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ArticleOncoimmunology2021

Priming of pancreatic cancer cells with bispecific antibody armed activated T cells sensitizes tumors for enhanced chemoresponsiveness.

Archana Thakur, Johnson Ung, Elyse N Tomaszewski, Amy Schienschang, Timothy M LaBrie, Dana L Schalk, Lawrence G Lum

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Article in Oncoimmunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pancreatic cancer in 2025: Have we found a solution?World journal of gastroenterology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Archana ThakurDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Johnson UngDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Elyse N TomaszewskiDepartment of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Amy SchienschangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Timothy M LaBrieDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Dana L SchalkDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Lawrence G LumDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
University of Virginia · USUniversity of Virginia Cancer CenterWayne State University · US

Funding

Women's Oncology Program - WONP30CA044579 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Jay William FOX · 1987 to 2026
$72.1M
Tumor Biology and Microenvironment (Program 1)P30CA022453 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Julie Lynn Boerner · 1985 to 2026
$68.4M
Breast Cancer Treatment with Antibody Targeted T CellsR01CA092344 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LUM, LAWRENCE G · 2002 to 2012
$4.6M
Targeting Neuroblastoma with armed T cellsR01CA182526 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHEUNG, NAI-KONG V, LUM, LAWRENCE G · 2014 to 2019
$3.9M
Enhancing neoadjuvant chemotherpay responses with targeted T cellsR01CA140314 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BEPLER, GEROLD · 2010 to 2015
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA022453NCI NIH HHS P30 CA044579NCI NIH HHS R01 CA092344NCI NIH HHS R01 CA140314NCI NIH HHS R01 CA182526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated the ability of bispecific antibody armed activated T cells to target drug resistant pancreatic cancer cells and whether or not "priming" these resistant cancer cells with bispecific antibody armed activated T cells could enhance subsequent responsiveness to chemotherapeutic drugs. Chemotherapeutic responses for pancreatic cancer are either limited or the tumors develop resistance to chemotherapy regimens. The impetus for this study was the remarkable clinical response seen in our earlier phase I/II clinical trial: a pancreatic cancer patient with drug resistant tumors who showed progression of disease following three infusions of anti-CD3 x anti-EGFR bispecific antibody armed activated T cells (EGFR BATs) was restarted on the initial low dose of

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificPancreatic NeoplasmsCD3 ComplexHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsT-LymphocytesAntibodies, BispecificCD3 Complexbispecific antibody armed activated T cellsChemoresponsivenesschemosensitizationpancreatic cancer

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PMID34123574
PMCPMC8172155
OpenAlexW3172438095

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