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Professor Phil Darcy is currently a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. His laboratory focuses on developing novel T cell based immunotherapy approaches for cancer in preclinical mouse models and translating this into patients. Specifically, he is focused on the development of gene modified mouse and human T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that can effectively target and eradicate cancer in mice. A Phase I clinical trial leading from this work was recently completed at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia which represented a first in Australia using this approach and another trial using this approach in non-small cell lung carcinoma patients is underway. His laboratory is also focused on development of combined immune based therapies for cancer.
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Research area keywords
- Cancer immunology
- T-cell
- Clinical translation
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Developing novel CAR T cell therapy approaches to treat prostate cancer
Taylor, R., Porter, L., Trapani, J., Darcy, P., Neeson, P. J., Risbridger, G., Risbridger, G., Solomon, B. J., Azad, A. & Furic, L.
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Targeting Immune Checkpoints In Obesity-Driven HCC
Wiede, F., Tiganis, T., Darcy, P., Johnstone, R. W., McLean, C. & Febbraio, M.
1/07/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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PTP1B Is an Intracellular Checkpoint that Limits T-cell and CAR T-cell Antitumor Immunity
Wiede, F., Lu, K-H., Du, X., Zeissig, M. N., Xu, R., Goh, P. K., Xirouchaki, C. E., Hogarth, S. J., Greatorex, S., Sek, K., Daly, R. J., Beavis, P. A., Darcy, P. K., Tonks, N. K. & Tiganis, T., 1 Mar 2022, In: Cancer Discovery. 12, 3, p. 752-773 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access28 Citations (Scopus) -
CRISPR/Cas9 mediated deletion of the adenosine A2A receptor enhances CAR T cell efficacy
Giuffrida, L., Sek, K., Henderson, M. A., Lai, J., Chen, A. X. Y., Meyran, D., Todd, K. L., Petley, E. V., Mardiana, S., Mølck, C., Stewart, G. D., Solomon, B. J., Parish, I. A., Neeson, P. J., Harrison, S. J., Kats, L. M., House, I. G., Darcy, P. K. & Beavis, P. A., Dec 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 18 p., 3236.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access68 Citations (Scopus) -
MAIT cells regulate NK cell-mediated tumor immunity
Petley, E. V., Koay, H. F., Henderson, M. A., Sek, K., Todd, K. L., Keam, S. P., Lai, J., House, I. G., Li, J., Zethoven, M., Chen, A. X. Y., Oliver, A. J., Michie, J., Freeman, A. J., Giuffrida, L., Chan, J. D., Pizzolla, A., Mak, J. Y. W., McCulloch, T. R., Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, F., & 11 others, 6 Aug 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, 15 p., 4746.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access31 Citations (Scopus) -
PTPN2 phosphatase deletion in T cells promotes anti-tumour immunity and CAR T-cell efficacy in solid tumours
Wiede, F., Lu, K-H., Du, X., Liang, S., Hochheiser, K., Dodd, G. T., Goh, P. K., Kearney, C., Meyran, D., Beavis, P. A., Henderson, M. A., Park, S. L., Waithman, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, Z. Y., Oliaro, J., Gebhardt, T., Darcy, P. K. & Tiganis, T., 15 Jan 2020, In: The EMBO Journal. 39, 2, 26 p., e103637.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Antagonism of IAPs enhances CAR T-cell efficacy
Michie, J., Beavis, P. A., Freeman, A. J., Vervoort, S. J., Ramsbottom, K. M., Narasimhan, V., Lelliott, E. J., Lalaoui, N., Ramsay, R. G., Johnstone, R. W., Silke, J., Darcy, P. K., Voskoboinik, I., Kearney, C. J. & Oliaro, J., Feb 2019, In: Cancer Immunology Research. 7, 2, p. 183-192 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
49 Citations (Scopus)