Human Immunology News Volume 13.02 | Feb 04 2024

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    Human Immunology News by STEMCELL Technologies
    Vol. 13.02 – 4 February, 2025
    TOP STORY

    SELP+ TEC:CD8+ T Cell Crosstalk Associates with Improved Radiotherapy Efficacy in Cervical Cancer

    Scientists analyzed tumor tissue samples from 205 cervical cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, scRNA-seq data from 42,159 cells of eight patients, and bulk RNA-sequencing data from 187 radiotherapy-treated patients.
    [Molecular Cancer]

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    Integrative Genomic Analysis of DLBCL Identifies Immune Environments Associated with Bispecific Antibody Response

    An integrative, multi-omic approach was applied to independent datasets to characterize diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) immune environments and define their association with tumor cell-intrinsic genomic alterations and outcomes to CD19-directed CAR T-cell and CD20 x CD3 bispecific antibody therapies.
    [Blood]

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    Thigh Injections of Cabotegravir + Rilpivirine in Virally Suppressed Adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: A Substudy of the Phase IIIb ATLAS-2M Study

    Investigators presented substudy results on short-term repeat intramuscular cabotegravir + rilpivirine long-acting thigh injections in participants with ≥3 years of experience with gluteal administration during the ATLAS–2M study.
    [Clinical Infectious Diseases]

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    Spatially Mapping the Tumor Immune Microenvironments of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Researchers applied imaging mass cytometry to a balanced cohort of lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma patients, matched for clinical factors such as age, sex, and smoking history, to analyze 204 histopathology images of tumours from 102 individuals with non-small cell lung cancer.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Clone-Resolved Chemical Depletion of T Cells via Cellular Proximity Chemistry

    Using engineered dendritic cells with surface-bound photosensitizers, the authors generated reactive oxygen species at immune synapses, leading to the targeted death of antigen-specific T cells in close proximity.
    [Angewandte Chemie-International Edition]

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    MAPK Pathway Activating Alteration and Immunotherapy Efficacy in Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma: Results from the Randomized, Prospective SQUINT Trial

    This randomized, Phase II SQUINT trial assessed the efficacy of nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus platinum-based chemotherapy plus nivolumab and to identify clinically available biomarkers of response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic lung squamous cell carcinoma.
    [Clinical Cancer Research]

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    Combined PARP14 Inhibition and PD-1 Blockade Promotes Cytotoxic T Cell Quiescence and Modulates Macrophage Polarization in Relapsed Melanoma

    Researchers identified a robust poly ADP ribosyl polymerase 14 (PARP14) catalytic inhibitor gene signature and evaluated its association with patient survival.They investigated immune and tumor cell adaptations to PARP14 inhibition combined with programmed cell death 1 blockade.
    [Journal For Immunotherapy of Cancer]

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    Rapamycin-Resistant Polyclonal Th1/Tc1 Cell Therapy (RAPA-201) Safely Induces Disease Remissions in Relapsed, Refractory Multiple Myeloma

    The clinical trial evaluated RAPA-201 therapy in combination with fludarabine-sparing low-dose host conditioning for the treatment of patients with relapsed, refractory multiple myeloma.
    [Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer]

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    M-Sec Promotes the Accumulation of Intracellular HTLV-1 Gag Puncta and the Incorporation of Env into Viral Particles

    Scientists demonstrated that the cellular protein M-Sec promoted the transmission of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in vitro and in vivo.
    [PLOS Pathogens]

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    REVIEWS

    Boosting Human Immunology: Harnessing the Potential of Immune Organoids

    The authors discuss recent advances in versatile human tonsil/adenoid tissue-based ex vivo immune organoid cultures as well as related cancer and autoimmunity-focused experimental setups.
    [EMBO Molecular Medicine]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Allogene Therapeutics Secures US FDA IND Clearance for ALLO-329, Advancing its Next-Generation Allogeneic CAR T into Autoimmune Diseases

    Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the US FDA has cleared its Investigational New Drug  (IND) application for a rheumatology basket study of ALLO-329, an investigational allogeneic CAR T product.
    [Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.]

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    University of California, San Diego – San Diego, California, United States

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    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Los Angeles, California, United States

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