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ArticleCells2025

Taming Variability in T-Cell Mechanosensing.

Paula J Schultheiss, Aarya Pulkundwar, Wangqi Li, Lance C Kam

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Paula J SchultheissDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Aarya PulkundwarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Wangqi LiDepartment of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Lance C KamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6812-4956

Funding

Tumor Biology and Microenvironment ProgramP30CA013696 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Anil K Rustgi · 1985 to 2026
$115.3M
Multidisciplinary Training in Gastrointestinal CancersT32CA285274 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Julian Abrams, Anil K Rustgi · 2024 to 2026
$897k
T Cell Mechanosensing of Microscale FibersR21AI150244 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KAM, LANCE C · 2020 to 2021
$446k
Microscale System for Functional T Cell TranscriptomicsR21AI154867 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KAM, LANCE C · 2021 to 2022
$430k
Five-laser Aurora spectral flow cytometerS10OD030282 · OD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CREUSOT, REMI J · 2022 to 2022
$361k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013696NCI NIH HHS T32 CA285274NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI150244NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI154867NIH HHS P30CA013696NIH HHS R21AI150244NIH HHS R21AI154867NIH HHS S10 OD030282NIH HHS S10OD030282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central step in T-cell immunotherapy is the expansion of a starting population into therapeutically potent numbers of these "living drugs". This process can be enhanced by replacing the mechanically stiff materials used for activation with softer counterparts. However, this mechanosensitive expansion response varies between individuals, impeding the full deployment of potential cell immunotherapy. This report identifies the sources of this variability, ultimately improving the reliability of T-cell expansion. T cells from a cohort of healthy donors were phenotypically characterized, activated, and expanded in vitro on soft and hard substrates, capturing and quantifying a wide range of mechanosensing responses. An analysis of expansion against demographic and phenotypic features correlated mechanosensing with the percentage of effector T cells (T

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Mechanotransduction, CellularT-LymphocytesCell ProliferationHumansLymphocyte ActivationbiomaterialsCAR T-cell therapiesimmunotherapymechanosensing

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PMID39936994
PMCPMC11817355

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