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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2019

Dynamic Profiling of Antitumor Activity of CAR T Cells Using Micropatterned Tumor Arrays.

Xiao Wang, Irene Scarfò, Andrea Schmidts, Mehmet Toner, Marcela V Maus, Daniel Irimia

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Imaging the fate of CAR-T cellsFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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  9. Car T Cells in Solid Tumors: Overcoming Obstacles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  18. Organ-on-a-Chip: A New Paradigm for Drug Development.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xiao WangBioMEMS Resource Center Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02114 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4464-9376
Irene ScarfòHarvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5545-3248
Andrea SchmidtsHarvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA.
Mehmet TonerBioMEMS Resource Center Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02114 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3647-3665
Marcela V MausHarvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA.
Daniel IrimiaBioMEMS Resource Center Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02114 USA.

Funding

Neutrophil Decision Making in Confined Environments in Health and DiseaseR01GM092804 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL · 2010 to 2022
$4.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy based on the engineering of chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) on T cells has emerged as one of the most promising new therapies for patients with B-cell malignancies. Preclinical assessments of essential CAR T cell functions such as trafficking and cytotoxicity are critical for accelerating the development of highly effective therapeutic candidates. However, current tools for evaluating CAR-T functions lack sufficient precision. Here, a micropatterned tumor array (MiTA) is described that enables detailed and dynamic characterization of CAR T cell trafficking toward tumor-cell islands and subsequent killing of tumor cells. It is shown that CAR T cells often merge into large clusters that envelop and kill the tumor cells with high efficiency. Significant differences are also measured between CAR T cells from different donors and between various CAR T cell constructs. Overall, the assay allows for multifaceted, dynamic, high-content evaluation of CAR T trafficking, clustering, and killing and could eventually become a useful tool for immune-oncology research and preclinical assessments of cell-based immunotherapies.

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cancer immunotherapyCAR T cellshigh‐content screening technologymicropatterned cell array

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PMID31832320
PMCPMC6891905

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