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ArticleScience advances2021

A nonviral, nonintegrating DNA nanovector platform for the safe, rapid, and persistent manufacture of recombinant T cells.

Matthias Bozza, Alice De Roia, Margareta P Correia, Aileen Berger, Alexandra Tuch, Andreas Schmidt, Inka Zörnig, Dirk Jäger, Patrick Schmidt, Richard P Harbottle

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  6. Genes & diseases · 2025
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  8. Regulatory T Cell-Based Adoptive Cell Therapy in Autoimmunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. [Biomaterials of different sizes for enhanced adoptive cell transfer therapy in solid tumors].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  15. Current Non-Viral-Based Strategies to Manufacture CAR-T Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Advances in nano-immunotherapy for hematological malignancies.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Matthias BozzaDNA Vector Laboratory, DKFZ Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1949-9211
Alice De RoiaDNA Vector Laboratory, DKFZ Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, Heidelberg, Germany.
Margareta P CorreiaCancer Biology and Epigenetics Group, Research Center of Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4378-0820
Aileen BergerClinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumorimmunity, DKFZ Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1024-7827
Alexandra TuchClinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumorimmunity, DKFZ Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1435-6361
Andreas SchmidtProteona, 2 Jurong East St 21, Singapore 609601, Singapore.
Inka ZörnigNational Center for Tumor Diseases, Medical Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, Heidelberg, Germany.
Dirk JägerClinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumorimmunity, DKFZ Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, Heidelberg, Germany.
Patrick SchmidtNational Center for Tumor Diseases, Medical Oncology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1917-1446
Richard P HarbottleDNA Vector Laboratory, DKFZ Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, Heidelberg, Germany. r.harbottle@dkfz-heidelberg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3332-8024
Heidelberg University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEEast Asia School of Theology · SGInstituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The compelling need to provide adoptive cell therapy (ACT) to an increasing number of oncology patients within a meaningful therapeutic window makes the development of an efficient, fast, versatile, and safe genetic tool for creating recombinant T cells indispensable. In this study, we used nonintegrating minimally sized DNA vectors with an enhanced capability of generating genetically modified cells, and we demonstrate that they can be efficiently used to engineer human T lymphocytes. This vector platform contains no viral components and is capable of replicating extrachromosomally in the nucleus of dividing cells, providing persistent transgene expression in human T cells without affecting their behavior and molecular integrity. We use this technology to provide a manufacturing protocol to quickly generate chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells at clinical scale in a closed system and demonstrate their enhanced anti-tumor activity in vitro and in vivo in comparison to previously described integrating vectors.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesDNAGenetic VectorsHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveTransgenesDNA

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PMID33853779
PMCPMC8046366
OpenAlexW3154185160

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