The roles of stem cell memory T cells in hematological malignancies

J Hematol Oncol. 2015 Oct 14:8:113. doi: 10.1186/s13045-015-0214-5.

Abstract

Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) is rapidly migrating from bench to clinical therapy for hematological malignancies. Recently, a new subtype of memory T cells, stem cell memory T (TSCM) cells, was shown to be one of the most favorable subsets for ACT. TSCM has high self-renewal capacity and is associated with superior T cell engraftment, persistence, and antitumor immunity. In this review, we focused on the characteristics of antigen-specific TSCM cells and discussed their potential for immunotherapy targeting hematological malignancies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cell Differentiation / immunology
  • Hematologic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Hematologic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Memory / immunology
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Immunotherapy, Adoptive / methods*
  • Models, Immunological
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / transplantation*