Functional design of chimeric T-cell antigen receptors for adoptive immunotherapy of cancer: architecture and outcomes.

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. shirasu@fukuoka-u.ac.jp

Anticancer research 2012 Jun

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Adoptive immunotherapy using genetically modified T-cells with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) is a promising modality for cancer treatment, because the CAR-grafted T-cells can directly recognize and kill tumor cells, expressing a specific tumor-associated antigen (TAA), in a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-independent manner. Optimal molecular designs of the CAR and a careful choice of the target TAA are requisite to attain a significant response in CAR-mediated therapy. This review provides a brief overview of the past studies and the present state of CAR research, especially focusing on the development of the CAR protein architecture.

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Naoto Shirasu, Masahide Kuroki. Functional design of chimeric T-cell antigen receptors for adoptive immunotherapy of cancer: architecture and outcomes. Anticancer research. 2012 Jun;32(6):2377-83