Cell Therapy News Volume 23.34 | Oct 3 2022

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    Vol. 23.34 – 3 October, 2022
    TOP STORY

    KIR-Based Inhibitory CARs Overcome CAR-NK Cell Trogocytosis-Mediated Fratricide and Tumor Escape

    Using multiple in vivo tumor models and clinical data, researchers reported that CAR activation in natural killer (NK) cells promoted transfer of the CAR cognate antigen from tumor to NK cells.
    [Nature Medicine]

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    CAR T Cells Targeting Aspergillus fumigatus Are Effective at Treating Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Preclinical Models

    The authors gene-engineered A. fumigatus–specific chimeric antigen receptor CAR T cells and demonstrated their ability to confer antifungal reactivity in preclinical models in vitro and in vivo.
    [Science Translational Medicine]

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    Vitality-Enhanced Dual-Modal Tracking System Reveals the Dynamic Fate of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Stroke Therapy

    A vitality-enhanced dual-modal tracking system was designed to improve engraftment efficiency and was utilized to noninvasively explore the fate of intravenous transplanted human umbilical cord-derived MSCs during long-term treatment of ischemic stroke.
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    Allogeneic Mesenchymal Cell Therapy in Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy Heart Failure Patients: The CCTRN SENECA Trial

    A total of 97% of subjects underwent successful study product injections; all allo-mesenchymal stromal cells–assigned subjects received the target dose of cells.
    [JACC-CardioOncology]

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    Dominant-Negative Transforming Growth Factor-β Receptor-Armoured Mesothelin-Targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Slow Tumour Growth in a Mouse Model of Ovarian Cancer

    The in vivo antitumour activity of mesothelin CAR T cells was verified using a patient-derived xenograft mouse model with human tumour-derived cells.
    [Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy]

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    BMSCs Overexpressed ISL1 Reduces the Apoptosis of Islet Cells through ANLN Carrying Exosome, INHBA, and Caffeine

    By using ISL1-overexpressing bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and the subtherapeutic doses of islets for co-transplantation, scientists managed to reduce the apoptosis and improve the survival rate of the grafts.
    [Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences]

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    Remodeling Landscape of Tissue-Engineered Bladder with Porcine Small Intestine Submucosa Using Single-Cell RNA Sequencing

    The authors constructed a cellular remodeling landscape and to identify the key cell subpopulations and important genes driving bladder remodeling.
    [Cell Proliferation]

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    Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Patients with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia in Korea: A Report of the Korean Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Group

    Investigators evaluated the characteristics, outcomes, and prognostic factors of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in recipients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
    [Bone Marrow Transplantation]

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    Co-Expression IL-15 Receptor Alpha with IL-15 Reduces Toxicity via Limiting IL-15 Systemic Exposure during CAR T Immunotherapy

    Researchers successfully constructed CD19-specific armored CAR-T cells overexpressing IL-I5 and IL-15 receptor alpha.
    [Journal of Translational Medicine]

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    Dr. Daniel Dever, describes a CRISPR-Cas9-based protocol for gene editing hematopoietic stem cells in this on-demand webinar.
    REVIEWS

    Rethinking Cancer Targeting Strategies in the Era of Smart Cell Therapeutics

    Althought emerging smart cell engineering capabilities have yet to be fully implemented in the clinic, investigators argue here that they will become much more powerful when combined with machine learning analysis of genomic data.
    [Nature Reviews Cancer]

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    New Insights in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: From Regulatory T Cells to CAR-T-Cell Strategies

    Scientists discuss the current evidence and future directions of cellular therapies for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematous, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and advanced regulatory T cell–based cellular therapies.
    [Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology]

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    The Use of Single-Cell Sequencing to Reveal Stem/Progenitor Cells in Animal Organ Regeneration

    The authors review animal models of regenerative biology and organ models involved in regenerative medicine, with a focus on limb/fin/digit-tip regeneration.
    [Water Biology and Security]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Immunis Signs Clinical Trial Agreement with CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinics

    Immunis, Inc. has formally signed a clinical trial agreement with California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network to initiate STEM-MYO Phase I/IIa clinical trials.
    [Immunis, Inc. (Business Wire)]

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