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ArticleNature communications2024

CAR T-cell-mediated delivery of bispecific innate immune cell engagers for neuroblastoma.

Guillem Pascual-Pasto, Brendan McIntyre, Margaret G Hines, Anna M Giudice, Laura Garcia-Gerique, Jennifer Hoffmann, Pamela Mishra, Stephanie Matlaga, Simona Lombardi, Rawan Shraim and 13 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Engineering the next generation of cellular therapies for solid tumors: multi-specific armored CARs and TME reprogramming strategies.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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  12. Immunotherapeutic Strategies Targeting GD2-Expressing Malignancies.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  14. D3-GPC2-Directed CAR T Cells Are Safe and Efficacious in Preclinical Models of Neuroblastoma and Small Cell Lung Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  18. Reprogramming the neuroblastoma tumor immune microenvironment to enhance GPC2 CAR T cells.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Guillem Pascual-PastoDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8537-261X
Brendan McIntyreDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6473-5140
Margaret G HinesDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
Anna M GiudiceDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3296-175X
Laura Garcia-GeriqueImmunology, Microenvironment and Metastasis Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Jennifer HoffmannDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Pamela MishraDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Stephanie MatlagaDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Simona LombardiDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Rawan ShraimDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Patrick M SchürchDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Mark YarmarkovichDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ted J HofmannDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Fatemeh AlikaramiDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Daniel MartinezDepartment of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Matthew TsangDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Luis Gil-de-GómezDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Timothy T SpearDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Kathrin M BerntDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0691-356X
Adam J WolpawDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1373-7648
Dimiter S DimitrovDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2258-1024
Wei LiDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.
Kristopher R BosseDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. bossek@chop.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1424-2858

Funding

Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapies in Childhood CancersU54CA232568 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL, MARIS, JOHN M · 2018 to 2022
$13.1M
GPC2 CARs in neuroblastoma: Mechanisms of resistance and efficacy of next-generation constructsR37CA282041 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Kristopher R Bosse · 2024 to 2026
$1.8M
cGAS-STING and therapeutic immune responses in neuroblastomaK08CA266914 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Adam J Wolpaw · 2022 to 2026
$1.1M
Targeting the GPC2 oncoprotein with immune-based therapies in neuroblastomaK08CA230223 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI BOSSE, KRISTOPHER R · 2018 to 2022
$1.0M
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation) PST-07-16EIF | Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) SU2C-AACR-DT-27-17NCI NIH HHS K08 CA230223NCI NIH HHS K08 CA266914NCI NIH HHS R37 CA282041NCI NIH HHS U54 CA232568U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) CA266914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell approaches are needed to improve therapeutic efficacy in solid tumors. High-risk neuroblastoma is an aggressive pediatric solid tumor that expresses cell-surface GPC2 and GD2 with a tumor microenvironment infiltrated by CD16a-expressing innate immune cells. Here we engineer T-cells to express a GPC2-directed CAR and simultaneously secrete a bispecific innate immune cell engager (BiCE) targeting both GD2 and CD16a. In vitro, GPC2.CAR-GD2.BiCE T-cells induce GPC2-dependent cytotoxicity and secrete GD2.BiCE that promotes GD2-dependent activation of antitumor innate immunity. In vivo, GPC2.CAR-GD2.BiCE T-cells locally deliver GD2.BiCE and increase intratumor retention of NK-cells. In mice bearing neuroblastoma patient-derived xenografts and reconstituted with human CD16a-expressing immune cells, GD2.BiCEs enhance GPC2.CAR antitumor efficacy. A CAR.BiCE strategy should be considered for tumor histologies where antigen escape limits CAR efficacy, especially for solid tumors like neuroblastoma that are infiltrated by innate immune cells.

Indexed as

GangliosidesImmunity, InnateImmunotherapy, AdoptiveKiller Cells, NaturalNeuroblastomaReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleGlypicansHumansMiceTumor MicroenvironmentXenograft Model Antitumor Assaysganglioside, GD2GangliosidesGlypicansReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID39164224
PMCPMC11336212

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