Cell Therapy News Volume 22.04 | Feb 1 2021

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    CTN 22.04 | Feb 1 2021

    Cell Therapy News by STEMCELL Technologies

    Vol. 22.04 – 1 February, 2021

    TOP STORY

    In Vivo
    Screens Using a Selective CRISPR Antigen Removal Lentiviral Vector System Reveal Immune Dependencies in Renal Cell Carcinoma

    To avoid unwanted immune recognition, scientists designed a lentiviral vector system that allowed selective CRISPR antigen removal from tumor cells.
    [Immunity]

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    New human primary cell products—frozen leukopaks, regulatory T cells, and more. Click to view products.

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    Dissecting ELANE
    Neutropenia Pathogenicity by Human HSC Gene Editing

    Investigators conducted a pooled CRISPR screen in human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells that correlated ELANE mutations with neutrophil maturation potential.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Factors Associated with Outcomes after a Second CD19-Targeted CAR T-Cell Infusion for Refractory B-Cell Malignancies

    Researchers analyzed data from 44 patients with elapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies who received CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor-engineered on a Phase I/II trial.
    [Blood]

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    Chimeric Antigen Receptor with Antigen-Independent OX40 Signaling Mediates Potent Antitumor Activity

    Scientists engineered a type of CAR-T cells with a costimulatory signal that was activated independently from the tumor antigen to recapitulate physiological stimulation.
    [Science Translational Medicine]

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    Genome-Wide
    CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Identified KLF11 as a Druggable Suppressor for Sarcoma Cancer Stem Cells

    Kruppel-like factor 11 (KLF11) recruited SIN3A/HDAC to suppress the transcriptional output of YAP/TEAD, which, in turn, promoted KLF11 transcription, forming a negative feedback loop.
    [Science Advances]

    Full Article

    Endophilin
    A2 Deficiency Protects Rodents from Autoimmune Arthritis by Modulating T Cell Activation

    Using a forward genetic approach, researchers showed that a mutation in the SH3gl1 gene encoding the endocytic protein Endophilin A2 was associated with the development of arthritis in rodents.
    [Nature Communications]

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    New Immunotherapy Strategy Targeted CD30 in Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas: CAR-Modified T-Cell Therapy Based on CD30 mAb

    After a second-generation of CAR lentiviral construction, CD30 CAR T cells were produced and used to determine the cytotoxicity of this construct toward Karpas 299 cells.
    [Cancer Gene Therapy]

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    Musashi
    2 Influences Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cell Survival and Growth Making It a Potential Therapeutic Target

    When comparing the global gene expression of recently divided chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells with that of previously divided cells, researchers found higher levels of genes involved in regulating gene expression.
    [Leukemia]

    Full Article

    Metoclopramide
    Treatment Blocks CD93-Signaling-Mediated Self-Renewal of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells

    The authors identified CD93 as an important regulator of self-renewal and proliferation of murine and human leukemia stem cells, but not hematopoietic stem cells.
    [Cell Reports]

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    STING
    Negatively Regulates Allogeneic T-Cell Responses by Constraining Antigen-Presenting Cell Function

    Investigators utilized murine models of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation to assess the role of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) in hematopoietic antigen-presenting cells.
    [Cellular & Molecular Immunology]

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    REVIEWS

    Beyond
    the Storm — Subacute Toxicities and Late Effects in Children Receiving CAR T Cells

    Scientists present the current understanding, gaps in knowledge and future directions of research addressing CAR T cell-related adverse events.
    [Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology]

    Abstract

    Recent
    Updates on Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    The authors summarize current chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy targets in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), discuss current obstacles and possible solutions in the process, and describe potential strategies to improve the efficacy of CAR-T cells for patients with HCC.
    [Cancer Gene Therapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Kiromic
    Announces License Agreement with Longwood University for chPD1

    Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. announced the completion of the chPD1 licensing agreement with Longwood University.
    [Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (BusinessWire, Inc.)]

    Press Release

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    Transplantation and Cell Therapy (TCT)

    February 8 – 12, 2021
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    JOB OPPORTUNITIES

    Postdoctoral Position – Gene Regulation and Neuroinflammation

    National Institutes of Health – Bethesda, Maryland, United States


    Postdoctoral Fellow – Cancer Genetics and Immunology

    NIH National Cancer Institute – Bethesda, Maryland, United States

    Postdoctoral Fellowship – Retinal Cell Therapy Development

    University of British Columbia – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


    Postdoctoral Fellow – T Cell Immunology and Transplantation

    Stanford School of Medicine – Stanford, California, United States

    Experimental Genetics Researcher – IBS, and the Immune/Microbiome/Endothelial Axis

    University of California San Francisco – San Francisco, California, United States

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