Cell Therapy News Volume 22.22 | Jun 21 2021

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    Cell Therapy News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 22.22 – 21 June, 2021
    TOP STORY

    Targeting HIF-1 Alpha Transcriptional Activity Drives Cytotoxic Immune Effector Cells into Melanoma and Improves Combination Immunotherapy

    Researchers investigated the impact of inhibiting HIF-1α transcriptional activity on cytotoxic immune cell infiltration into B16-F10 melanoma.
    [Oncogene]

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    Guide to everything you need to know about cell separation.
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    Cancer-Specific Immune Evasion and Substantial Heterogeneity within Cancer Types Provide Evidence for Personalized Immunotherapy

    Investigators described elevated infiltration by regulatory T cells as the most common feature, while other lymphocyte subsets and also expression of immune-regulatory molecules on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes showed site-specific variation.
    [npj Precision Oncology]

    Abstract

    Ovarian Cancer Modulates the Immunosuppressive Function of CD11b+Gr1+ Myeloid Cells via Glutamine Metabolism

    The authors elucidated the role of ovarian cancer microenvironment in regulating the immunosuppressive function of CD11b+Gr1+ myeloid cells.
    [Molecular Metabolism]

    Abstract

    Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transplantation into Nonablated Mouse Recipient Testes

    Germ cell ablation downregulated the expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, which has been shown to attract spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) to niches, implying that nonablated niches would attract SSCs more efficiently.
    [Stem Cell Reports]

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    The Combination Immunotherapy of TLR9 Agonist and OX40 Agonist via Intratumoural Injection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Orthotopic and ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma models were constructed by implanting Hepa1-6 cells at different body sites of mice. Immune agents were administrated via three ways, including intratumoral injection into one site of the tumor, intraperitoneal injection, and subcutaneous injection.
    [Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma]

    Abstract

    GLT1 Gene Delivery Based on Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Ameliorates Motor Function and Survival in a Mouse Model of ALS

    The authors investigated whether bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) could be applied as gene carriers for cell-based gene therapy by employing the accumulation of BMDCs.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    PTPN3 Is a Potential Target for a New Cancer Immunotherapy That Has a Dual Effect of T Cell Activation and Direct Cancer Inhibition in Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor

    Experiments in a mouse xenograft model using allo lymphocytes showed that PTPN3 inhibition in small cell lung cancer cells enhanced the anti-tumor effect of phosphatase non-receptor type 3 (PTPN3)-suppressed activated lymphocytes.
    [Translational Oncology]

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    The Evidence of a Macrophage Barrier in the Xenotransplantation of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Severely Immunodeficient Rats

    The authors generated a rat xenotransplantation model to prove the role of macrophages as a xenotransplantation barrier. Immunodeficiency in SRG rats, which were Sprague–Dawley rats lacking Rag2 and Il2rg, was confirmed by flow cytometry and spleen immunostaining.
    [Xenotransplantation]

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    Preclinical Evaluation of 89Zr-Df-IAB22M2C PET as an Imaging Biomarker for the Development of the GUCY2C-CD3 Bispecific PF-07062119 as a T Cell Engaging Therapy

    Scientists used 89Zr-Df-IAB22M2C, a human CD8-specific minibody to monitor CD8+ T cell infiltration into tumors by positron emission tomography.
    [Molecular Imaging and Biology]

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    The StemSpan™ T Cell Generation Kit is designed to promote differentiation of HSPCs into T cells in stroma- and serum-free culture conditions.
    REVIEWS

    Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease, Do We Have the Guts to Treat?

    The author provides background information on hirschsprung (HSCR) disease, outlines the future approaches of stem cell-based HSCR therapy, reviews recent key publications, discusses technical and ethical challenges the field faces prior to clinical translation, and tackles such challenges by proposing solutions and evaluating existing approaches to progress further.
    [Gene Therapy]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Lineage Announces Exclusive Option Agreement with Amasa Therapeutics for Supply and Use of Clinical-Grade Hystem®

    Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. a biotechnology company developing allogeneic cell therapies for unmet medical needs, announced it granted an exclusive option to Amasa Therapeutics, Inc., to acquire an exclusive, royalty-bearing license to use Lineage’s HyStem technology for the development and commercialization of therapies for local treatment of solid tumors under pre-negotiated terms.
    [Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.]

    Press Release

    Essent Biologics Launches Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine, Biopharmaceutical and Cell Therapy Research

    Essent Biologics has announced the launch of its human MSCs for regenerative medicine, biopharmaceutical and cell therapy research. Essent Biologics will provide highly-characterized, low-passaged human MSCs.
    [Essent Biologics]

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