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Engineered T Cell Receptor for Cancer Immunotherapy

  • So Won Lee (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University) ;
  • Hyang-Mi Lee (College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University)
  • Received : 2023.11.07
  • Accepted : 2024.01.29
  • Published : 2024.07.01
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Abstract

Among the therapeutic strategies in cancer immunotherapy-such as immune-modulating antibodies, cancer vaccines, or adoptive T cell transfer-T cells have been an attractive target due to their cytotoxicity toward tumor cells and the tumor antigen-specific binding of their receptors. Leveraging the unique properties of T cells, chimeric antigen receptor-T cells and T cell receptor (TCR)-T cells were developed through genetic modification of their receptors, enhancing the specificity and effectiveness of T cell therapy. Adoptive cell transfer of chimeric antigen receptor-T cells has been successful for the treatment of hematological malignancies. To expand T cell therapy to solid tumors, T cells are modified to express defined TCR targeting tumor associated antigen, which is called TCR-T therapy. This review discusses anti-tumor T cell therapies, with a focus on engineered TCR-T cell therapy. We outline the characteristics of TCR-T cell therapy and its clinical application to non-hematological malignancies.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant fund by the Korean government (MSIT) (No. 2022R1F1A1069379).

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