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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2019

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Targeting CD79b Show Efficacy in Lymphoma with or without Cotargeting CD19.

Maria Ormhøj, Irene Scarfò, Maria L Cabral, Stefanie R Bailey, Selena J Lorrey, Amanda A Bouffard, Ana P Castano, Rebecca C Larson, Lauren S Riley, Andrea Schmidts and 11 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Ormhøj *Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Irene Scarfò *Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Maria L CabralCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Stefanie R BaileyCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Selena J LorreyCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Amanda A BouffardCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ana P CastanoCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rebecca C LarsonCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lauren S RileyCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrea SchmidtsCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Bryan D ChoiCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rikke S AndersenDepartment of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Oriane CédileHaematology-Pathology Research Laboratory, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Charlotte G NyvoldHaematology-Pathology Research Laboratory, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Jacob H ChristensenDepartment of Haematology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Morten F GjerstorffDepartment of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Henrik J DitzelDepartment of Cancer and Inflammation Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
David M WeinstockDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Torben BaringtonDepartment of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Matthew J FrigaultCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Marcela V MausCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. mvmaus@mgh.harvard.edu.
Odense University Hospital · DKUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKHarvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Consortium Career Development Program in Clinical OncologyK12CA087723 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI David Tsai Ting · 2002 to 2026
$17.9M
Designer antigen receptors to re-direct T cells to the NY-ESO-1 tumor antigenK08CA166039 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MAUS, MARCELA VALDERRAMA · 2012 to 2016
$747k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA166039NCI NIH HHS K12 CA087723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeT cells engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) against CD19 have recently been FDA approved for the treatment of relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Despite the success and curative potential of CD19 CAR T cells, several reports describing disease relapse due to antigen loss are now emerging. EXPERIMENTAL

designWe developed a novel CAR construct directed against CD79b, a critical receptor for successful B-cell development that remains highly expressed in several subtypes of B-cell lymphoma, including mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). We tested CAR T cells directed against CD79b alone or in combination with CD19 targeting in a single construct, against cell line- and patient-derived xenograft models.

resultsWe demonstrate CAR79b antigen-specific recognition and cytotoxicity against a panel of cell lines and patient-derived xenograft models of MCL. Importantly, we show that downregulation of CD19 does not influence surface expression of CD79b and that anti-CD79b CAR T cells alone or arranged in a dual-targeting format with a CD19 single-chain variable fragment (scFv) are able to recognize and eliminate CD19

conclusionsOur findings demonstrate that CAR T cells targeting CD79b alone or in combination have promise for treating and preventing CD19 antigen escape in B-cell lymphomas.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, CD19ApoptosisCD79 AntigensCell ProliferationHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphocyte ActivationLymphoma, Mantle-CellMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDPrognosisReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesTumor Cells, CulturedAntigens, CD19CD19 molecule, humanCD79 AntigensCD79B protein, humanReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID31439577
PMCPMC6891163
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