2023
CTLA-4 tail fusion enhances CAR-T antitumor immunity
Zhou X, Cao H, Fang S, Chow R, Tang K, Majety M, Bai M, Dong M, Renauer P, Shang X, Suzuki K, Levchenko A, Chen S. CTLA-4 tail fusion enhances CAR-T antitumor immunity. Nature Immunology 2023, 24: 1499-1510. PMID: 37500885, PMCID: PMC11344484, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-023-01571-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoplasmic tailSingle-cell RNA sequencingRNA sequencingC-terminusTail fusionCell engineering techniquesAntigen receptorFurther characterizationCytometry analysisSurface expressionCAR functionLow surface expressionCellsUnique strategyT cellsPowerful therapeuticsFusionEndocytosisLeukemia modelTerminusTailSequencingPhenotypeReduced activationEngineering techniquesImmunogenetic Metabolomics Reveals Key Enzymes That Modulate CAR T-cell Metabolism and Function.
Renauer P, Park J, Bai M, Acosta A, Lee W, Lin G, Zhang Y, Dai X, Wang G, Errami Y, Wu T, Clark P, Ye L, Yang Q, Chen S. Immunogenetic Metabolomics Reveals Key Enzymes That Modulate CAR T-cell Metabolism and Function. Cancer Immunology Research 2023, 11: 1068-1084. PMID: 37253111, PMCID: PMC10527769, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-22-0565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansImmunogeneticsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMetabolomicsNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsCAR T cellsHER2-specific CAR T cellsT cellsTumor microenvironmentChimeric antigen receptor T cellsT cell-based immunotherapyAntigen receptor T cellsCD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cellsCAR T-cell therapyCell-based immunotherapyReceptor T cellsT-cell therapyVivo colorectal cancer modelsColorectal cancer modelT cell functionT cell metabolismTumor infiltrationEvasion mechanismsImmunosuppressive metaboliteImmune evasionCancer modelImmunologic analysisCD19-specificUnfavorable tumor microenvironmentPDK1 deficiencyMachine learning identifies T cell receptor repertoire signatures associated with COVID-19 severity
Park J, Lee K, Lam S, Moon K, Fang Z, Chen S. Machine learning identifies T cell receptor repertoire signatures associated with COVID-19 severity. Communications Biology 2023, 6: 76. PMID: 36670287, PMCID: PMC9853487, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04447-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 disease severityT cell effector functionT cell receptor repertoireT cell clonal expansionT cell adaptive immune responsesCell effector functionsCOVID-19 patientsTCR repertoire analysisAdaptive immune responsesCell receptor repertoireCOVID-19 severityCOVID-19 infectionCell clonal expansionNF-kB signalingSARS-CoV-2TCR repertoireHealthy donorsImmune responseAntiviral immunityEffector functionsViral infectionHost responseDisease severityReceptor repertoireTCR sequences
2022
Double knockout CRISPR screen for cancer resistance to T cell cytotoxicity
Park J, Codina A, Ye L, Lam S, Guo J, Clark P, Zhou X, Peng L, Chen S. Double knockout CRISPR screen for cancer resistance to T cell cytotoxicity. Journal Of Hematology & Oncology 2022, 15: 172. PMID: 36456981, PMCID: PMC9716677, DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01389-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsHumansImmunotherapyMutationNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesConceptsT cell cytotoxicityCell cytotoxicityT cell killingTumor suppressorCancer patientsImmune responseAvailable agentsSurvival analysisClinical patientsCancer treatmentCancer cellsCancer resistanceDirect targetingPotential new conceptCancer mutationsPatientsCell killingNormal samplesResistance pathwaysCellular responsesSuch resistanceCytotoxicityResistance genes
2019
One-step generation of modular CAR-T cells with AAV–Cpf1
Dai X, Park JJ, Du Y, Kim HR, Wang G, Errami Y, Chen S. One-step generation of modular CAR-T cells with AAV–Cpf1. Nature Methods 2019, 16: 247-254. PMID: 30804551, PMCID: PMC6519746, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-019-0329-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research