AUTHOR=Rao Padmashree , Furst Liam , Meyran Deborah , Mayoh Chelsea , Neeson Paul J. , Terry Rachael , Khuong-Quang Dong-Anh , Mantamadiotis Theo , Ekert Paul G. TITLE=Advances in CAR T cell immunotherapy for paediatric brain tumours JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology VOLUME=12 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.873722 DOI=10.3389/fonc.2022.873722 ISSN=2234-943X ABSTRACT=

Brain tumours are the most common solid tumour in children and the leading cause of cancer related death in children. Current treatments include surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The need for aggressive treatment means many survivors are left with permanent severe disability, physical, intellectual and social. Recent progress in immunotherapy, including genetically engineered T cells with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for treating cancer, may provide new avenues to improved outcomes for patients with paediatric brain cancer. In this review we discuss advances in CAR T cell immunotherapy, the major CAR T cell targets that are in clinical and pre-clinical development with a focus on paediatric brain tumours, the paediatric brain tumour microenvironment and strategies used to improve CAR T cell therapy for paediatric tumours.