Disclosed herein are chimeric antigen receptor effector cells (CAR-ECs) and CAR-EC switches. The switchable CAR-ECs are generally T cells. The one or more chimeric antigen receptors may recognize a peptidic antigen on the CAR-EC switch. The CAR-ECs and switches may be used for the treatment of a condition in a subject in need thereof.

The present disclosure provides an automated method of producing genetically modified immune cells, including chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells, utilizing a fully-enclosed cell engineering system.

Provided herein are engineered lymphocytes which overexpress one or more anti-phagocytic signaling proteins, and methods of using same to induce an immune response against cancer cells by inhibiting immune clearance of the engineered T cells. Also provided is a method of depleting engineered T cells in a subject by administering to the subject an agent that inhibits the activity of one or more anti-phagocytic signaling proteins expressed by the engineered T cells.

Provided herein are novel compositions enriched in gdT cells with high therapeutic potential. Methods to produce such compositions and methods of uses thereof in adoptive immunotherapies are also provided.

Provided herein are, among other things, methods for treating a patient suffering from a HER2+ cancer.

The present invention relates to a first antigen-binding molecule, a second antigen-binding molecule, and a combination thereof. The second antigen-binding molecule binds to an antigen/antigen-binding molecule complex containing a first antigen and the first antigen-binding molecule, and enhances the binding activity of the first antigen-binding molecule to the first antigen.

The present invention provides a universal, yet adaptable, anti-tag chimeric antigen receptor (AT-CAR) system which provides T cells with the ability and specificity to recognize and kill target cells, such as tumor cells, that have been marked by tagged antibodies. As an example, ?FITC-CAR-expressing T cells have been developed that specifically recognize various human cancer cells when those cells are bound by cancer-reactive FITC-labeled antibodies. The activation of ?FITC-CAR-expressing T cells is shown to induce efficient target lysis, T cell proliferation, and cytokine/chemokine production. The system can be used to treating subjects having cancer.

The present disclosure generally relates to, among other things, a new class of receptors engineered to modulate transcriptional regulation in a ligand-dependent manner. In particular, the new receptors contain a heterologous stop-transfer-sequence and a ?-secretase cleavable transmembrane domain. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods useful for producing such receptors, nucleic acids encoding same, host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids, as well as methods for modulating an activity of a cell and/or for the treatment of various diseases such as cancers.

The present invention relates to pseudotyped retrovirus-like particles or retroviral vectors comprising both engineered envelope glycoproteins derived from a virus of the Paramyxoviridae family fused to a cell targeting domain and fused to a functional domain. The present invention also relates to the use of said pseudotyped retrovirus-like particles or retroviral vectors to selectively modulate the activity of specific subsets of cells, in particular of specific immune cells. These pseudotyped retrovirus-like particles or retroviral vectors are particularly useful for gene therapy, immune therapy and/or vaccination.

The disclosure provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a modified hinge, transmembrane and/or intracellular domain disclosed herein. Some aspects of the disclosure relate to a polynucleotide encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising the costimulatory domain disclosed herein. Other aspects of the disclosure relate to cells comprising the CAR and use in a T cell therapy.