Cytotoxic T lymphocytes for leukemia and lymphoma

Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2014 Dec 5;2014(1):565-9. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2014.1.565. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the recent advances in adoptive T-cell immunotherapies, not only for patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, but also in the autologous setting using T cells early in the disease process for the treatment of the highest-risk patients with leukemias and lymphomas. The particular emphasis is to highlight the role of T-cell therapies for hematologic malignancies using a non-gene-transfer approach to direct specificity, including the clinical use of T-cell therapies for EBV-associated lymphomas and strategies for targeting nonviral lymphoma- and leukemia-associated antigens.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cell Communication / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Leukemia / immunology*
  • Leukemia / therapy
  • Lymphoma / immunology*
  • Lymphoma / therapy
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology*
  • Treatment Outcome