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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2018

Characterization of clinical grade CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells produced using automated CliniMACS Prodigy system.

Wei Zhang, Kimberly R Jordan, Brian Schulte, Enkhtsetseg Purev

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei ZhangDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, enkhtsetseg.purev@ucdenver.edu.
Kimberly R JordanDivision of Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Brian SchulteDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Enkhtsetseg PurevDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, enkhtsetseg.purev@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is highly effective for treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with high rate complete responses. However, the broad clinical application of CAR T-cell therapy has been challenging, largely due to the lack of widespread ability to produce and high cost of CAR T-cell products using traditional methods of production. Automated cell processing in a closed system has emerged as a potential method to increase the feasibility of producing CAR T cells locally at academic centers due to its minimal reliance on experienced labor, thereby making the process less expensive and more consistent than traditional methods of production.

methodIn this study, we describe the successful production of clinical grade CD19 CAR T cells using the Miltenyi CliniMACS Prodigy Automated Cell Processor at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in a rapid manner with a high frequent CD19 CAR expression.

resultsThe final CAR T-cell product is highly active, low in immune suppression, and absent in exhaustion. Full panel cytokine assays also showed elevated production of Th1 cytokines upon IL-2 stimulation when specifically killing CD19+ target cells.

conclusionThese results demonstrate the feasibility of producing CAR T cells locally in a university hospital setting using automated cell processor for future clinical applications.

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Antigens, CD19AutomationCytokinesHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphoma, Non-HodgkinPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAntigens, CD19CytokinesReceptors, Chimeric Antigenactivation statusautomated decentralized cell productionCD19chimeric antigen receptorcytokine panelimmunophenotype

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PMID30323566
PMCPMC6181073
OpenAlexW2895040177

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