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Bhamini Purandare

R&D Systems (United States)

Publishes on CAR-T cell therapy research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses. 23 papers and 582 citations.

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Non-viral precision T cell receptor replacement for personalized cell therapy
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. Here we developed a clinical-grade approach based on CRISPR-Cas9 non-viral precision genome-editing to simultaneously knockout the two endogenous TCR genes TRAC (which encodes TCRα) and TRBC (which encodes TCRβ). We also inserted into the TRAC locus two chains of a neoantigen-specific TCR (neoTCR) isolated from circulating T cells of patients. The neoTCRs were isolated using a personalized library of soluble predicted neoantigen-HLA capture reagents. Sixteen patients with different refractory solid cancers received up to three distinct neoTCR transgenic cell products. Each product expressed a patient-specific neoTCR and was administered in a cell-dose-escalation, first-in-human phase I clinical trial ( NCT03970382 ). One patient had grade 1 cytokine release syndrome and one patient had grade 3 encephalitis. All participants had the expected side effects from the lymphodepleting chemotherapy. Five patients had stable disease and the other eleven had disease progression as the best response on the therapy. neoTCR transgenic T cells were detected in tumour biopsy samples after infusion at frequencies higher than the native TCRs before infusion. This study demonstrates the feasibility of isolating and cloning multiple TCRs that recognize mutational neoantigens. Moreover, simultaneous knockout of the endogenous TCR and knock-in of neoTCRs using single-step, non-viral precision genome-editing are achieved. The manufacture of neoTCR engineered T cells at clinical grade, the safety of infusing up to three gene-edited neoTCR T cell products and the ability of the transgenic T cells to traffic to the tumours of patients are also demonstrated.

Temporal HLA Profiling and Immunomodulatory Effects of Human Adult Bone Marrow- and Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Bhamini Purandare, Takele Teklemariam, Longmei Zhao et al.|Regenerative Medicine|2013
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AIM: To investigate the temporal HLA expression profile and immunomodulatory function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) during in vitro expansion. MATERIALS & METHODS: Adult bone marrow-derived MSCs (BMSCs) and adipose-derived MSCs (AMSCs) were cultured and HLA class I and II mRNA expression were investigated during serial expansion using semiquantitative reverse-transcription PCR. The immunomodulatory properties of MSCs were monitored using peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proliferation and cytotoxicity assays. RESULTS: Semiquantitative reverse-transcription PCR revealed that classical HLA class I molecules were highly expressed in MSCs and remained relatively stable during extended culture. Variable expression levels of HLA class II molecules were detected in both BMSCs and AMSCs across passages. AMSCs were more resistant to PBMC-mediated cytotoxicity and suppressed PBMC proliferation more than BMSCs, although the effect was diminished with increasing passage. CONCLUSION: These findings provide insight regarding the relationship between MSC passage number and MSC immunosuppressive properties and suggest that AMSCs hold advantages over BMSCs for immunomodulatory therapeutic purposes.