Harnessing the inherent power of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing regulatory T cells (CAR-Tregs) to treat autoimmune-related disorders

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Over the past years, adoptive cell therapy with regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) has captured the attention of many scientists and clinicians as a novel promising approach for treating a wide range of immune-mediated disorders. In particular, the robust immunosuppressive properties of these cells have been demonstrated to make them uniquely valuable for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. More recently, it has been brought to light that adoptive transfer of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) Tregs (CAR-Tregs) can also serve a protective role against autoimmune-related disorders. Interestingly, a growing body of evidence indicates that the beneficial and therapeutic effects of antigen-specific CAR-Tregs surpass those of polyclonal Tregs in treating autoimmune conditions. Therefore, harnessing and adapting CAR technology to generate more specific and effective CAR-Tregs, both in terms of tissue localization and antigen recognition, may lay the foundations for the development of far more potent immunotherapeutic strategies for autoimmune-related disorders. Herein, we first highlight the major immunosuppressive abilities of CAR-Tregs and further summarize the current findings on their potential applications in treating autoimmune-related disorders. Then, we will attempt to address the practical challenges in the clinical use of CAR-Treg therapies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Molecular biology reports - 49(2022), 5 vom: 09. Mai, Seite 4069-4078

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kahmini, Fatemeh Rezaei [VerfasserIn]
Shahgaldi, Shahab [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoimmune diseases
CAR-Tregs
Cellular immunotherapy
Chimeric antigen receptor
Journal Article
Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
Regulatory T cell
Review

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Date Completed 09.06.2022

Date Revised 09.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11033-022-07511-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340629355