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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Development of an in situ CAR-T cell protocol through optical and PSMA-targeted PET imaging.

Nisi Zhang, Jai Woong Seo, Elise Robinson, Angelie Rivera-Rodriguez, James Wang, Yutong Guo, Debra K Czerwinski, Ha Rin Kim, Spencer K Tumbale, Marina N Raie and 7 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Imaging the fate of CAR-T cellsFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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  6. In vivo CAR cell therapy: from bench to bedside.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Nisi ZhangMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-7841-5754
Jai Woong SeoMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-2732-7498
Elise RobinsonMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-6527-901X
Angelie Rivera-RodriguezMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.
James WangMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.
Yutong GuoMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.
Debra K CzerwinskiDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Ha Rin KimDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Spencer K TumbaleMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-0616-8280
Marina N RaieMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-5549-404X
Basit L JanMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.
Gokce EngudarMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-2039-1040
Adrienne SalletsDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
Il MinnDepartment of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Martin G PomperDepartment of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390.
Ronald LevyDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.ORCID 0000-0003-2061-0650
Katherine W FerraraMolecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304.ORCID 0000-0002-4976-9107

Funding

Training/Dissemination-Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision MedicineP41EB024495 · NIBIB · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MARTIN G POMPER · 2017 to 2026
$11.8M
PSMA-based Cancer Imaging AgentsR01CA134675 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI POMPER, MARTIN G · 2009 to 2025
$6.2M
Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) ProgramT32CA118681 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CRAIG S LEVIN · 2016 to 2026
$4.3M
HIFU-immunotherapy in pancreatic cancerR01CA253316 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI FERRARA, KATHERINE W · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
Development of a theragnostic radiopharmaceutical for pancreatic cancerR01CA289924 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Katherine W Ferrara · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA134675HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA253316HHS | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) P41EB024495Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) 8022-20NCI NIH HHS R01 CA134675NCI NIH HHS R01 CA253316NCI NIH HHS R01 CA289924NCI NIH HHS T32 CA118681NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB024495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In situ T cell transfection methods overcome the complexity and high costs associated with conventional chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T therapy. However, the in situ CAR-T cell approach operates within the patient's complex immune environment and bypasses preinfusion ex vivo cellular quality controls, necessitating advanced imaging techniques to track immune cell migration and function. Positron emission tomography (PET) can detect biochemical processes in patients and, when combined with a radiotracer specific for the engineered cells, can monitor CAR-T cell trafficking. Herein, we develop an approach for in situ T cell generation, tracking, and functional assessment using anti-CD5-conjugated lipid nanoparticles for codelivering CD19 CAR mRNA (mCAR19) and a prostate-specific membrane antigen mRNA (mPSMA) tag. With interleukin-7 (IL-7) preconditioning and repeated administration, this approach achieves tumor-free survival in 75% of B cell lymphoma-bearing mice (similar efficacy to ex vivo approaches), and through PET imaging of

Indexed as

Antigens, SurfaceGlutamate Carboxypeptidase IIImmunotherapy, AdoptivePositron-Emission TomographyReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsAntigens, CD19Cell Line, TumorHumansLymphoma, B-CellMaleMiceNanoparticlesAntigens, CD19Antigens, SurfaceFOLH1 protein, humanGlutamate Carboxypeptidase IIReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR-T therapyimmunotherapylipid nanoparticlesmRNA therapeuticsPET

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PMID40493195
PMCPMC12184651

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