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Can Immune Therapy Cure Acute Myeloid Leukemia? 2023

Robert Peter Gale

Centre for Haematology, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW7 2BX, UK. robertpetergale@alumni.ucla.edu.

Although safe and effective immune therapies have been developed in several cancers, this has not been so in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Studies of antibodies to CD33, CD123 and CLL-1 report with unconvincing efficacy and substantial adverse events. Lacking AML-specific target antigens, these approaches using non-specific antigen targets often cause unacceptable bone marrow toxicity and off-target adverse events. Studies of AML incidence in persons with immune deficiency indicate little if any immune surveillance against AML. In contrast, data studies of recipients of haematopoietic cell transplants support an effective allogeneic anti-AML effect associated with graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) and possibly a specific graft-versus-leukaemia (GvL) effect. A special problem in the immune therapy of AML is few neo-antigens compared with solid cancers because of a relatively low mutation frequency. Studies of CAR-T-, CAR-NK-adaptor CAR-T- and allogeneic NK-cells are progressing as are approaches using synthetic biology. Presently, there are no convincing data of efficacy of immune therapy in AML.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007167	Immunotherapy	Manipulation of the host's immune system in treatment of disease. It includes both active and passive immunization as well as immunosuppressive therapy to prevent graft rejection.	Immunotherapies
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000076962	Receptors, Chimeric Antigen	Synthetic cellular receptors that reprogram T-LYMPHOCYTES to selectively bind antigens.	Chimeric Antigen Receptor,Chimeric T-Cell Receptor,Artificial T-Cell Receptors,Chimeric Antigen Receptors,Chimeric Immunoreceptors,Chimeric T-Cell Receptors,Antigen Receptor, Chimeric,Antigen Receptors, Chimeric,Artificial T Cell Receptors,Chimeric T Cell Receptor,Chimeric T Cell Receptors,Immunoreceptors, Chimeric,Receptor, Chimeric Antigen,Receptor, Chimeric T-Cell,Receptors, Artificial T-Cell,Receptors, Chimeric T-Cell,T-Cell Receptor, Chimeric,T-Cell Receptors, Artificial,T-Cell Receptors, Chimeric
D015470	Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute	Clonal expansion of myeloid blasts in bone marrow, blood, and other tissue. Myeloid leukemias develop from changes in cells that normally produce NEUTROPHILS; BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and MONOCYTES.	Leukemia, Myelogenous, Acute,Leukemia, Nonlymphocytic, Acute,Myeloid Leukemia, Acute,Nonlymphocytic Leukemia, Acute,ANLL,Acute Myelogenous Leukemia,Acute Myeloid Leukemia,Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Maturation,Acute Myeloid Leukemia without Maturation,Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous,Leukemia, Acute Myeloid,Leukemia, Myeloblastic, Acute,Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, M1,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, M2,Leukemia, Nonlymphoblastic, Acute,Myeloblastic Leukemia, Acute,Myelocytic Leukemia, Acute,Myelogenous Leukemia, Acute,Myeloid Leukemia, Acute, M1,Myeloid Leukemia, Acute, M2,Nonlymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute,Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia,Acute Myeloblastic Leukemias,Acute Myelocytic Leukemia,Acute Myelocytic Leukemias,Acute Myelogenous Leukemias,Acute Myeloid Leukemias,Acute Nonlymphoblastic Leukemia,Acute Nonlymphoblastic Leukemias,Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia,Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemias,Leukemia, Acute Myeloblastic,Leukemia, Acute Myelocytic,Leukemia, Acute Nonlymphoblastic,Leukemia, Acute Nonlymphocytic,Leukemias, Acute Myeloblastic,Leukemias, Acute Myelocytic,Leukemias, Acute Myelogenous,Leukemias, Acute Myeloid,Leukemias, Acute Nonlymphoblastic,Leukemias, Acute Nonlymphocytic,Myeloblastic Leukemias, Acute,Myelocytic Leukemias, Acute,Myelogenous Leukemias, Acute,Myeloid Leukemias, Acute,Nonlymphoblastic Leukemias, Acute,Nonlymphocytic Leukemias, Acute
D016219	Immunotherapy, Adoptive	Form of adoptive transfer where cells with antitumor activity are transferred to the tumor-bearing host in order to mediate tumor regression. The lymphoid cells commonly used are lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). This is usually considered a form of passive immunotherapy. (From DeVita, et al., Cancer, 1993, pp.305-7, 314)	Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy,Adoptive Immunotherapy,CAR T-Cell Therapy,Cellular Immunotherapy, Adoptive,Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy,Immunotherapy, Adoptive Cellular,Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapies,Adoptive Immunotherapies,CAR T Cell Therapy,CAR T-Cell Therapies,Cellular Immunotherapies, Adoptive,Immunotherapies, Adoptive,Immunotherapies, Adoptive Cellular,T-Cell Therapies, CAR,T-Cell Therapy, CAR,Therapies, CAR T-Cell,Therapy, CAR T-Cell