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ArticleSignal transduction and targeted therapy2023

Trogocytosis of CAR molecule regulates CAR-T cell dysfunction and tumor antigen escape.

You Zhai, Yicong Du, Guanzhang Li, Mingchen Yu, Huimin Hu, Changqing Pan, Di Wang, Zhongfang Shi, Xu Yan, Xuesong Li and 2 more

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Article in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Macrophage Trogocytosis of Tumor Cells Drives the Immunosuppression of Tumor Microenvironment.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. FOXP1 Knockdown Reprograms Th9 CAR-T Cells to Overcome Antigen Escape.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Immune surveillance interrupted: how cancer exploits trogocytosis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  8. Immune surveillance interrupted: how cancer exploits trogocytosis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  10. Trogocytosis in cancer immunity and cellular immunotherapy: mechanisms, therapeutic challenges, and translational opportunities.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

You Zhai *Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Yicong Du *Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Urology, Peking University, National Urological Cancer Center, Beijing, PR China.
Guanzhang LiDepartment of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Mingchen YuDepartment of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Huimin HuDepartment of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Changqing PanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Di WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Zhongfang ShiDepartment of Pathophysiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Xu YanDepartment of Pathophysiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
Xuesong LiDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Institute of Urology, Peking University, National Urological Cancer Center, Beijing, PR China.
Tao JiangDepartment of Molecular Neuropathology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China. taojiang1964@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7008-6351
Wei ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China. zhangwei_vincent@mail.ccmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7800-3189
Capital Medical University · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82072768National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82192894
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has demonstrated clinical response in treating both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Although instances of rapid tumor remissions have been observed in animal models and clinical trials, tumor relapses occur with multiple therapeutic resistance mechanisms. Furthermore, while the mechanisms underlying the long-term therapeutic resistance are well-known, short-term adaptation remains less understood. However, more views shed light on short-term adaptation and hold that it provides an opportunity window for long-term resistance. In this study, we explore a previously unreported mechanism in which tumor cells employ trogocytosis to acquire CAR molecules from CAR-T cells, a reversal of previously documented processes. This mechanism results in the depletion of CAR molecules and subsequent CAR-T cell dysfunction, also leading to short-term antigen loss and antigen masking. Such type of intercellular communication is independent of CAR downstream signaling, CAR-T cell condition, target antigen, and tumor cell type. However, it is mainly dependent on antigen density and CAR sensitivity, and is associated with tumor cell cholesterol metabolism. Partial mitigation of this trogocytosis-induced CAR molecule transfer can be achieved by adaptively administering CAR-T cells with antigen density-individualized CAR sensitivities. Together, our study reveals a dynamic process of CAR molecule transfer and refining the framework of clinical CAR-T therapy for solid tumors.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAnimalsAntigenic Drift and ShiftT-LymphocytesTrogocytosisReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID38143263
PMCPMC10749292
OpenAlexW4390176417

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