T cell receptor-deficient T cell compositions
AssigneeTrustees of Dartmouth College
InventorCharles L. Sentman
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Abstract
The invention is directed to modified T cells, methods of making and using isolated, modified T cells, and methods of using these isolated, modified T cells to address diseases and disorders. In one embodiment, this invention broadly relates to TCR-deficient T cells, isolated populations thereof, and compositions comprising the same. In another embodiment of the invention, these TCR-deficient T cells are designed to express a functional non-TCR receptor. The invention also pertains to methods of making said TCR-deficient T cells, and methods of reducing or ameliorating, or preventing or treating, diseases and disorders using said TCR-deficient T cells, populations thereof, or compositions comprising the same.
Claims15
A method of treating infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a composition suitable for use in human therapy comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated modified primary human T cell, which is derived from a primary human T cell isolated from a human donor, that:
- (i) is modified to functionally impair or to reduce expression of the endogenous T cell receptor (TCR), and (ii) is further modified to express at least one functional exogenous non-TCR that comprises a chimeric receptor comprising a pathogen-associated receptor ligand binding domain attached to a signaling domain, wherein said modified primary human T cell is suitable for use in human therapy, and further wherein the isolated primary human T cell modified as in (i) and (ii) elicits no or a reduced GVHD response in a histoincompatible human recipient as compared to the GVHD response elicited by a primary human T cell isolated from the same human donor that is only modified as in (ii).
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