Mitochondrial and metabolic pathways regulate nuclear gene expression to control differentiation, stem cell function, and immune response in leukemia

G Egan, DH Khan, JB Lee, S Mirali, L Zhang… - Cancer Discovery, 2021 - AACR
Mitochondria are involved in many biological processes including cellular homeostasis,
energy generation, and apoptosis. Moreover, mitochondrial and metabolic pathways are …

Venetoclax enhances T cell–mediated antileukemic activity by increasing ROS production

JB Lee, DH Khan, R Hurren, M Xu, Y Na… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Abstract Venetoclax, a Bcl-2 inhibitor, in combination with the hypomethylating agent
azacytidine, achieves complete remission with or without count recovery in∼ 70% of …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-art of cellular therapy for acute leukemia

JB Lee, D Vasic, H Kang, KKL Fang… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With recent clinical breakthroughs, immunotherapy has become the fourth pillar of cancer
treatment. Particularly, immune cell-based therapies have been envisioned as a promising …

Allogeneic double-negative CAR-T cells inhibit tumor growth without off-tumor toxicities

D Vasic, JB Lee, Y Leung, I Khatri, Y Na… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The development of autologous chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapies has
revolutionized cancer treatment. Nevertheless, the delivery of CAR-T cell therapy faces …

Cellular immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia: How specific should it be?

JB Lee, B Chen, D Vasic, AD Law, L Zhang - Blood reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Significant improvements in the survival of patients with hematological cancers following
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation provide evidence supporting the potency of immune …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting chemotherapy-resistant leukemia by combining DNT cellular therapy with conventional chemotherapy

B Chen, JB Lee, H Kang, MD Minden… - Journal of experimental & …, 2018 - Springer
Background While conventional chemotherapy is effective at eliminating the bulk of
leukemic cells, chemotherapy resistance in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a prevalent …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting late-stage non-small cell lung cancer with a combination of DNT cellular therapy and PD-1 checkpoint blockade

L Fang, D Ly, S Wang, JB Lee, H Kang, H Xu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Though immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) against PD-1 has shown success in
the treatment of lung cancer, not all patients respond. We have previously shown that …

[HTML][HTML] Human double negative T cells target lung cancer via ligand-dependent mechanisms that can be enhanced by IL-15

J Yao, D Ly, D Dervovic, L Fang, JB Lee… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background The advents of novel immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of
cancer. Adoptive cellular therapies using chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells have …

CRISPR screen identifies genes that sensitize AML cells to double-negative T-cell therapy

F Soares, B Chen, JB Lee, M Ahmed… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains a devastating disease in need of new therapies to
improve patient survival. Targeted adoptive T-cell therapies have achieved impressive …

Developing allogeneic double-negative T cells as a novel off-the-shelf adoptive cellular therapy for cancer

JB Lee, H Kang, L Fang, C D'Souza, O Adeyi… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: To expand clinical-grade healthy donor-derived double-negative T cells (DNT) to a
therapeutically relevant number and characterize their potential to be used as an “off-the …