Harnessing neoantigen-specific T cells for precision cancer immunotherapy

Several novel personalized therapies focus on targeting neoantigens. Such strategies require the identification of suitable vaccine neoepitopes or neoantigen-specific T cell receptor (TCR) clonotypes. Herein, we discuss a recently published report that describes a combined transcriptional and phenotype signature, NeoTCR, that enables the minimally invasive identification of rare neoantigen-specific TCRs from peripheral blood that might enable more-effective T cell-based therapies against cancer.