Methods and compositions for enhancing the therapeutic effect of anti-tumor T cells
AssigneeThe Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
InventorsHui Hu, Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, Tom-Li Stephen
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Abstract
Compositions, e.g., therapeutic agents, and methods are provided for modulating gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1). The therapeutic agents include short nucleic acid molecules that modulate gene and protein expression of Forkhead Box protein 1 (Foxp1) expression, viral vectors containing such molecules, T cells transduced with these viruses for adoptive therapies, and any small molecules that bind to and inactivate Foxp1. These compounds and methods have applications in cancer therapy either alone or in combination with other therapies that stimulate the endogenous immune system in the environment of the cancer, e.g., tumor.
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A method of treating a cancer or enhancing an anti-tumor response in a subject having a cancer characterized by a solid tumor comprising:
- administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic reagent comprising a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) SEQ ID NO:
- 5 that inhibits or down-regulates the expression of Foxp1 in tumor-reactive T cells.
A method of treating a cancer or enhancing an anti-tumor response in a subject having a cancer characterized by a solid tumor comprising:
- administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic reagent comprising a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) SEQ ID NO:
- 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, and 50 that inhibits or down-regulates the expression of Foxp1 in tumor-reactive T cells.
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