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Comparison of the safety profiles of CD19-targeting CAR T-cell therapy in patients with SLE and B-cell lymphoma.

Fabian Müller, Nora Rebecca Schwingen, Melanie Hagen, Julia Katharina Scholz, Michael Aigner, Andreas Wirsching, Jule Taubmann, Sascha Kretschmann, Soraya Kharboutli, Tobias Krickau and 12 more

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Article in Blood, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 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

22 authors.

Fabian MüllerDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5487-5839
Nora Rebecca SchwingenDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-3389-2774
Melanie HagenDeutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Julia Katharina ScholzDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Michael AignerDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Andreas WirschingDeutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Jule TaubmannDeutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-6068-3897
Sascha KretschmannDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Soraya KharboutliDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Tobias KrickauBavarian Cancer Research Center, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-2675-7610
Nora Naumann-BartschBavarian Cancer Research Center, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5606-9822
Giulia BenintendeDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Silvia SpoerlDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Tobias RotheDeutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Heiko BrunsDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Ricardo Grieshaber-BouyerDeutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Markus MetzlerBavarian Cancer Research Center, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4523-1676
David B BlumenthalDepartment Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8651-750X
Frederik GrawDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1198-6632
Georg SchettDeutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Andreas MackensenDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0685-4483
Simon VölklDepartment of Internal Medicine 5, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2193-3048

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractCD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) and recently showed effects in autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Despite high levels of inflammation, toxicity seemed to differ between patients with SLE and B-NHL. We therefore compared the CAR T-cell kinetics and treatment-related side effects to better define the toxicity profiles. In contrast with the similar CAR T-cell expansion, patients with SLE revealed a lower incidence and severity of cytokine-release syndrome, immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, and immune effector cell-associated hematotoxicity. Although the neutrophil nadir was lower in patients with SLE after therapy, the platelet counts remained close to normal and hematotoxicity was shorter in SLE than B-NHL. The reduced hematotoxicity correlated with lower acute-phase inflammation, better hematologic reserve before CAR T-cell therapy, and distinct serum cytokine profiles. Interestingly, CAR T-cell persistence was consistently shorter, and the reconstitution of conventional T and B cells was faster in SLE. In both cohorts, B-cell reconstitution correlated with functional CD4+ T-cell recovery, indicating a general biologic process of hematopoietic and immune system regeneration. In summary, similar lymphodepletion and CAR T-cell pharmacokinetics led to distinct toxicity, demonstrating that CAR T-cell therapy had a favorable side-effect profile in SLE, including faster recovery of the adaptive immune system.

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Antigens, CD19Immunotherapy, AdoptiveLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLymphoma, B-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAdultAgedCytokine Release SyndromeFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAntigens, CD19CD19 molecule, humanReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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