Provided herein is a composition comprising, a cell, comprising nucleic acids encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and one or more of signaling proteins selected from K13-vFLIP, MC159-vFLIP, cFLIP-L, cFLIP-p22, HTLV1-Tax and HTLV2-Tax, wherein the CAR comprises an a) extracellular antigen specific domain, b)a transmembrane domain and c) an intracellular signaling domain comprising an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM); wherein c) is located at the C-terminus of the chimeric receptor. In some embodiments, the CAR further comprises one or more co-stimulatory domains. Also provided herein are methods for treating diseases using the compositions described herein.

Described herein are methods of selecting a treatment for, and optionally treating, a subject who has a tumor and methods for determining is a subject who has a tumor is likely to benefit from an immunotherapy treatment. The methods disclosed herein can include the use of a long non-coding RNA, and/or a ribonucleoprotein, as biomarkers of patient response to immunotherapy treatment, such as an immune checkpoint inhibitor.

The present invention provides chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) and methods of use in the treatment of diseases and disorders.

The present invention relates to cells engineered to express at least one cytokine and at least one antigen which induces the self differentiation of dendritic cell (DC) progenitor cells into functional antigen-presenting induced DC (iDC). Moreover, therapeutic uses of said iDC for regenerating the immune system after transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells are disclosed. Said iDC are also useful for generating mice with a functional endogenously regenerated humanized immune system producing antigen-specific T and B cell responses which can be used as animal models for the study of the human adaptive immune responses.

A chimeric antigen receptor targeting to CD47, its encoding sequence, and its modified immune response cells, and the preparation and application thereof. The present invention constructs a chimeric antigen receptor targeting to CD47 and its modified immune response cells based on the SIRP molecule, and the novel modified immune response cells can effectively target a variety of tumor cells, and can be used to prepare preparations for the treatment of tumors, especially the preparations for inhibiting the expression of CD47-positive tumor cells. The preparation of the modified immune response cells of the target CD47 is easy, and the modified immune response cells of the target CD47 have high killing rate on tumor cells.

Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions for enhancing expansion of immune cells for immunotherapy. In particular embodiments, immune cells, such as T-cells, express a constitutively active cytokine receptor in which the transmembrane and endodomains are able to provide an activating signal separately from any input to the corresponding exodomain to which they are operably linked. In specific embodiments, the transmembrane and endodomain from IL-7R? is utilized with the exodomain of CD34.

The present invention relates to T cell compositions and methods of using the same in the context of therapy and treatment. In particular, the invention provides T cells that are modified (e.g., genetically and/or functionally) to maintain functionality under conditions in which unmodified T cells display exhaustion. Compositions and methods disclosed herein find use in preventing exhaustion of engineered (e.g., chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells) as well as non-engineered T cells thereby enhancing T cell function (e.g., activity against cancer or infectious disease).

Methods for preparing T cell populations useful for a variety of purposes requiring a highly active, long-lived T cell population. The T cell populations are enriched for: nave T cells (TN), memory stem cells (TSCM) and central memory T cells (TCM). These cell populations can be derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by both: 1) depleting unwanted cell populations such as CD14 expressing myeloid cells and CD25 expressing cells; and 2) enriching for CD62L expressing memory and nave T cells.

Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PD-1 antibody and non-specifically amplified and activated T cells, and the use thereof. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises the PD-1 antibody and non-specifically amplified and activated T cells. The two components have a synergistic effect, can inhibit the growth of renal cancer cells and have a killing effect on renal cancer cells.

The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating glioblastoma (GBM) using a 5T4-targeting agent, e.g., a superantigen conjugate comprising an anti-5T4 antibody.