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ArticleCell stem cell2025

Maturation and persistence of CAR T cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells via chemical inhibition of G9a/GLP.

Ran Jing, Marcelo Falchetti, Tianxiao Han, Mohamad Najia, Luca T Hensch, Eleanor Meader, Edroaldo Lummertz da Rocha, Martin Kononov, Stephanie Wang, Trevor Bingham and 13 more

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Article in Cell stem cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Efficient Generation of Functional TCRαβbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. From Bench to Bedside: Emerging Paradigms in CAR-T Cell Therapy for Solid Malignancies.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Ran JingStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Marcelo FalchettiStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Tianxiao HanStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Mohamad NajiaStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Luca T HenschStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Eleanor MeaderStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Edroaldo Lummertz da RochaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil.
Martin KononovStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stephanie WangStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Trevor BinghamStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Zhiheng LiStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Yunliang ZhaoStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Katie FrenisStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Caroline KubaczkaStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Song YangStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Deepak JhaStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Gabriela F Rodrigues-LuizGraduate Program of Pharmacology, Center for Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil.
R Grant RoweDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Thorsten M SchlaegerStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Marcela V MausCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02114, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Trista E NorthStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Leonard I ZonStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
George Q DaleyStem Cell Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: george.daley@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

Stem cells for therapeutics discovery in genetic blood disordersU01HL134812 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI DALEY, GEORGE Q, LIPTON, JEFFREY M · 2016 to 2022
$8.3M
Molecular Circuits in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell NicheRC2DK120535 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI COLLINS, JAMES J, DALEY, GEORGE Q · 2020 to 2024
$8.2M
PCTC Administrative Coordinating CenterU24HL134763 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ALBRECHT, JENNIFER S., TERRIN, MICHAEL L · 2016 to 2022
$7.9M
Systems Biology of Bone Marrow Failure and MDS for Precision MedicineRC2DK122533 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI FIGUEROA, MARIA EUGENIA, FLEMING, MARK D · 2019 to 2023
$6.4M
Humanized Mouse Avatars for T1DU01DK104218 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BREHM, MICHAEL ALLEN, GREINER, DALE LESLIE · 2019 to 2023
$4.5M
Developmental Activation of the Inflammasome Controls Hematopoietic Stem Cell ProductionR01HL154580 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI NORTH, TRISTA E. · 2020 to 2023
$2.2M
Functional characterization of the endothelial cell niche for hematopoietic stem cellsR01DK140372 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEONARD Ira ZON · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
Identification of Novel Epigenetic Regulators of lymphocyte DevelopmentK99HL170075 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI JING, RAN · 2023 to 2024
$308k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL170075NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL154580NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL134812NHLBI NIH HHS U24 HL134763NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK140372NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK120535NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK122533NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK104218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elucidating mechanisms of T cell development can guide in vitro T cell differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and facilitate off-the-shelf T cell-based immunotherapies. Using a stroma-free human iPSC-T cell differentiation platform, we screened for epigenetic modulators that influence T cell specification and identified the H3K9-directed histone methyltransferases G9a/GLP as repressors of T cell fate. We show that G9a/GLP inhibition during specific time windows of differentiation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) skews cell fates toward lymphoid lineages. Inhibition of G9a/GLP promotes the production of lymphoid cells during zebrafish embryonic hematopoiesis, demonstrating the evolutionary conservation of G9a/GLP function. Importantly, chemical inhibition of G9a/GLP facilitates the generation of mature iPSC-T cells that bear transcriptional similarity to peripheral blood αβ T cells. When engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors, the epigenetically engineered iPSC-T cells exhibit enhanced effector functions in vitro and durable, persistent antitumor activity in a xenograft tumor-rechallenge model.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseT-LymphocytesZebrafishAnimalsHistocompatibility AntigensHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMicePluripotent Stem CellsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenEHMT1 protein, humanEHMT2 protein, humanHistocompatibility AntigensHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseReceptors, Chimeric Antigencancer immunotherapyCAR-T cellschemical screenepigenetic regulationG9a/GLPhematopoiesislymphoid developmentpluripotent stem cellsT cell differentiation

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PMID39504968
PMCPMC11698653

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