University of Kansas

The Childrens' Mercy Hospital

John Szarejko

Thomas Yankee

Amara Seng

Mary Markiewicz

Ryan Fischer

Cell therapy compositions comprising engineered human regulatory T cells (eTregs) characterized by ectopic overexpression of FOXP3 and Helios protein, produced via introduction of separate nucleic acid constructs respectively encoding FOXP3 and Helios (FOXP3+Helios+ eTregs). Cell therapy compositions comprising mixed populations of CD4+ and CD8+ Treg cells each with ectopic overexpression of FOXP3 and Helios. Methods of making and use the same for therapies involving inflammation and/or a disorder of the immune system.

Engineered regulatory T cells

The present disclosure generally relates to chimeric antigen receptors, more specifically to chimeric antigen receptor compositions and methods for use of the same. The present disclosure also provides for nucleic acid molecules and expression vectors for making and using the chimeric antigen receptors and for co-receptor signaling using such chimeric antigen receptors. The present disclosure also provides methods of treatment using such compositions. The chimeric antigen receptors of the present disclosure interact with the endogenous T-cell receptor complex enabling physiological control of signaling and T-cell response and can be combined with ligands such as co-stimulatory ligands for further controlling and influencing T-cell activation and response.

Eliminating MHC restriction from the T cell receptor as a strategy for immunotherapy

Cell therapy compositions comprising engineered human regulatory T cells (eTregs) characterized by ectopic overexpression of FOXP3 and Helios protein, produced via introduction of separate nucleic acid constructs respectively encoding FOXP3 and Helios (FOXP3+Helios+eTregs). Cell therapy compositions comprising mixed populations of CD4+ and CD8+ Treg cells each with ectopic overexpression of FOXP3 and Helios. Methods of making and use the same for therapies involving inflammation and/or a disorder of the immune system.

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John Szarejko