ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024
Targeting TGFβ with chimeric switch receptor and secreted trap to improve T cells anti-tumor activity.
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- Mapping the clinical landscape of multifunctional CAR T cells: Targets, trends, and synergies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026Pooled it
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- Engineered macrophages with IL-10-TLR9 signal switch receptors for reprogramming tumor microenvironment and enhancing antitumor immunity.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026Article
- Chimeric switch scaffold protein augments CAR synapse formation and signaling networks.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2026Article
- CAR-T cells in solid tumors: engineering, biomarkers, translational pathways and the road ahead.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Fusion protein-mediated costimulation in engineered T cells: from intrinsic signaling to tumor microenvironment rewiring.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- One-step knock-in CAR constructs in human NK cells enable scalable, TGFβ1-resistant immunotherapy for solid tumors.Theranostics · 2026Article
- Comprehensive analysis of the TGF-β signaling pathway: molecular mechanisms, disease drivers, and frontiers in clinical translation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- A TGF-βR/IL-2R immunomodulatory fusion protein transforms immunosuppression into T cell activation to enhance adoptive T cell therapy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Multiplex engineering and multifunction T cells for precise and effective immunotherapies.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Introduction: TGFβ is a major immunoinhibitory factor present in the microenvironment of solid tumors. Various cancer types acquire the ability to overexpress TGFβ to escape immune response. Specifically, TGFβ dampens cytotoxic T cell activity, and its presence has been correlated with tumor invasion and poor prognosis. Methods: In this study, we developed two approaches to counteract the effects of TGFβ and provide a functional advantage to genetically engineered T cells in the immunoinhibitory tumor milieu. We designed a TGFβRI-based co-stimulatory switch receptor (CSRI), comprising the TGFβ receptor I extracellular binding domain and a 4-1BB co-stimulatory signaling moiety. Additionally, we tested the efficacy of a TGFβ-binding scFv trap produced by T cells. Results: We demonstrated that both approaches enhanced tumor-specific T cell cytokine secretion, upregulated activation markers, and reduced inhibition markers upon co-culture with melanoma targets. Furthermore, CSRI and the anti-TGFβ trap exhibited improved anti-tumor function Conclusion: Overall, we show that targeting the TGFβ pathway can enhance cellular immunotherapy.
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