Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancer

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy of solid cancer remains below expectations; adding cytokine help through IL-18 has shown remarkable efficacy in first clinical trials. As IL-18 is also a powerful driver of hyperinflammatory conditions, we discuss to what extent unleashing IL-18 is a do...

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Main Authors: Christoph Kessel, Hinrich Abken, Claudia Rossig
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-01-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:https://jitc.bmj.com/content/13/1/e010545.full
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description Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy of solid cancer remains below expectations; adding cytokine help through IL-18 has shown remarkable efficacy in first clinical trials. As IL-18 is also a powerful driver of hyperinflammatory conditions, we discuss to what extent unleashing IL-18 is a double-edged sword in CAR T cell therapies.
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spelling doaj-art-ddca0257b30c436aa70363311d82d38c2025-01-15T04:50:13ZengBMJ Publishing GroupJournal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer2051-14262025-01-0113110.1136/jitc-2024-010545Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancerChristoph Kessel0Hinrich Abken1Claudia Rossig2Translational Inflammation Research, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Münster Faculty of Medicine, Munster, GermanyDivision Genetic Immunotherapy, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Regensburg, GermanyDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children`s Hospital Muenster, Munster, GermanyChimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy of solid cancer remains below expectations; adding cytokine help through IL-18 has shown remarkable efficacy in first clinical trials. As IL-18 is also a powerful driver of hyperinflammatory conditions, we discuss to what extent unleashing IL-18 is a double-edged sword in CAR T cell therapies.https://jitc.bmj.com/content/13/1/e010545.full
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Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
title Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancer
title_full Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancer
title_fullStr Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancer
title_full_unstemmed Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancer
title_short Weal and woe of interleukin-18 in the T cell therapy of cancer
title_sort weal and woe of interleukin 18 in the t cell therapy of cancer
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