Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 125: Advancing CAR T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors: Lessons Learned from Lymphoma Treatment

Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 125: Advancing CAR T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors: Lessons Learned from Lymphoma Treatment Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12010125 Authors: Aleksei Titov Aygul Valiullina Ekaterina Zmievskaya Ekaterina Zaykova Alexey Petukhov Regina Miftakhova Emil Bulatov Albert Rizvanov Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immunotherapy is one of the most promising modern approaches for the treatment of cancer. To date only two CAR T-cell products, Kymriah® and Yescarta®, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of lymphoblastic leukemia and B-cell lymphoma. Administration of CAR T-cells to control solid tumors has long been envisaged as one of the most difficult therapeutic tasks. The first two clinical trials conducted in sarcoma and neuroblastoma patients showed clinical benefits of CAR T-cells, yet multiple obstacles still hold us back from having accessible and efficient therapy. Why did such an effective treatment for relapsed and refractory hematological malignancies demonstrate only relatively modest efficiency in the context of solid tumors? Is it due to the lucky selection of the “magic” CD19 antigen, which might be one of a kind? Or do lymphomas lack the immunosuppressive features of solid tumors? Here we review the existing knowledge in the field of CAR T-cell therapy and address the heterogeneity of solid tumors and their diverse strategies of immunoe...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research