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ArticleNature communications2021

Demethylating therapy increases anti-CD123 CAR T cell cytotoxicity against acute myeloid leukemia.

Nadia El Khawanky, Amy Hughes, Wenbo Yu, Renier Myburgh, Tony Matschulla, Sanaz Taromi, Konrad Aumann, Jade Clarson, Janaki Manoja Vinnakota, Khalid Shoumariyeh and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Nadia El KhawankyPrecision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Amy HughesSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Wenbo YuCentre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Renier MyburghDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich (CCCZ), Zurich, Switzerland.
Tony MatschullaInstitute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Division II, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4866-6456
Sanaz TaromiDepartment of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5657-6568
Konrad AumannDepartment of Pathology, Institute for Clinical Pathology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Jade ClarsonPrecision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Janaki Manoja VinnakotaDepartment of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Khalid ShoumariyehDepartment of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Cornelius MiethingDepartment of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4699-3805
Angel F LopezSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Michael P BrownSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5796-1932
Justus DuysterDepartment of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Lutz HeinInstitute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Division II, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1297-0007
Markus G ManzDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich (CCCZ), Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4676-7931
Timothy P HughesPrecision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Deborah L WhitePrecision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Agnes S M Yong *Precision Medicine Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, SA, Australia. agnes.yong@health.wa.gov.au.ORCID 0000-0001-9452-1533
Robert Zeiser *Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. robert.zeiser@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6565-3393
University of Freiburg · DESouth Australia Pathology · AURoyal Adelaide Hospital · AUUniversity of Zurich · CHSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Successful treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells is hampered by toxicity on normal hematopoietic progenitor cells and low CAR T cell persistence. Here, we develop third-generation anti-CD123 CAR T cells with a humanized CSL362-based ScFv and a CD28-OX40-CD3ζ intracellular signaling domain. This CAR demonstrates anti-AML activity without affecting the healthy hematopoietic system, or causing epithelial tissue damage in a xenograft model. CD123 expression on leukemia cells increases upon 5'-Azacitidine (AZA) treatment. AZA treatment of leukemia-bearing mice causes an increase in CTLA-4

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAnimalsAzacitidineCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDNA MethylationEnzyme InhibitorsHEK293 CellsHL-60 CellsHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInterleukin-3 Receptor alpha SubunitKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia, MyeloidMiceAzacitidineEnzyme InhibitorsInterleukin-3 Receptor alpha SubunitReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenSingle-Chain Antibodies

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PMID34750374
PMCPMC8575966
OpenAlexW3214170273

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