PMID- 35063813 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20231019 IS - 1936-5233 (Print) IS - 1936-5233 (Electronic) IS - 1936-5233 (Linking) VI - 17 DP - 2022 Mar TI - iNKT: A new avenue for CAR-based cancer immunotherapy. PG - 101342 LID - S1936-5233(22)00004-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tranon.2022.101342 [doi] LID - 101342 AB - Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell is a T lymphocyte-based immunotherapy, which achieves great successes in treating blood malignancies and provides new hope to cue advanced cancer patients. Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a kind of special T lymphocytes characterized by expressing invariant TCR of Valpha24Vbeta11 to recognize CD1d-presented glycolipid antigens, which bridge innate and adaptive immune responses. iNKT cells themselves show strong anti-tumor effect in tumor models via CD1d-mediated killing of CD1d-positive tumor cells and immunosuppressive TAMs and MDSCs, and are closely related to the prognosis of cancer patients. iNKT cells are not restricted to polymorphic human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and can prevent Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD), which makes it to be an ideal CAR vector for allogeneic therapy. Although CAR-iNKT was developed and verified by several different teams and attracts more and more attentions, many obstacles are still needed to be resolved before obtaining CAR-iNKT therapeutics. In this review, we summarized the current status of clinical application of iNKT cells and the latest achievements of CAR-iNKT cells, which provides new insight in CAR-iNKT development and usages. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Liu, Yilin AU - Liu Y AD - Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China. FAU - Wang, Gang AU - Wang G AD - Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Center of Clinical Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy, Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China. FAU - Chai, Dafei AU - Chai D AD - Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Center of Clinical Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy, Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China. FAU - Dang, Yuanyuan AU - Dang Y AD - Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China. FAU - Zheng, Junnian AU - Zheng J AD - Center of Clinical Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy, Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China. Electronic address: jnzheng@xzhmu.edu.cn. FAU - Li, Huizhong AU - Li H AD - Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Center of Clinical Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China; Jiangsu Center for the Collaboration and Innovation of Cancer Biotherapy, Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China. Electronic address: lhz@xzhmu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220118 PL - United States TA - Transl Oncol JT - Translational oncology JID - 101472619 PMC - PMC8784340 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer immunotherapy OT - Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) OT - Cytokines OT - Invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells COIS- The authors confirm that there are no potential conflict of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2022/01/23 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/23 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/18 CRDT- 2022/01/22 05:39 PHST- 2022/01/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/22 05:39 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1936-5233(22)00004-3 [pii] AID - 101342 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tranon.2022.101342 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Transl Oncol. 2022 Mar;17:101342. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2022.101342. Epub 2022 Jan 18.