Microengineered In Vitro Assays for Screening and Sorting Manufactured Therapeutic T Cells

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Adoptively transferred T cells constitute a major class of current and emergent cellular immunotherapies for the treatment of disease, including but not limited to cancer. Although key advancements in molecular recognition, genetic engineering, and manufacturing have dramatically enhanced their translational potential, therapeutic potency remains limited by poor homing and infiltration of transferred cells within target host tissues. In vitro microengineered homing assays with precise control over micromechanical and biological cues can address these shortcomings by enabling interrogation, screening, sorting, and optimization of therapeutic T cells based on their homing capacity. In this article, the working principles, application, and integration of microengineered homing assays for the mechanistic study of biophysical and biomolecular cues relevant to homing of therapeutic T cells are reviewed. The potential for these platforms to enable scalable enrichment and screening of next-generation manufactured T cell therapies for cancer is also discussed.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:212

Enthalten in:

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 212(2024), 2 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 199-207

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Muhuri, Abir K [VerfasserIn]
Alapan, Yunus [VerfasserIn]
Camargo, Camila P [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Susan N [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Date Completed 17.01.2024

Date Revised 13.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4049/jimmunol.2300488

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366568795