Young T cells age during a redirected anti-tumour attack: chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-provided dual costimulation is half the battle.

Adoptive therapy with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-redirected T cells showed spectacular efficacy in the treatment of leukaemia in recent early phase trials. Patient's T cells were ex vivo genetically engineered with a CAR, amplified and re-administered to the patient. While T cells media...

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Main Authors: Andreas A Hombach, Hinrich eAbken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00135/full