Application of adoptive cell therapy in malignant melanoma

Abstract Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers originating from skin pigment cells. Patients with advanced melanoma suffer a poor prognosis and generally cannot benefit well from surgical resection and chemo/target therapy due to metastasis and drug resistance. Thus, adoptive...

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Main Authors: Qianrong Hu, Jiangying Xuan, Lu Wang, Kangjie Shen, Zixu Gao, Yuhong Zhou, Chuanyuan Wei, Jianying Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-01-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-025-06093-2
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Summary:Abstract Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers originating from skin pigment cells. Patients with advanced melanoma suffer a poor prognosis and generally cannot benefit well from surgical resection and chemo/target therapy due to metastasis and drug resistance. Thus, adoptive cell therapy (ACT), employing immune cells with specific tumor-recognizing receptors, has emerged as a promising therapeutic approach to display on-tumor toxicity. This review discusses the application, efficacy, limitations, as well as future prospects of four commonly utilized approaches -including tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell, engineered T-cell receptor T cells, and chimeric antigen receptor NK cells- in the context of malignant melanoma.
ISSN:1479-5876