cao, Mingjun Wang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Evaluation of NonviralFrontiers in immunology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hao RenDepartment of Research and Development, Shenzhen Institute for Innovation and Translational Medicine, Shenzhen, China.
Kunkun CaoDepartment of Research and Development, Shenzhen Institute for Innovation and Translational Medicine, Shenzhen, China.
Mingjun WangDepartment of Research and Development, Shenzhen Institute for Innovation and Translational Medicine, Shenzhen, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell therapy, usually with ex-vivo expansion, is very promising to treat cancer. Differentiation status of infused T cells is a crucial parameter for their persistence and antitumor immunity. Key phenotypic molecules are effective and efficient to analyze differentiation status. Differentiation status is crucial for T cell exhaustion, in-vivo lifespan, antitumor immunity, and even antitumor pharmacological interventions. Strategies including cytokines, Akt, Wnt and Notch signaling, epigenetics, and metabolites have been developed to produce less differentiated T cells. Clinical trials have shown better clinical outcomes from infusion of T cells with less differentiated phenotypes. CD27+, CCR7+ and CD62L+ have been the most clinically relevant phenotypic molecules, while Tscm and Tcm the most clinically relevant subtypes. Currently, CD27+, CD62L+ and CCR7+ are recommended in the differentiation phenotype to evaluate strategies of enhancing stemness. Future studies may discover highly clinically relevant differentiation phenotypes for specific T-cell production methods or specific subtypes of cancer patients, with the advantages of precision medicine.

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Cell DifferentiationHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsPhenotypeT-Lymphocytesanti-cancer immunotherapyclinical trialsdifferentiationmemory T cellsphenotypic molecules

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PMID34603332
PMCPMC8479103

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