Lymphocyte expansion in bioreactors : upgrading adoptive cell therapy

Bioreactors are essential tools for the development of efficient and high-quality cell therapy products. However, their application is far from full potential, holding several challenges when reconciling the complex biology of the cells to be expanded with the need for a manufacturing process that is able to control cell growth and functionality towards therapy affordability and opportunity. In this review, we discuss and compare current bioreactor technologies by performing a systematic analysis of the published data on automated lymphocyte expansion for adoptive cell therapy. We propose a set of requirements for bioreactor design and identify trends on the applicability of these technologies, highlighting the specific challenges and major advancements for each one of the current approaches of expansion along with the opportunities that lie in process intensification. We conclude on the necessity to develop targeted solutions specially tailored for the specific stimulation, supplementation and micro-environmental needs of lymphocytes' cultures, and the benefit of applying knowledge-based tools for process control and predictability.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of biological engineering - 15(2021), 1 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 13

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Garcia-Aponte, Oscar Fabian [VerfasserIn]
Herwig, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Kozma, Bence [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATMP
Adoptive cell therapy
Bioreactor
Expansion
Journal Article
Lymphocyte
NK cell
Perfusion reactor
Review
Rocking motion
Stirred reactor
T cell

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 17.04.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13036-021-00264-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324044798