PMID- 34724715 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220406 LR - 20240404 IS - 2157-6580 (Electronic) IS - 2157-6564 (Print) IS - 2157-6564 (Linking) VI - 10 Suppl 2 IP - Suppl 2 DP - 2021 Nov TI - CAR-NK cells from engineered pluripotent stem cells: Off-the-shelf therapeutics for all patients. PG - S10-S17 LID - 10.1002/sctm.21-0135 [doi] AB - Clinical success of adoptive cell therapy with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells for treating hematological malignancies has revolutionized the field of cellular immunotherapy. However, due to the nature of utilizing autologous T cells, affordability and availability are major hurdles, in addition to scientific challenges relating to CAR-T therapy optimization. Natural killer (NK) cell is a specialized immune effector cell type that recognizes and kills targets without human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restriction and prior sensitization. CAR-NK cells do not cause graft vs host disease and can be obtained from unrelated donors as well as pluripotent stem cells (PSC), representing an ideal off-the-shelf therapeutics readily available for patients. Furthermore, unlike cytotoxic T cells, NK cells specifically target and eliminate cancer stem cells, which are the cells causing relapse and metastasis. PSCs can be genetically manipulated and engineered with CARs at the pluripotent stage, which allows the establishment of permanent, stable, and clonal PSC-CAR lines for the manufacture of unlimited homogenous CAR-NK cells. Multiple master PSC-CAR cell banks targeting a variety of antigens for cancer, viral infection, and autoimmune diseases provide inexhaustible cell sources for all patients. Development of a next-generation 3D bioreactor platform for PSC expansion and NK cell production overcomes major barriers related to cost and scalability for CAR-NK product. CI - (c) 2021 Hebecell Corp. STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of AlphaMed Press. FAU - Lu, Shi-Jiang AU - Lu SJ AD - HebeCell Corporation, Natick, Massachusetts, USA. FAU - Feng, Qiang AU - Feng Q AD - HebeCell Corporation, Natick, Massachusetts, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Stem Cells Transl Med JT - Stem cells translational medicine JID - 101578022 RN - 0 (Receptors, Chimeric Antigen) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive MH - Killer Cells, Natural MH - *Neoplasms/therapy MH - *Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism MH - *Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC8560199 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CAR-NK OT - CAR-T OT - cellular immunotherapy OT - off-the-shelf therapeutics OT - pluripotent stem cells COIS- S.J.L. is the co-founder and chief executive officer and Q.F. is the co-founder and chief scientific officer of HebeCell Corporation. Both S.J.L. and Q.F. declare employment and stock ownership at HebeCell Corporation. EDAT- 2021/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/07 06:00 PMCR- 2021/11/01 CRDT- 2021/11/01 20:05 PHST- 2021/05/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/01 20:05 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - SCT312976 [pii] AID - 10.1002/sctm.21-0135 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stem Cells Transl Med. 2021 Nov;10 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S10-S17. doi: 10.1002/sctm.21-0135.