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ArticleCancer immunology research2018

High-Affinity GD2-Specific CAR T Cells Induce Fatal Encephalitis in a Preclinical Neuroblastoma Model.

Sarah A Richman, Selene Nunez-Cruz, Babak Moghimi, Lucy Z Li, Zachary T Gershenson, Zissimos Mourelatos, David M Barrett, Stephan A Grupp, Michael C Milone

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Article in Cancer immunology research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 173 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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173citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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173 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 254 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. D3-GPC2-Directed CAR T Cells Are Safe and Efficacious in Preclinical Models of Neuroblastoma and Small Cell Lung Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah A RichmanDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Selene Nunez-CruzCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Babak MoghimiDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lucy Z LiCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Zachary T GershensonDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Zissimos MourelatosDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
David M BarrettDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stephan A GruppDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Michael C MiloneCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. milone@mail.med.upenn.edu.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF NORMAL AND NEOPLASTIC LYMPHOCYTEST32CA009140 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Malay Haldar, WARREN S PEAR · 1985 to 2026
$16.1M
CANCER RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009615 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Gregory L Beatty, MICHAEL D HOGARTY · 1988 to 2026
$10.4M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009140NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The GD2 ganglioside, which is abundant on the surface of neuroblastoma cells, is targeted by an FDA-approved therapeutic monoclonal antibody and is an attractive tumor-associated antigen for cellular immunotherapy. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cells can have potent antitumor activity in B-cell malignancies, and trials to harness this cytolytic activity toward GD2 in neuroblastoma are under way. In an effort to enhance the antitumor activity of CAR T cells that target GD2, we generated variant CAR constructs predicted to improve the stability and the affinity of the GD2-binding, 14G2a-based, single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the CAR and compared their properties

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Immunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsCD3 ComplexCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDisease Models, AnimalEncephalitisGangliosidesGene OrderGenetic VectorsHumansMiceNeuroblastomaReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCD3 antigen, zeta chainCD3 Complexganglioside, GD2GangliosidesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenSingle-Chain AntibodiesTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9

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PMID29180536
PMCPMC6004321
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