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| Michel SadelainSummaryAffiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Country: USA Publications
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Novel strategies for cancer therapy: the potential of genetically modified T lymphocytesIsabelle Riviere
Department of Medicine, Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory, Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
Curr Hematol Rep 3:290-7. 2004..T cells can also be engineered in an attempt to control their homing, to increase the safety of adoptive T-cell therapies, and express markers that can be tracked by noninvasive imaging technologies...
Progress toward the genetic treatment of the beta-thalassemiasMichel Sadelain
Gene Transfer and Gene Expression Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Box 182, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1054:78-91. 2005..As such, they provide a general paradigm for improving vector safety in stem cell-based gene therapy...
A novel murine model of Cooley anemia and its rescue by lentiviral-mediated human beta-globin gene transferStefano Rivella
Department of Human Genetics Medicine, The Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory, and the Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Blood 101:2932-9. 2003..Our findings demonstrate the remarkable efficacy of lentivirus-mediated globin gene transfer in treating a fulminant blood disorder and strongly support the efficacy of gene therapy in the severe hemoglobinopathies...
Targeted elimination of prostate cancer by genetically directed human T lymphocytesTerence P F Gade
Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Cancer Res 65:9080-8. 2005..These results thus provide a strong rationale for undertaking phase I clinical studies to assess PSMA-targeted T cells in patients with metastatic prostate cancer...
Langerhans-type dendritic cells genetically modified to express full-length antigen optimally stimulate CTLs in a CD4-dependent mannerJianda Yuan
Laboratory of Cellular Immunobiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Immunol 176:2357-65. 2006..LCs, transduced with a retroviral vector encoding full-length Ag, stimulate potent CTLs directed against multiple epitopes in a CD4(+) Th cell-dependent manner...
Mesothelin overexpression promotes mesothelioma cell invasion and MMP-9 secretion in an orthotopic mouse model and in epithelioid pleural mesothelioma patientsElliot L Servais
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
Clin Cancer Res 18:2478-89. 2012..The biologic function of MSLN overexpression in MPM is unknown. We hypothesized that MSLN may promote tumor invasion in MPM, a tumor characterized primarily by regional aggressiveness and rare distant metastases...
Scalable expansion of potent genetically modified human langerhans cells in a closed system for clinical applicationsJianda Yuan
Laboratory of Cellular Immunobiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
J Immunother 30:634-43. 2007..We have thus developed a scalable closed process to expand genetically modified, biologically functional CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cell-derived LCs for phase I clinical trials...
T cell-encoded CD80 and 4-1BBL induce auto- and transcostimulation, resulting in potent tumor rejectionMatthias T Stephan
Center for Cell Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MSKCC, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Med 13:1440-9. 2007..This new strategy of endowing T cells with constitutively expressed costimulatory ligands could be extended to other ligand-receptor pairs and used to enhance any targeted adoptive transfer therapy...
[131I]FIAU labeling of genetically transduced, tumor-reactive lymphocytes: cell-level dosimetry and dose-dependent toxicityPat Zanzonico
Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33:988-97. 2006....
Monitoring the efficacy of adoptively transferred prostate cancer-targeted human T lymphocytes with PET and bioluminescence imagingKonstantin Dobrenkov
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
J Nucl Med 49:1162-70. 2008....
Manufacturing validation of biologically functional T cells targeted to CD19 antigen for autologous adoptive cell therapyDaniel Hollyman
Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Immunother 32:169-80. 2009..It can also be adapted for other clinical trials involving the expansion and transduction of patient or donor T cells using any CAR or T-cell receptor...
Concurrent visualization of trafficking, expansion, and activation of T lymphocytes and T-cell precursors in vivoIl Kang Na
Department of Immunology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Blood 116:e18-25. 2010..Because NFAT plays an important role in a wide range of cell types, our system could provide new insights into a variety of biologic processes...
A new pyrimidine-specific reporter gene: a mutated human deoxycytidine kinase suitable for PET during treatment with acycloguanosine-based cytotoxic drugsYury Likar
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Nucl Med 51:1395-403. 2010..In this article, we describe a series of new human-derived reporter genes based on human deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) suitable for clinical PET...
Langerhans cells derived from genetically modified human CD34+ hemopoietic progenitors are more potent than peptide-pulsed Langerhans cells for inducing antigen-specific CD8+ cytolytic T lymphocyte responsesJianda Yuan
Laboratory of Cellular Immunobiology, Division of Hematologic Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Immunol 174:758-66. 2005..LCs genetically modified to express fluMP are also more potent stimulators of Ag-specific CD8(+) T cell responses than are peptide-pulsed LCs...
Artificial antigen-presenting cells transduced with telomerase efficiently expand epitope-specific, human leukocyte antigen-restricted cytotoxic T cellsJakob Dupont
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the Joan and Sanford Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
Cancer Res 65:5417-27. 2005....
A panel of artificial APCs expressing prevalent HLA alleles permits generation of cytotoxic T cells specific for both dominant and subdominant viral epitopes for adoptive therapyAisha N Hasan
Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Immunol 183:2837-50. 2009..It may be of particular value for recipients of transplants from HLA-disparate donors...
In vivo imaging and quantitation of adoptively transferred human antigen-specific T cells transduced to express a human norepinephrine transporter geneMikhail M Doubrovin
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Cancer Res 67:11959-69. 2007..The hNET-based system described may thus have significant potential as a nonimmunogenic reporter for extended repeated quantitative in vivo imaging of transduced cells in man...
Strategy for a multicenter phase I clinical trial to evaluate globin gene transfer in beta-thalassemiaMichel Sadelain
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1202:52-8. 2010..8 vector copy per cell in bulk CD34(+) cells) and to supply clinical grade vector to collaborating centers in the U.S.A. and in Europe. We anticipate that the first U.S. trial of globin gene transfer will start in 2010...
Genetically targeted T cells eradicate systemic acute lymphoblastic leukemia xenograftsRenier J Brentjens
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Clin Cancer Res 13:5426-35. 2007..Here, we investigate the etiologies of treatment failure in this model and design approaches to enhance the efficacy of this adoptive strategy...
Harnessing endogenous miR-181a to segregate transgenic antigen receptor expression in developing versus post-thymic T cells in murine hematopoietic chimerasEirini P Papapetrou
Center for Cell Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MSKCC, New York, NY 10065, USA
J Clin Invest 119:157-68. 2009..These results demonstrate the potential of miRNA-regulated transgene expression in stem cell-based therapies, including cancer immunotherapy...
Sensitive in vivo imaging of T cells using a membrane-bound Gaussia princeps luciferaseElmer B Santos
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MSKCC, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Med 15:338-44. 2009..This sensitive imaging technology has application to many in vivo cell-based studies in a wide array of mouse models...
IL-7 and IL-21 are superior to IL-2 and IL-15 in promoting human T cell-mediated rejection of systemic lymphoma in immunodeficient miceJohn C Markley
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Blood 115:3508-19. 2010..These results support the use of gamma(c)-cytokines in cancer immunotherapy, and establish that there exists more than 1 human T-cell memory phenotype associated with long-term tumor immunity...
Genomic safe harbors permit high β-globin transgene expression in thalassemia induced pluripotent stem cellsEirini P Papapetrou
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Nat Biotechnol 29:73-8. 2011..This approach, combining bioinformatics and functional analyses, should be broadly applicable to introducing therapeutic or suicide genes into patient-specific iPS cells for use in cell therapy...
miR-371-3 expression predicts neural differentiation propensity in human pluripotent stem cellsHyesoo Kim
Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
Cell Stem Cell 8:695-706. 2011..miR-371-3 expression level therefore appears to have both a predictive and a functional role in determining human pluripotent stem cell neurogenic differentiation behavior...
Hematopoietic stem cell engineering at a crossroadsIsabelle Riviere
Center for Cell Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Blood 119:1107-16. 2012..In this review, we place these recent advances in perspective, emphasizing the solutions emerging from a wave of new technologies and highlighting the challenges that lie ahead...
The ABCs of artificial antigen presentationJiyun V Kim
Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Gene Expression, Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Facility, Department of Medicine and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Biotechnol 22:403-10. 2004....
Erythroid-specific human factor IX delivery from in vivo selected hematopoietic stem cells following nonmyeloablative conditioning in hemophilia B miceAlex H Chang
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Mol Ther 16:1745-52. 2008....
Chimeric antigen receptors combining 4-1BB and CD28 signaling domains augment PI3kinase/AKT/Bcl-XL activation and CD8+ T cell-mediated tumor eradicationXiao Song Zhong
Center for Cell Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
Mol Ther 18:413-20. 2010..These findings further support the concept of integrating optimized costimulatory properties into recombinant antigen receptors to augment the survival and function of genetically targeted T cells within the tumor microenvironment...
Current status of globin gene therapy for the treatment of beta-thalassaemiaLeszek Lisowski
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Weill Graduate School of Mediccal Sciences, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Br J Haematol 141:335-45. 2008..Altogether, recent advances in globin vector design bode well for upcoming clinical trials to assess the therapeutic value of globin gene transfer...
Derivation of genetically modified human pluripotent stem cells with integrated transgenes at unique mapped genomic sitesEirini P Papapetrou
Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Nat Protoc 6:1274-89. 2011..This protocol enables the efficient derivation of genetically modified PSCs containing an integrated transgene at a known genomic site in ∼7 weeks...
Multifactorial optimization of gammaretroviral gene transfer into human T lymphocytes for clinical applicationAlfonso Quintas Cardama
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Hum Gene Ther 18:1253-60. 2007....
The promise and potential pitfalls of chimeric antigen receptorsMichel Sadelain
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
Curr Opin Immunol 21:215-23. 2009..If the immunogenicity of CARs can be averted, the versatility of their design and HLA-independent antigen recognition will make CARs tools of choice for T cell engineering for the development of targeted cancer immunotherapies...
CTLA-4 blockade in combination with xenogeneic DNA vaccines enhances T-cell responses, tumor immunity and autoimmunity to self antigens in animal and cellular model systemsPolly D Gregor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
Vaccine 22:1700-8. 2004..Based on these pre-clinical studies, we suggest that anti-CTLA-4 should be tested with xenogeneic DNA vaccines against cancer and that special attention should be given to sequence and schedule of administration...
A genetic strategy to treat sickle cell anemia by coregulating globin transgene expression and RNA interferenceSelda Samakoglu
Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Gene Expression, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Biotechnol 24:89-94. 2006....
Retroviral transduction of murine primary T lymphocytesJames Lee
Department of Medicine and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Methods Mol Biol 506:83-96. 2009....
Multiple stages of malignant transformation of human endothelial cells modelled by co-expression of telomerase reverse transcriptase, SV40 T antigen and oncogenic N-rasKaren L MacKenzie
James Ewing Laboratory of Developmental Haematopoiesis and Department of Human Genetics, Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY, USA
Oncogene 21:4200-11. 2002..This model will be useful for understanding mechanisms underlying vascular and angiogenic neoplasias, as well as for testing drugs designed to curtail aberrant EC growth...
Functional assessment of the engraftment potential of gammaretrovirus-modified CD34+ cells, using a short serum-free transduction protocolTulin Budak-Alpdogan
Department of Medicine, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, 08903, USA
Hum Gene Ther 17:780-94. 2006..We have thus developed a short and efficient human MBP CD34(+) transduction protocol under serum-free conditions that is suitable and broadly applicable for phase I clinical trials...
Safety and persistence of adoptively transferred autologous CD19-targeted T cells in patients with relapsed or chemotherapy refractory B-cell leukemiasRenier J Brentjens
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Blood 118:4817-28. 2011..These studies are registered at www.clinicaltrials.org as #NCT00466531 (CLL protocol) and #NCT01044069 (B-ALL protocol)...
Tumor-targeted T cells modified to secrete IL-12 eradicate systemic tumors without need for prior conditioningHollie J Pegram
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA
Blood 119:4133-41. 2012....
Serial in vivo imaging of the targeted migration of human HSV-TK-transduced antigen-specific lymphocytesGuenther Koehne
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
Nat Biotechnol 21:405-13. 2003..This technique for imaging the migration of ex vivo-transduced antigen-specific T cells in vivo is informative, nontoxic, and potentially applicable to humans...
Locus control region elements HS1 and HS4 enhance the therapeutic efficacy of globin gene transfer in beta-thalassemic miceLeszek Lisowski
Center for Cell Engineering, Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Blood 110:4175-8. 2007..Thus, while vectors encoding HS2-3-4 provide curative levels of hemoglobin at 1 to 2 copies per cell, adding HS1 is a promising alternative strategy if upcoming clinical trials prove higher levels of expression to be necessary...
Gene therapy for homozygous beta-thalassemia. Is it a reality?Farid Boulad
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
Hemoglobin 33:S188-96. 2009..The protocol will be offered to patients with transfusion-dependent ss-thalassemia who are 15 years or older and lack a matched, related donor...
Stem cell engineering for the treatment of severe hemoglobinopathiesMichel Sadelain
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
Curr Mol Med 8:690-7. 2008..Altogether, these recent advances bode well for the advent of curative stem cell-based therapies...
In vivo inhibition of human CD19-targeted effector T cells by natural T regulatory cells in a xenotransplant murine model of B cell malignancyJames C Lee
Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Cancer Res 71:2871-81. 2011..These findings have significant implications for the design of future clinical trials utilizing CAR-based adoptive T-cell therapies of cancer...
Globin gene transfer for treatment of the beta-thalassemias and sickle cell diseaseMichel Sadelain
Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Gene Expression, Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Facility, Box 182 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Haematol 17:517-34. 2004..Here we review the principles underlying the genesis of regulated vectors for stem cell therapy...
Induction of autoantibodies to syngeneic prostate-specific membrane antigen by xenogeneic vaccinationPolly D Gregor
Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Int J Cancer 116:415-21. 2005..These results establish the basis for clinical trials to test PSMA DNA vaccines in patients with solid tumors that either express PSMA directly or that depend on normal endothelial cells expressing PSMA for their continued growth...
Successful treatment of murine beta-thalassemia intermedia by transfer of the human beta-globin geneChad May
Department of Human Genetics Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
Blood 99:1902-8. 2002..These results demonstrate for the first time that viral-mediated globin gene transfer in hematopoietic stem cells effectively treats a severe hemoglobin disorder...
Human T-lymphocyte cytotoxicity and proliferation directed by a single chimeric TCRzeta /CD28 receptorJohn Maher
Department of Human Genetics/Medicine, Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory, and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Nat Biotechnol 20:70-5. 2002..These findings have important implications for adoptive immunotherapy of cancer, especially in the context of tumor cells that fail to express major histocompatibility complex antigens and co-stimulatory molecules...
Generation of transgene-free human induced pluripotent stem cells with an excisable single polycistronic vectorEirini P Papapetrou
Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Nat Protoc 6:1251-73. 2011..Vector-excised iPSC lines maintain all characteristics of pluripotency. This protocol can be used to efficiently derive transgene-free iPSCs from many different starting cell types in approximately 12-14 weeks...
An in vivo platform for tumor biomarker assessmentElliot L Servais
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e26722. 2011..This in vivo platform demonstrates the advantages of a validated mouse model for the timely and cost-effective acceleration of human biomarker translational research...
Chronic inflammation in tumor stroma is an independent predictor of prolonged survival in epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma patientsKei Suzuki
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
Cancer Immunol Immunother 60:1721-8. 2011....
Highly efficient neural conversion of human ES and iPS cells by dual inhibition of SMAD signalingStuart M Chambers
Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, 1275 York Ave, New York, New York 10065, USA
Nat Biotechnol 27:275-80. 2009..Noggin/SB431542-based neural induction should facilitate the use of hES and hiPS cells in regenerative medicine and disease modeling and obviate the need for protocols based on stromal feeders or embryoid bodies...
A genetic strategy for single and combinatorial analysis of miRNA function in mammalian hematopoietic stem cellsEirini P Papapetrou
Center for Cell Engineering Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
Stem Cells 28:287-96. 2010..The strategy described herein will prove useful in functional miRNA studies in mammalian hematopoietic stem cells...
Ligand binding to inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptors induce colocalization with Src homology domain 2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 1 and interruption of ongoing activation signalsYatin M Vyas
Department of Pediatrics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Immunol 173:1571-8. 2004..These results indicate that the outcome of NK cell-target cell interactions is dictated by early quantitative differences in cumulative activating and inhibitory signals...
Globin gene transfer for the treatment of severe hemoglobinopathies: a paradigm for stem cell-based gene therapyMichel Sadelain
Department of Human Genetics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Gene Med 4:113-21. 2002..This article addresses basic issues in stem cell-based gene therapy from the perspective of regulating transgene expression, taking globin gene transfer for the treatment of severe hemoglobinopathies as a paradigm...
Recent advances in globin gene transfer for the treatment of beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anemiaMichel Sadelain
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
Curr Opin Hematol 13:142-8. 2006....
Therapeutic options for patients with severe beta-thalassemia: the need for globin gene therapyMichel Sadelain
Gene Transfer and Gene Expression Laboratory, Department of Medicine and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Hum Gene Ther 18:1-9. 2007
Rapid expansion of cytomegalovirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes by artificial antigen-presenting cells expressing a single HLA alleleGenovefa A Papanicolaou
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Blood 102:2498-505. 2003..Furthermore, the CTL expansion obtained with AAPCs encoding full-length pp65 indicates that AAPCs may be used to present known as well as unknown CTL epitopes in the context of the AAPC's HLA...
The genetic engineering of hematopoietic stem cells: the rise of lentiviral vectors, the conundrum of the ltr, and the promise of lineage-restricted vectorsAlex H Chang
Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Gene Expression, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Mol Ther 15:445-56. 2007....
Cutting Edge: CD28 controls dominant regulatory T cell activity during active immunizationClay Lyddane
Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Immunol 176:3306-10. 2006..Immunization with adjuvant abrogates regulatory dominance, reducing overall Foxp3 expression in a CD28-dependent manner. We conclude that CD28 licenses active immunization by regulating Ag-induced immunoregulation...
Supplying clotting factors from hematopoietic stem cell-derived erythroid and megakaryocytic lineage cellsMichel Sadelain
Center for Cell Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
Mol Ther 17:1994-9. 2009..These early but promising studies raise the prospect of further developing these strategies for clinical investigation...
Eradication of systemic B-cell tumors by genetically targeted human T lymphocytes co-stimulated by CD80 and interleukin-15Renier J Brentjens
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Nat Med 9:279-86. 2003..In addition, transduced T cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) effectively lyse autologous tumor cells. These findings strongly support the clinical feasibility of this therapeutic strategy...
Safe harbours for the integration of new DNA in the human genomeMichel Sadelain
Center for Cell Engineering, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA
Nat Rev Cancer 12:51-8. 2012..In this Opinion article, we discuss 'genomic safe harbours' - chromosomal locations where therapeutic transgenes can integrate and function in a predictable manner without perturbing endogenous gene activity and promoting cancer...
Immune responses and immunotherapeutic interventions in malignant pleural mesotheliomaAdam J Bograd
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10065, USA
Cancer Immunol Immunother 60:1509-27. 2011..Herein, we review the immune responses vital to the development and progression of MPM, as well as assess the role of immunomodulatory therapies, highlighting recent pre-clinical and clinical immunotherapy investigations...
Conserved vertebrate mir-451 provides a platform for Dicer-independent, Ago2-mediated microRNA biogenesisJr Shiuan Yang
Department of Developmental Biology, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:15163-8. 2010..Beyond the demonstration of an alternative strategy to direct gene silencing, these observations open the way for transgenic rescue of Dicer conditional knockouts...
Limited proliferation and telomere dysfunction following telomerase inhibition in immortal murine fibroblastsJessica Boklan
James Ewing Laboratory of Developmental Hematopoiesis, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Cancer Res 62:2104-14. 2002..Moreover, the murine model used here should prove useful in further evaluating telomerase inhibition as an anticancer therapy...
Production of clinical-grade plasmid DNA for human Phase I clinical trials and large animal clinical studiesMark Przybylowski
Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Facility, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Vaccine 25:5013-24. 2007..We have therefore developed a reproducible and cost effective process to manufacture clinical-grade plasmid DNA. This process can be adapted by other academic centers for human or large animal clinical trials...
Sturm und drang over suicidal lymphocytesMichel Sadelain
The Gene Transfer and Somatic Cell Engineering Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
Mol Ther 5:655-7. 2002
T-cell engineering for cancer immunotherapyMichel Sadelain
Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
Cancer J 15:451-5. 2009....
Targeting tumours with genetically enhanced T lymphocytesMichel Sadelain
Department of Medicine and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Rev Cancer 3:35-45. 2003..Genetically modified T cells are therefore proving to be of great value for basic immunology and experimental immunotherapy...
Somatic cell engineering and the immunotherapy of leukemias and lymphomasRenier J Brentjens
Department of Medicine and Clinical Laboratories, Leukemia Service Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Adv Pharmacol 51:347-70. 2004
Development of a new reporter gene system--dsRed/xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase-xanthine for molecular imaging of processes behind the intact blood-brain barrierMikhail Doubrovin
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 513, New York, NY 10021, USA
Mol Imaging 2:93-112. 2003..quot; Therefore, the novel dsRed/XPRT fusion gene can be used as a multimodality reporter system in the biological applications requiring two independent reporter genes, including the cells located behind the BBB...
Stem cell-derived erythroid cells mediate long-term systemic protein deliveryAlex H Chang
Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Gene Expression, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Nat Biotechnol 24:1017-21. 2006....
Fulminant experimental autoimmune encephalo-myelitis induced by retrovirally mediated TCR gene transferAmy L Stolzer
The Laboratory of T cell Immunobiology, Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Eur J Immunol 35:1822-30. 2005..Therefore, retroviral TCR delivery into the bone marrow supports the development of T cells into fully functional effector cells...
Tumor immunotherapy across MHC barriers using allogeneic T-cell precursorsJohannes L Zakrzewski
Department Immunology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA
Nat Biotechnol 26:453-61. 2008..We conclude that ex vivo generated MHC-disparate T-cell precursors from any donor can be used universally for 'off-the-shelf' immunotherapy, and can be further enhanced by genetic engineering for targeted immunotherapy...
Long-term survival of dogs with advanced malignant melanoma after DNA vaccination with xenogeneic human tyrosinase: a phase I trialPhilip J Bergman
Donaldson Atwood Cancer Clinic and Flaherty Comparative Oncology Laboratory, The E and M Bobst Hospital of the Animal Medical Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
Clin Cancer Res 9:1284-90. 2003..These studies provided the rationale for a trial of xenogeneic DNA vaccination in CMM using the human tyrosinase gene...
Frequency of missense mutations in the coding region of a eukaryotic gene transferred by retroviral vectorsMaria De Angioletti
Department of Human Genetics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
J Virol 76:1991-4. 2002..4 x 10(-5) per base pair per replication cycle. Mutations in the transferred gene can thus contribute to the impairment of the effectiveness of retrovirus-mediated gene transfer...
Intercellular transfer of P-glycoprotein mediates acquired multidrug resistance in tumor cellsAndre Levchenko
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:1933-8. 2005..These findings have important implications for proteomic analyses in tumor samples and resistance to cancer therapy...
Fetal gene therapy of alpha-thalassemia in a mouse modelXiao Dong Han
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Institute of Human Genetics and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:9007-11. 2007....
American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) ad hoc subcommittee on retroviral-mediated gene transfer to hematopoietic stem cellsDonald B Kohn
Mol Ther 8:180-7. 2003
Towards the genetic treatment of beta-thalassemia: new disease models, new vectors, new cellsPaolo Moi
Haematologica 93:325-30. 2008
Therapeutic globin gene delivery using lentiviral vectorsStefano Rivella
Curr Opin Mol Ther 4:505-14. 2002..Here, we review the advantages afforded by lentivirus-mediated globin gene transfer and recent studies based on this strategy...
Occurrence of leukaemia following gene therapy of X-linked SCIDDonald B Kohn
Division of Research Immunology BMT, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
Nat Rev Cancer 3:477-88. 2003..What were the causes of this cancer, and how can the therapeutic benefits of gene therapy be achieved while minimizing risk to the patient?..
A "vector drain" in US gene therapy development?Michel Sadelain
Mol Ther 16:801-2. 2008
Busulfan pharmacokinetics, toxicity, and low-dose conditioning for autologous transplantation of genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells in the rhesus macaque modelElizabeth M Kang
Laboratory of Host Defense, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Exp Hematol 34:132-9. 2006....
