Cell Therapy News Volume 23.29 | Aug 22 2022

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    2022-08-22 | CTN 23.29


    Cell Therapy News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 23.29 – 22 August, 2022
    TOP STORY

    AIF1+CSF1R+ MSCs, Induced by TNF-α, Act to Generate an Inflammatory Microenvironment and Promote Hepatocarcinogenesis

    In a rat primary liver cancer model, the authors showed that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with high SIRT1 expression promoted macrophage recruitment and synergistically facilitated liver cancer occurrence by secreting CCL5.
    [Hepatology]

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    TCR-Engineered iNKT Cells Induce Robust Antitumor Response by Dual Targeting Cancer and Suppressive Myeloid Cells

    Investigators showed that harnessing invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells with a second T cell receptor (TCR) specific for a tumor-associated peptide generated bispecific effectors for CD1d- and major histocompatibility complex–restricted antigens in vitro.
    [Science Immunology]

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    Temporally Restricted Activation of IFNβ Signaling Underlies Response to Immune Checkpoint Therapy in Mice

    Scientists identified Ly6C+/CD11b+ inflammatory monocytes as the primary source of IFNβ and found that active type-I-IFN signaling in tumor-infiltrating inflammatory monocytes was associated with T cell expansion in patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Improve the Transplantation Outcome of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Edited Human HSPCs

    Researchers developed a mesenchymal stromal cell-based co-culture system to optimize transplantation outcome of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-edited human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs).
    [Molecular Therapy]

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    Treatment of Allergic Eosinophilic Asthma through Engineered IL-5-Anchored Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells

    The authors engineered a cytokine-anchored CAR T cell system using a chimeric IL-5-CD28-CD3ζ receptor to trigger T cell-mediated killing of eosinophils that were elevated during severe asthma attacks.
    [Cell Discovery]

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    Rehabilitation Combined with Neural Progenitor Cell Grafts Enables Functional Recovery in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

    Scientists identified a critical and synergistic role of rehabilitation and neural stem cell therapy in driving neural plasticity to support functional recovery after chronic and severe spinal cord injury.
    [JCI Insight]

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    CAR-T Engager Proteins Optimize Anti-CD19 CAR-T Cell Therapies for Lymphoma

    Investigators designed a unique therapeutic to prevent and reverse relapses due to lost or reduced CD19 expression. This novel biologic, a CAR T Engager, bound CD20 and displayed the CD19 extracellular domain.
    [Oncoimmunology]

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    Enhancement Strategy for Effective Vascular Regeneration Following Myocardial Infarction through a Dual Stem Cell Approach

    The authors developed a dual stem cell approach for effective vascular regeneration that continuously secreted stromal-derived factor-1α to simultaneously promote natal vasculogenesis and angiogenesis.
    [Experimental & Molecular Medicine]

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    Outcomes of Two-Step Haploidentical Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Elderly Patients with Hematologic Malignancies

    Following administration of a preparative regimen, researchers infused donor lymphocytes, followed by cyclophosphamide to induce bidirectional tolerance, then infusion of CD34-selected cells.
    [Bone Marrow Transplantation]

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    Comparable Survival Outcomes with Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation and Cord Blood Transplantation

    Scientists conducted a matched-pair analysis of post-transplant cyclophosphamide-haplo and umbilical cord blood transplantation using the Japanese registry data.
    [Bone Marrow Transplantation]

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    Impact of Lung Function Impairment after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

    The authors investigated pulmonary function following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in terms of its change and the clinical significance of its decline.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Macrophages as Tools and Targets in Cancer Therapy

    Given the continuous recruitment of myelomonocytic cells into tumor tissues, macrophages are candidates for cell therapy with the development of CAR effector cells.
    [Nature Reviews Drug Discovery]

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    Stem Cell Therapy for Central Nervous System Disorders: Metabolic Interactions between Transplanted Cells and Local Microenvironments

    Novel approaches for metabolically “preconditioning” stem cells prior to transplant harness metabolic machinery to optimize stem cell survival upon transplant.
    [Neurobiology of Disease]

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    A Review of Stem Cell Therapy: An Emerging Treatment for Dementia in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

    Scientists study the benefits and disadvantages of stem cell therapy, especially for patients who have dementia.
    [Brain and Behavior]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    State ‘Personhood’ Laws Threaten Embryonic Stem Cell Research

    Biomedical scientists using embryonic stem cells or fetal tissue could find their studies at risk in conservative states aiming to redefine personhood after the US Supreme Court’s rollback of abortion rights.
    [Bloomberg Law]

    Press Release

    Innovative Cellular Therapeutics (ICT) Announces First Patient Enrolled for the Company’s Phase I Trial of GCC19CART for Relapsed/Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

    Innovative Cellular Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its Phase I trial of GCC19CART for relapsed/refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.
    [Innovative Cellular Therapeutics, Inc.]

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