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ArticleCellular & molecular immunology2023

Engineering immunosuppressive drug-resistant armored (IDRA) SARS-CoV-2 T cells for cell therapy.

Qi Chen, Adeline Chia, Shou Kit Hang, Amy Lim, Wee Kun Koh, Yanchun Peng, Fei Gao, Jili Chen, Zack Ho, Lu-En Wai and 9 more

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Article in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. mRNA-Based Engineering of Viral Antigen-Specific TCR-T Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  4. mRNA-Based Engineering of Viral Antigen-Specific TCR-T Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Qi ChenEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0658-7629
Adeline ChiaEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Shou Kit HangEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4169-7209
Amy LimNational University Centre for Organ Transplantation, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Wee Kun KohNational University Centre for Organ Transplantation, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Yanchun PengMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2340-0499
Fei GaoMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jili ChenMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Zack HoLion TCR Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore.
Lu-En WaiLion TCR Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore.
Kamini KunasegaranEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Anthony Tanoto TanEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Nina Le BertEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0502-2527
Chiew Yee LohA*STAR ID labs, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Yun Shan GohA*STAR ID labs, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Laurent ReniaA*STAR ID labs, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, Singapore.
Tao DongMRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anantharaman VathsalaNational University Centre for Organ Transplantation, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Antonio BertolettiEmerging Infectious Disease Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore. antonio@duke-nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-0485
Duke-NUS Medical School · SGAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGUniversity of Oxford · GBNational University Hospital · SGNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients receive immunosuppressive drugs (ISDs) and are susceptible to developing severe COVID-19. Here, we analyze the Spike-specific T-cell response after 3 doses of mRNA vaccine in a group of SOT patients (n = 136) treated with different ISDs. We demonstrate that a combination of a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), and prednisone (Pred) treatment regimen strongly suppressed the mRNA vaccine-induced Spike-specific cellular response. Such defects have clinical consequences because the magnitude of vaccine-induced Spike-specific T cells was directly proportional to the ability of SOT patients to rapidly clear SARS-CoV-2 after breakthrough infection. To then compensate for the T-cell defects induced by immunosuppressive treatment and to develop an alternative therapeutic strategy for SOT patients, we describe production of 6 distinct SARS-CoV-2 epitope-specific ISD-resistant T-cell receptor (TCR)-T cells engineered using the mRNA electroporation method with reactivity minimally affected by mutations occurring in Beta, Delta, Gamma, and Omicron variants. This strategy with transient expression characteristics marks an improvement in the immunotherapeutic field and provides an attractive and novel therapeutic possibility for immunosuppressed COVID-19 patients.

Indexed as

COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsT-LymphocytesAntibodies, ViralImmunosuppressive AgentsImmunosuppressive drug resistant T cellsSARS-CoV-2T cell therapyTransplantation

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PMID37666955
PMCPMC10616128
OpenAlexW4386437841

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