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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Human T cells loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles retain antigen-specific TCR functionality.

Felix Pfister, Jan Dörrie, Niels Schaft, Vera Buchele, Harald Unterweger, Lucas R Carnell, Patrick Schreier, Rene Stein, Markéta Kubánková, Jochen Guck and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Felix PfisterDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Jan DörrieDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Niels SchaftDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Vera BucheleDepartment of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Harald UnterwegerDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Lucas R CarnellDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Patrick SchreierDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Rene SteinDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Markéta KubánkováMax-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light & Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.
Jochen GuckMax-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light & Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.
Holger HacksteinDepartment of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Christoph AlexiouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Christina JankoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON), Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Professorship, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen · DEElse Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung · DEMax Planck Institute for the Science of Light · DEUniversity of Bayreuth · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Immunotherapy of cancer is an emerging field with the potential to improve long-term survival. Thus far, adoptive transfer of tumor-specific T cells represents an effective treatment option for tumors of the hematological system such as lymphoma, leukemia or myeloma. However, in solid tumors, treatment efficacy is low owing to the immunosuppressive microenvironment, on-target/off-tumor toxicity, limited extravasation out of the blood vessel, or ineffective trafficking of T cells into the tumor region. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) can make cells magnetically controllable for the site-specific enrichment. Methods: In this study, we investigated the influence of SPION-loading on primary human T cells for the magnetically targeted adoptive T cell therapy. For this, we analyzed cellular mechanics and the T cell response after stimulation via an exogenous T cell receptor (TCR) specific for the melanoma antigen MelanA or the endogenous TCR specific for the cytomegalovirus antigen pp65 and compared them to T cells that had not received SPIONs. Results: SPION-loading of human T cells showed no influence on cellular mechanics, therefore retaining their ability to deform to external pressure. Additionally, SPION-loading did not impair the T cell proliferation, expression of activation markers, cytokine secretion, and tumor cell killing after antigen-specific activation mediated by the TCR. Conclusion: In summary, we demonstrated that SPION-loading of T cells did not affect cellular mechanics or the functionality of the endogenous or an exogenous TCR, which allows future approaches using SPIONs for the magnetically enrichment of T cells in solid tumors.

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LeukemiaMultiple MyelomaHumansLymphocyte ActivationMagnetic Iron Oxide NanoparticlesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAdoptive T cell therapyantigen-specific T cell responsecell deformabilitysuperparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs)targeted immune therapy

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PMID37662937
PMCPMC10470061
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