Cell Therapy News Volume 22.20 | Jun 7 2021

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    Vol. 22.20 – 7 June, 2021
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    T Cells Armed with C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 6 Enhance Adoptive Cell Therapy for Pancreatic Tumors

    Scientists showed that forced expression of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 6 in antigen-specific T cells enhanced the recognition and lysis of pancreatic cancer cells and the efficacy of adoptive cell therapy for pancreatic cancer.
    [Nature Biomedical Engineering]

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    Targeted Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 and Transgenes Enables Complex Immune Cell Engineering

    The authors developed a one-step strategy using engineered lentiviral particles to introduce Cas9 ribonucleoproteins and a CAR transgene into primary human T cells without electroporation.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Sciatic Nerve Regeneration After Traumatic Injury Using Magnetic Targeted Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells were loaded with citric acid coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, systemically transplanted and magnetically recruited to the injured sciatic nerve.
    [Acta Biomaterialia]

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    Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Duration and Obesity Alter the Efficacy of Autologously Transplanted Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells

    Investigators tested the hypothesis that autologous bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BM-MSC) administration in type 2 diabetes patient was safe and that the efficacy of the treatment was dependant on the quality of the autologous BM-MSC population and administration routes.
    [Stem Cells Translational Medicine]

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    The N6-Methyladenosine Demethylase ALKBH5 Negatively Regulates the Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells through PRMT6

    The authors showed that conditional knockout of the demethylase Alkbh5 in bone marrow MSCs strengthened bone mass in mice.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    Systemic Transplantation of Adult Multipotent Stem Cells Functionally Rejuvenates Aged Articular Cartilage

    Researchers demonstrated that systemic transplantation of adult multipotent muscle-derived stem/progenitor cells- isolated from young mice-rejuvenates the knee articular cartilage of naturally aged mice.
    [Aging and Disease]

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    Mesenchymal Stem Cells Loaded with Oncolytic Reovirus Enhances Antitumor Activity in Mice Models of Colorectal Cancer

    Investigators evaluated the in vitro and in vivo antitumor capability of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells as a new vehicle for Dearing strain of reovirus loading.
    [Biochemical Pharmacology]

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    CAR T Cells Targeting Tumor-Associated Exons of Glypican 2 Regress Neuroblastoma in Mice

    Using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis, researchers showed that exon 3 and exons 7–10 of glypican 2 were expressed in cancer but was minimally expressed in normal tissues.
    [Cell Reports Medicine]

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    REVIEWS

    The Promise and Challenges of Cell Therapy for Psoriasis

    The authors discuss the various forms of cell therapy currently available, their utility in the management of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and emerging evidence for efficacy in severe psoriasis unresponsive to biologic therapy.
    [British Journal of Dermatology]

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    CART-Cell Therapy: Recent Advances and New Evidence in Multiple Myeloma

    The authors describe several recent advances in the field of anti-B-cell maturation antigen CAR T-cell therapy and multiple myeloma.
    [Cancers]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Sorrento
    and Researchers at Karolinska Institutet Have Signed a Research Collaboration Agreement on iPSC-Derived Dimeric Antigen Receptor-Modified Natural Killer (DAR-NK) Cells With The Vision to Bring “Off-The-Shelf" NK Cell-Based Cancer Treatments Rapidly to Patients

    Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the Company has entered into an additional collaborative agreement with NextGenNK Competence Center-associated research groups at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet  in Stockholm, Sweden, aimed at producing novel cell-based therapeutics using natural killer cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells.
    [Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (GlobeNewswire, Inc.)]

    Press Release

    MorphoSys to Acquire Constellation Pharmaceuticals

    MorphoSys AG and Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby MorphoSys will acquire Constellation, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for myelofibrosis and hematological tumors.
    [MorphoSys AG]

    Press Release

    Johnson & Johnson Culls $1.6B Argenx Blood Cancer Drug Collab

    Johnson & Johnson is walking away from a $1.6 billion blood cancer medicine deal with Belgium’s argenx for the CD70-targeting cusatuzumab.
    [Johnson & Johnson (Questex, Inc.)]

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