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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Cytokine conjugation to enhance T cell therapy.

Yutong Liu, Kwasi Adu-Berchie, Joshua M Brockman, Matthew Pezone, David K Y Zhang, Jingyi Zhou, Jason W Pyrdol, Hua Wang, Kai W Wucherpfennig, David J Mooney

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yutong LiuJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.ORCID 0000-0001-5683-5451
Kwasi Adu-BerchieJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Joshua M BrockmanJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Matthew PezoneJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
David K Y ZhangJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Jingyi ZhouDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0003-4229-7888
Jason W PyrdolDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.
Hua WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, IL 61801.
Kai W WucherpfennigDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.
David J MooneyJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.ORCID 0000-0001-6299-1194
Harvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Therapeutic Targeting of Immune Evasion from the MICA - NKG2D PathwayR01CA238039 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Kai W Wucherpfennig · 2019 to 2026
$4.2M
Scaffolds mimicking antigen presenting cellsR01FD006589 · FDA · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI MOONEY, DAVID J · 2018 to 2020
$1.8M
FDA HHS R01 FD006589NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive T cell transfer (ACT) therapies suffer from a number of limitations (e.g., poor control of solid tumors), and while combining ACT with cytokine therapy can enhance effectiveness, this also results in significant side effects. Here, we describe a nanotechnology approach to improve the efficacy of ACT therapies by metabolically labeling T cells with unnatural sugar nanoparticles, allowing direct conjugation of antitumor cytokines onto the T cell surface during the manufacturing process. This allows local, concentrated activity of otherwise toxic cytokines. This approach increases T cell infiltration into solid tumors, activates the host immune system toward a Type 1 response, encourages antigen spreading, and improves control of aggressive solid tumors and achieves complete blood cancer regression with otherwise noncurative doses of CAR-T cells. Overall, this method provides an effective and easily integrated approach to the current ACT manufacturing process to increase efficacy in various settings.

Indexed as

CytokinesNeoplasmsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesCytokinesReceptors, Antigen, T-Celladoptive T cell transferCAR-Tmetabolic labeling; anti-tumor cytokinenanoparticle

Identifiers

PMID36577059
PMCPMC9910457
OpenAlexW4313312738

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