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ArticleBlood advances2024

Nonactivated and IL-7 cultured CD19-specific CAR T cells are enriched in stem cell phenotypes and functionally superior.

Siao-Yi Wang, Gina M Scurti, Annika V Dalheim, Suzanne Quinn, Patrick J Stiff, Michael I Nishimura

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Article in Blood advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Siao-Yi WangDepartment of Medicine, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL.ORCID 0000-0001-6741-2024
Gina M ScurtiDepartment of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL.
Annika V DalheimDepartment of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL.
Suzanne QuinnDepartment of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL.ORCID 0000-0002-2251-0066
Patrick J StiffDepartment of Medicine, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL.ORCID 0000-0001-8265-9340
Michael I NishimuraDepartment of Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL.
Loyola University Chicago · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractCD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have demonstrated impressive responses in patients with relapsed and refractory B cell malignancies. However, many patients relapse or fail to respond to CD19 CAR T cells, demonstrating the need to improve its efficacy and durability. Current protocols for generating CAR T cells involve T cell activation through CD3 stimulation to facilitate efficient CAR transfer followed by ex vivo expansion with exogenous cytokines to obtain adequate cell numbers for treatment. Both T cell activation and expansion inevitably lead to terminal differentiation and replicative senescence, which are suboptimal for therapy. Interleukin-7 (IL-7) was previously shown to allow for lentiviral transduction of T cells in the absence of activation. In these studies, we used IL-7 to generate CD19 CAR T cells without stimulating CD3. Nonactivated and IL-7 cultured (NICE) CD19 CAR T cells were enriched with the T memory stem cell population, retained novel markers of stemness, had lower expression of exhaustion markers, and increased proliferative potential. Furthermore, our findings are consistent with engraftment of NICE CD19 CAR T cells and demonstrate a superior therapeutic response in both intraperitoneal and subcutaneous in vivo B cell lymphoma models. These results suggest that NICE CD19 CAR T cells may improve outcomes for B cell malignancies and warrant clinical evaluation.

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Interleukin-7Neoplasm Recurrence, LocalReceptors, Antigen, T-CellHumansPhenotypeStem CellsT-LymphocytesCD19-specific chimeric antigen receptorInterleukin-7Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID37967375
PMCPMC10788799
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