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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Generation via Microfluidic Mechanoporation and Lipid Nanoparticles.

Jianhua Lim, Daniel Oh, Makayla Cheng, Uday Chintapula, Shujing Liu, David Reynolds, Xiaogang Zhang, Yumeng Zhou, Xiaowei Xu, Jina Ko

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jianhua LimDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Daniel OhDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Makayla ChengDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Uday ChintapulaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Shujing LiuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
David ReynoldsDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Xiaogang ZhangDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Yumeng ZhouDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Xiaowei XuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Jina KoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4941-4234

Funding

Targeting exosomal PDL1 to improve immunotherapyP50CA261608 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HERLYN, MEENHARD F · 2021 to 2025
$11.3M
Gamma delta T cell based melanoma therapiesR01CA258113 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Meenhard F Herlyn, Xiaowei Xu · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
Droplet-based Spatially Encoded Live Cell Digital ExtractionDP2GM154018 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JINA KO · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Designer extracellular vesicles for cancer therapyR01CA284182 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Xiaowei Xu · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
Mapping Single Extracellular Vesicles to Parent Cells for Immunotherapy MonitoringR00CA256353 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KO, JINA · 2022 to 2024
$741k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA261608NCI NIH HHS R00 CA256353NCI NIH HHS R01 CA258113NCI NIH HHS R01 CA284182NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM154018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by engineering patients' T cells to specifically target cancer cells. Traditional CAR-T cell manufacturing methods use viral transduction to integrate CAR genes into T cells, but this can cause severe side effects and immune reactions and is costly. To overcome these challenges, non-viral methods, such as plasmid DNA (pDNA) transfection, are being explored. Here, a high-throughput intracellular delivery platform that integrates microfluidic mechanoporation with lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based delivery, LNP + Squeeze, is introduced. This system enhances pDNA transfection efficiency in T cells while maintaining cell viability compared to other non-viral transfection methods like electroporation. This platform successfully engineers CAR-T cells using primary human T cells with a high transfection efficiency and demonstrates potent cytotoxicity against melanoma cells. This approach offers a promising, cost-effective, and scalable alternative to viral methods, potentially improving the accessibility and efficacy of CAR-T cell therapies.

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LipidsMicrofluidicsNanoparticlesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalHumansLiposomesTransfectionLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR‐Timmunotherapieslipid nanoparticlesmicrofluidicstransfection

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PMID40103509
PMCPMC12036559

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