Caroline Anna Peuker

Dr. Caroline Anna Peuker

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2022 in European Journal of Cancer
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CPCaroline Anna Peuker
Caroline Anna Peuker
SYSarvenaz Yaghobramzi
Sarvenaz Yaghobramzi
CGCorinna Grunert
Corinna Grunert
LKLuisa Keilholz
Luisa Keilholz
EGEnio Gjerga
Enio Gjerga
ABAntonia Busse
Antonia Busse

12 May 2022 in European Journal of Cancer
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SLSerge Leyvraz
Serge Leyvraz
FKFrank Konietschke
Frank Konietschke
CPCaroline Anna Peuker
Caroline Anna Peuker
MSMoritz Schütte
Moritz Schütte
TKThomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler
UKUlrich Keilholz
Ulrich Keilholz

6 April 2022 in Cancers
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CGCorinna Grunert
Corinna Grunert
GWGerald Willimsky
Gerald Willimsky
CPCaroline Anna Peuker
Caroline Anna Peuker
SRSimone Rhein
Simone Rhein
LHLeo Hansmann
Leo Hansmann
ABAntonia Busse
Antonia Busse
(1) Background: Mutation-specific T cell receptor (TCR)-based adoptive T cell therapy represents a truly tumor-specific immunotherapeutic strategy. However, isolating neoepitope-specific TCRs remains a challenge. (2) Methods: We investigated, side by side, different TCR repertoires—patients’ peripheral lymphocytes (PBLs) and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), PBLs of healthy donors, and a humanized mouse model—to isolate neoepitope-specific TCRs against eight neoepitope candidates from a colon cancer and an ovarian cancer patient. Neoepitope candidates were used to stimulate T cells from different repertoires in vitro to generate neoepitope-specific T cells and isolate the specific TCRs. (3) Results: We isolated six TCRs from healthy donors, directed against four neoepitope candidates and one TCR from the murine T cell repertoire. Endogenous processing of one neoepitope, for which we isolated one TCR from both human and mouse-derived repertoires, could be shown. No neoepitope-specific TCR could be generated from the patients’ own repertoire. (4) Conclusion: Our data indicate that successful isolation of neoepitope-specific TCRs depends on various factors such as the heathy donor’s TCR repertoire or the presence of a tumor microenvironment allowing neoepitope-specific immune responses of the host. We show the advantage and feasibility of using healthy donor repertoires and humanized mouse TCR repertoires to generate mutation-specific TCRs with different specificities, especially in a setting when the availability of patient material is limited.