PMID- 22641678 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120807 LR - 20120529 IS - 1791-7530 (Electronic) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 6 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Functional design of chimeric T-cell antigen receptors for adoptive immunotherapy of cancer: architecture and outcomes. PG - 2377-83 AB - Adoptive immunotherapy using genetically modified T-cells with a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) is a promising modality for cancer treatment, because the CAR-grafted T-cells can directly recognize and kill tumor cells, expressing a specific tumor-associated antigen (TAA), in a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-independent manner. Optimal molecular designs of the CAR and a careful choice of the target TAA are requisite to attain a significant response in CAR-mediated therapy. This review provides a brief overview of the past studies and the present state of CAR research, especially focusing on the development of the CAR protein architecture. FAU - Shirasu, Naoto AU - Shirasu N AD - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. shirasu@fukuoka-u.ac.jp FAU - Kuroki, Masahide AU - Kuroki M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/*immunology MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis/chemistry/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive/*methods MH - Neoplasms/*therapy MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/chemistry/immunology/*therapeutic use MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/immunology/therapeutic use MH - T-Lymphocytes/*transplantation EDAT- 2012/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/08 06:00 CRDT- 2012/05/30 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 32/6/2377 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2012 Jun;32(6):2377-83.