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ArticleHaematologica2024

Umbilical cord blood T cells can be isolated and enriched by CD62L selection for use in 'off the shelf' chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies to widen transplant options.

Christos Georgiadis, Lauren Nickolay, Farhatullah Syed, Hong Zhan, Soragia Athina Gkazi, Annie Etuk, Ulrike Abramowski-Mock, Roland Preece, Piotr Cuber, Stuart Adams and 2 more

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Article in Haematologica, 2024. 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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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Clinical development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor αβ-T cells.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  8. "Attack!" Cellular Therapies to Attack Pathogens and Tumors.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Christos GeorgiadisUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Lauren NickolayUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Farhatullah SyedUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Hong ZhanUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Soragia Athina GkaziUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Annie EtukUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Ulrike Abramowski-MockUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Roland PreeceUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Piotr CuberUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Stuart AdamsGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, WC1N 3JH, London.
Giorgio OttavianoUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London.
Waseem QasimUCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, WC1N 1DZ, London, UK; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, WC1N 3JH, London. w.qasim@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/X004619/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) T cells exhibit distinct naïve ontogenetic profiles and may be an attractive source of starting cells for the production of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Pre-selection of UCB-T cells on the basis of CD62L expression was investigated as part of a machine-based manufacturing process, incorporating lentiviral transduction, CRISPR- Cas9 editing, T-cell expansion, and depletion of residual TCRαβ T cells. This provided stringent mitigation against the risk of graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), and was combined with simultaneous knockout of CD52 to enable persistence of edited T cells in combination with preparative lymphodepletion using alemtuzumab. Under compliant manufacturing conditions, two cell banks were generated with high levels of CAR19 expression and minimal carriage of TCRαβ T cells. Sufficient cells were cryopreserved in dose-banded aliquots at the end of each campaign to treat dozens of potential recipients. Molecular characterization captured vector integration sites and CRISPR editing signatures, and functional studies, including in vivo potency studies in humanized mice, confirmed anti-leukemic activity comparable to peripheral blood-derived universal CAR19 T cells. Machine manufactured UCB-derived T-cell banks offer an alternative to autologous cell therapies and could help widen access to CAR T cells.

Indexed as

Fetal BloodImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingGraft vs Host DiseaseHumansMiceReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID38988258
PMCPMC11609806

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