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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

Single-cell RNA-Seq reveals the potential risk of anti-mesothelin CAR T Cell therapy toxicity to different organs in humans.

Lu Wen, Yu Huang, Ling Peng, Kaiping Zhao, Yan Sun, Zhicai Lin, Yuanyuan Chen, Zhong Li, Qijun Qian, Fan Tong and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. CAR-T therapy: Advances in respiratory diseases.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025
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  3. CAR-Macrophage Cell Therapy: A New Era of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lu WenCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yu HuangCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ling PengCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Kaiping ZhaoDepartment of Medical Record Management and Statistics, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yan SunShanghai Cell Therapy Group Corporation, Shanghai, China.
Zhicai LinShanghai Cell Therapy Group Corporation, Shanghai, China.
Yuanyuan ChenShanghai Cell Therapy Group Corporation, Shanghai, China.
Zhong LiShanghai Cell Therapy Group Corporation, Shanghai, China.
Qijun QianShanghai Cell Therapy Group Corporation, Shanghai, China.
Fan TongCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ruiguang ZhangCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaorong DongCancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNShanghai Cell Therapy Research Institute · CNBeijing Jishuitan Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"On-target off-tumor" toxicity is a major challenge to the use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T cells in the treatment of solid malignancies, because of the expression of target antigens in normal tissues. Mesothelin overexpression is associated with poor prognosis of multiple solid tumors, and would therefore appear to be a suitable antigen target. To understand the risk of toxicity to different organs on anti-mesothelin CAR T cell therapy, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets derived from major human physiological systems were analyzed in this study, including the respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, and urinary systems. According to scRNA-seq datasets, the organs were stratified into high or low risk based on the level of mesothelin expression. We report that the proportion of mesothelin-positive cells was 7.71%, 2.40% and 2.20% of myocardial cells, pulmonary cells and stomach cells, respectively, indicating that these organs could be at high risk of "on-target off-tumor" toxicity on anti-mesothelin CAR T cell therapy. By contrast, esophagus, ileum, liver, kidney and bladder exhibited low mesothelin expression (<1%). Therefore, these organs could be regarded as at low risk. Thus, the risk of toxicity to different organs and tissues in anti-mesothelin CAR T cell therapy may be predicted by these scRNA-seq data.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansMesothelinReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRNA-SeqGPI-Linked ProteinsMesothelinReceptors, Antigen, T-Cellchimeric antigen receptor engineered T cellshuman organsmesothelinsingle-cell RNA-seqtoxicity

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PMID36059490
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