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ArticleCells2023

Development of Beta-Amyloid-Specific CAR-Tregs for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Valerie Saetzler, Tobias Riet, Andrea Schienke, Pierre Henschel, Kiara Freitag, Alexander Haake, Frank L Heppner, Laura Elisa Buitrago-Molina, Fatih Noyan, Elmar Jaeckel and 1 more

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Article in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Engineering CAR-Tregs with Phage-Selected scFv Enables a New Paradigm for Immune Regulation.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  12. In vivo CAR engineering for immunotherapy.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2025
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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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Valerie SaetzlerDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1593-6453
Tobias RietDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8211-7071
Andrea SchienkeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Pierre HenschelDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Kiara FreitagDepartment of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5244-3140
Alexander HaakeDepartment of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Frank L HeppnerDepartment of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9816-8917
Laura Elisa Buitrago-MolinaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0051-2044
Fatih NoyanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Elmar JaeckelDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Matthias Hardtke-WolenskiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2827-7787
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that remains uncured. Its pathogenesis is characterized by the formation of β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques. The use of antigen-specific regulatory T cells (Tregs) through adoptive transfer has shown promise for the treatment of many inflammatory diseases, although the effectiveness of polyspecific Tregs is limited. Obtaining a sufficient number of antigen-specific Tregs from patients remains challenging. AIMS AND

methodsTo address this problem, we used an antibody-like single-chain variable fragment from a phage library and subsequently generated a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting β-amyloid.

resultsThe β-amyloid-specific CARs obtained were stimulated by both recombinant and membrane-bound Aβ isolated from the murine brain. The generated CAR-Tregs showed a normal Treg phenotype, were antigen-specific activatable, and had suppressive capacity.

conclusionThis study highlights the potential of CAR technology to generate antigen-specific Tregs and presents novel approaches for developing functional CARs.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseNeurodegenerative DiseasesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenSingle-Chain AntibodiesAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsMiceAmyloid beta-PeptidesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenSingle-Chain AntibodiesAlzheimer’s diseasebeta-amyloidchimeric antigen receptorregulatory T cellssingle-chain fragment

Identifiers

PMID37626926
PMCPMC10453937
OpenAlexW4386027157

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