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ArticleNature medicine2025

An inflammatory biomarker signature of response to CAR-T cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Sandeep S Raj, Teng Fei, Shalev Fried, Andrew Ip, Joshua A Fein, Lori A Leslie, Ana Alarcon Tomas, Doris Leithner, Jonathan U Peled, Magdalena Corona and 32 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors.

Sandeep S RajDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4629-0528
Teng FeiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7888-1715
Shalev FriedThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-222X
Andrew IpJohn Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0456-5618
Joshua A FeinDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5441-1516
Lori A LeslieJohn Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA.
Ana Alarcon TomasDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6290-1061
Doris LeithnerDepartment of Radiology, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jonathan U PeledDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4029-7625
Magdalena CoronaDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Parastoo B DahiDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ivetta DanyleskoThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Zachary Epstein-PetersonDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Tyler FunnellBeckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1612-5644
Sergio A GiraltDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Elad JacobyThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1411-8942
Meirav KedmiThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ivan LandegoDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Richard J LinDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0834-7880
Allison ParascondolaDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Lauren PascualJohn Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA.
Natali OrozcoJohn Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA.
Jae H ParkDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2903-5130
M Lia PalombaDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5099-9156
Gilles SallesDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9541-8666
Amethyst SaldiaDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8878-0563
Heiko SchöderDepartment of Radiology, Molecular Imaging and Therapy Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Inbal SdayoorThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8624-7489
Gunjan L ShahDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Michael ScordoDepartment of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Noga Shem-TovThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Avichai ShimoniThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
John SlingerlandBeckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Ronit YerushalmiThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Arnon NaglerThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Benjamin D GreenbaumHalvorsen Center for Computational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6153-8793
Andrew J VickersDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1525-6503
Hyung C SuhJohn Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6912-4157
Abraham AvigdorThe Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Miguel-Angel Perales *Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-4571
Marcel R M van den Brink *Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-4401
Roni Shouval *Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. shouvalr@mskcc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9827-8032

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001873 · NCATS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI REILLY, MUREDACH P · 2016 to 2025
$99.0M
Disparities in COVID Disease Severity and Outcomes in New York CityUL1TR002384 · NCATS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI JULIANNE L IMPERATO-MCGINLEY · 2017 to 2026
$86.2M
T LYMPHOCYTE SUBSET FUNCTION POST-TRANSPLANTATIONP01CA023766 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SCHEINBERG, DAVID A · 1985 to 2023
$59.0M
Thymic and Peripheral Aspects of T Cell Aging and RejuvenationP01AG052359 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI JANKO Z. NIKOLICH · 2017 to 2026
$23.5M
The role of intestinal microbiota in graft-versus-host diseaseR01CA228308 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Philip L Lorenzi, Marcel R M van den Brink · 2018 to 2026
$5.2M
The role of autophagy gene Atg16L1 in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - Resubmission - 1R01HL123340 · NHLBI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI CADWELL, KEN HASHIGIWA, VAN DEN BRINK, MARCEL R M · 2015 to 2022
$5.2M
Third-party “off the shelf” mature or precursor CAR T cells to prevent or treat malignant relapse after allo HCTR01HL147584 · NHLBI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI VAN DEN BRINK, MARCEL R M · 2019 to 2022
$2.7M
The role of intestinal microbiota in graft-versus-host diseaseR01CA228358 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI VAN DEN BRINK, MARCEL R M · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
A multimodal approach for precision immuno-oncology in lymphoma treated with CAR-T cellsK08CA282987 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Roni Shouval · 2023 to 2026
$1.1M
Microbiota mechanisms and biomarkers in GVHDK08HL143189 · NHLBI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI PELED, JONATHAN · 2019 to 2023
$858k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001873NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002384NCI NIH HHS K08 CA282987NCI NIH HHS P01 CA023766NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228308NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228358NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL143189NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL123340NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL147584NIA NIH HHS P01 AG052359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disease progression is a substantial challenge in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy. Here we present InflaMix (INFLAmmation MIXture Model), an unsupervised quantitative model integrating 14 pre-CAR-T infusion laboratory and cytokine measures capturing inflammation and end-organ function. Developed using a cohort of 149 patients with NHL, InflaMix revealed an inflammatory signature associated with a high risk of CAR-T treatment failure, including increased hazard of death or relapse (hazard ratio, 2.98; 95% confidence interval, 1.60-4.91; P < 0.001). Three independent cohorts comprising 688 patients with NHL from diverse treatment centers were used to validate our approach. InflaMix consistently and reproducibly identified patients with a higher likelihood of disease relapse and mortality, and it provided supplementary predictive value beyond established prognostic markers, including tumor burden. Moreover, InflaMix exhibited robust performance in cases with missing data, maintaining accuracy when considering only six readily available laboratory measures. These findings show that InflaMix is a valuable tool for point-of-care clinical decision-making in patients with NHL undergoing CAR-T therapy.

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Biomarkers, TumorImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInflammationLymphoma, Non-HodgkinReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAdultAgedBiomarkersCytokinesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorCytokinesReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID40169864
PMCPMC12003198

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