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ArticleNature biotechnology2022

Bioinstructive implantable scaffolds for rapid in vivo manufacture and release of CAR-T cells.

Pritha Agarwalla, Edikan A Ogunnaike, Sarah Ahn, Kristen A Froehlich, Anton Jansson, Frances S Ligler, Gianpietro Dotti, Yevgeny Brudno

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2022. 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 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
118citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

118 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 182 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Injectable bioinstructive microfoam for rapid bedside/in vivo programming of CAR-T cells.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  8. Hydrodynamic dispersion drives viral-cellular contact for gene delivery in porous media.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  17. In Vivo T-Cell Engineering: Revolution in Delivery Strategies and Clinical Translation.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pritha AgarwallaJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3425-6456
Edikan A OgunnaikeCenter for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sarah AhnDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Kristen A FroehlichJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Anton JanssonAnalytical Instrumentation Facility, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-8328
Frances S LiglerJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-2084
Gianpietro DottiLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-8526
Yevgeny BrudnoJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. ybrudno@ncsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2963-3293
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USNorth Carolina State University · US

Funding

Re-Entry Supplement: Investigation of Oral Microbial Enzymes for the Detection and Treatment of Periodontal DiseaseUL1TR002489 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, SHAHEEN, NICHOLAS J · 2018 to 2022
$48.6M
Promoting Academic Workforce Development in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders ResearchR25HL105444 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Girardin Jean-Louis, Tatjana Rundek · 2010 to 2026
$5.8M
CAROLINA CANCER NANOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM (C-CNTP)T32CA196589 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Gaorav P. Gupta, ALEXANDER V KABANOV · 2015 to 2026
$4.5M
Targeting the Ig-light chains with CAR-T cells in lymphoid tumorsR01CA193140 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DOTTI, GIANPIETRO · 2016 to 2020
$2.7M
Biomaterial Scaffolds for Ex Vivo and In Situ CAR-T Cell ProductionR37CA260223 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Yevgeny Brudno · 2021 to 2026
$2.5M
Cellular Immunotherapy of Ovarian CancerR01CA243543 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DOTTI, GIANPIETRO · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Congruent Mentorship to Reach Academic Diversity (COMRADE) in Neuroscience ResearchR25NS094093 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI JEAN-LOUIS, GIRARDIN, OGEDEGBE, OLUGBENGA G. · 2015 to 2019
$1.4M
Targeting and Delivering CAR-Ts in GlioblastomaR21CA229938 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DOTTI, GIANPIETRO · 2019 to 2020
$372k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002489NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193140NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243543NCI NIH HHS R21 CA229938NCI NIH HHS R37 CA260223NCI NIH HHS T32 CA196589NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL105444NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS094093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite their clinical success, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies for B cell malignancies are limited by lengthy, costly and labor-intensive ex vivo manufacturing procedures that might lead to cell products with heterogeneous composition. Here we describe an implantable Multifunctional Alginate Scaffold for T Cell Engineering and Release (MASTER) that streamlines in vivo CAR-T cell manufacturing and reduces processing time to a single day. When seeded with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and CD19-encoding retroviral particles, MASTER provides the appropriate interface for viral vector-mediated gene transfer and, after subcutaneous implantation, mediates the release of functional CAR-T cells in mice. We further demonstrate that in vivo-generated CAR-T cells enter the bloodstream and control distal tumor growth in a mouse xenograft model of lymphoma, showing greater persistence than conventional CAR-T cells. MASTER promises to transform CAR-T cell therapy by fast-tracking manufacture and potentially reducing the complexity and resources needed for provision of this type of therapy.

Indexed as

Antigens, CD19Leukocytes, MononuclearAnimalsB-LymphocytesHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMiceReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesAntigens, CD19Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID35332339
PMCPMC9376243
OpenAlexW4220802200

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