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PD-1 Blockade Protein in 4th Generation Armored CAR-T Cells Enhances Cytotoxicity Effect with in vitro Re-challenge System
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells are genetically engineered T cells that express a surface receptor to recognize tumor-associated antigens (TAA). CAR-T cell therapy have demonstrated remarkable success with hematological malignancies. However, limited headway has been made towards solid tumor, due to various challenges, including recognition of tumor-specific antigen trafficking and penetration, localization and survival within …Read More >
Engineered Oncolytic Viruses Expressing Immunomodulatory Genes Enhances In Vitro Anti-Tumor Cellular Immune Responses
While chemo- and radio-therapy are considered the first-line of treatment for most cancers, its serious side effects have led to continuous innovation and discovery of new anti-tumor treatments. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) possess a magnitude of mechanism of action to elicit anti-tumor immune response, including OVs innate cytotoxicity and enhanced anti-tumor immunity by inserting immunomodulatory genes. …Read More >
Identification of Tofacitinib, Filgotinib and Ruxolitinib on experimental Sjögren’s syndrome model in mice
Sjögren’s syndrome, which affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by leukocytic infiltration into the exocrine glands, such as the salivary and lacrimal glands. However, the pathological mechanism remains to be elucidated, and novel treatments are urgently needed. Over the past decade, extensive progress has been made in the …Read More >
Brain metastasis mouse models for the evaluation of multikinase inhibitors on ROS1-fusion-positive lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Nearly 80% of lung cancers are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 60% of them are diagnosed at the metastatic stage. Brain metastases affect more than 20% of NSCLC patients with poor prognosis and disabling symptoms. However, few therapies have been approved for the treatment …Read More >
Intra-carotid artery brain metastasis models for the evaluation of lung and breast cancer drugs
Non-CNS metastatic brain cancer is approximately 10 times more common than CNS cancer. Lung cancer and breast cancer account for most brain metastasis. KRAS-mutant NSCLC composes a third lung adenocarcinoma, among which 17% to 55% will develop brain metastases. Likewise, more than a third HER2-positive breast cancer will develop brain metastasis. Among existing animal models, …Read More >
Developing drug-induced resistant tumor models for efficacy evaluation of next-generation anticancer therapies
The therapeutic landscape of cancer has been transformed over the last few decades. Our understanding of cancer and its therapeutic approach has improved greatly due to advanced cancer biology, functional imaging and next–generation sequencing. One of the key challenges in cancer therapy is how to effectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact. As …Read More >
Developing a panel of orthotopic syngeneic tumor models for IO drug discovery
The efficacy of immuno-oncology therapies needs to be evaluated in animal models with functional immune systems. Syngeneic tumor models are established by inoculating mouse cancer cell lines into immunocompetent mice with the same genetic background. The host mice have complete immune activity and show histocompatibility with homograft tumor tissues, which can maximize the simulation of …Read More >
Development of an integrated in vitro and in vivo OVA-specific system for cancer vaccine discovery
We have established an advanced and integrated in vitro and in vivo platform for various types of cancer vaccines, including peptide vaccines, mRNA vaccines, DC vaccines and more. Ovalbumin (OVA) is a key model antigen which has been widely used in vaccination experiments. Here we established an OVA overexpressed system based on different types of …Read More >
Mouse hind limb tumor metastatic model to evaluate prophylaxis and treatment
We have established and optimized a robust tumor bone metastasis mouse model, which recapitulates the tumor metastasis progression from circulation to bone colonization, and provides a window for evaluating prophylaxis and treatment. Specifically, we inoculated two breast cancer cell lines, JIMT-1 and MDA-MB-231, each with high metastatic potential, into the mouse intra-caudal artery. By detection …Read More >