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ArticleCancer research communications2022

Conduit CAR: Redirecting CAR T-Cell Specificity with A Universal and Adaptable Bispecific Antibody Platform.

M Jack Borrok, Yonghai Li, Paul B Harvilla, Bharathikumar Vellalore Maruthachalam, Ninkka Tamot, Christine Prokopowitz, Jun Chen, Sathya Venkataramani, Iqbal S Grewal, Rajkumar Ganesan and 1 more

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Article in Cancer research communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Modular (universal) CAR-T platformsFrontiers in immunology · 2024
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  4. The Current Landscape of Modular CAR T Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  5. Chimeric antigen receptor therapies: Development, design, and implementation.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Jack BorrokJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-1477-6649
Yonghai LiJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Paul B HarvillaJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Bharathikumar Vellalore MaruthachalamJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Ninkka TamotJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-5538-190X
Christine ProkopowitzJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Jun ChenJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Sathya VenkataramaniJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Iqbal S GrewalJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-4775-055X
Rajkumar GanesanJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-3431-9664
Sanjaya SinghJanssen BioTherapeutics, Spring House, Pennsylvania.
Springhouse · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy against hematologic malignancies has altered the treatment paradigm for patients with these diseases. Nevertheless, the occurrence of relapse due to antigen escape or heterogeneous antigen expression on tumors remains a challenge for first-generation CAR T-cell therapies as only a single tumor antigen can be targeted. To address this limitation and to add a further level of tunability and control to CAR T-cell therapies, adapter or universal CAR T-cell approaches use a soluble mediator to bridge CAR T cells with tumor cells. Adapter CARs allow simultaneous or sequential targeting of multiple tumor antigens, control of immune synapse geometry, dose control, and the potential for improved safety. Herein, we described a novel CAR T-cell adapter platform that relies on a bispecific antibody (BsAb) targeting both a tumor antigen and the GGGGS (G Significance: New approaches are needed to address relapsed/refractory disease and manage potential toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy. We describe an adapter CAR approach to redirect CAR T cells to engage novel TAA-expressing cells via a BsAb targeting a linker present on many clinical CAR T-cell therapeutics. We anticipate the use of such adapters could increase CAR T-cell efficacy and reduce potential CAR-associated toxicities.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAntigens, NeoplasmHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveT-Cell Antigen Receptor SpecificityT-LymphocytesAntibodies, BispecificAntigens, Neoplasm

Identifiers

PMID36874404
PMCPMC9980914
OpenAlexW4220742671

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