Progress in CRISPR/Cas9 for CAR-T cell therapy of tumors

Abstract

CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology can effectively solve the problem of insufficient source of T cells in chimerical antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) therapy and enhance their anti-tumor abilities by knocking out the genes related to the suppression of T cells activity. The technology can also be used to construct T cells with dual-targeting effect to stop tumor immune escape and inhibit recurrence and drug resistance development during chemotherapy. Compared with the other genetic engineering technologies that have complex processes, multiple genome editing by CRISPR/Cas9 is a technology of efficient and convenient to operate.So it is believed to be valuable and potential target molecules for CAR-T therapy.

Keywords

• car-t cells|crispr/cas9|immunotherapy