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ArticleCell reports. Medicine2025

iPSC-derived trimodal T cells engineered with CAR, TCR, and hnCD16 modalities can overcome antigen escape in heterogeneous tumors.

Bi-Huei Yang, Alma Gutierrez, Angela Liao, Soheila Shirinbak, Bjoern Gaertner, Mochtar Pribadi, Hui-Yi Chu, Pei-Fang Tsai, Yu-Sheng Eason Lin, David Gonzalez and 7 more

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Article in Cell reports. Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. In Vivo T-Cell Engineering: Revolution in Delivery Strategies and Clinical Translation.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Bi-Huei YangFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Alma GutierrezFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Angela LiaoFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Soheila ShirinbakFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Bjoern GaertnerFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Mochtar PribadiFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Hui-Yi ChuFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Pei-Fang TsaiFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Yu-Sheng Eason LinFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
David GonzalezFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Wen-I YehFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Chia-Wei ChangFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Ryan BjordahlFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Tom LeeFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Martin HoskingFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA.
Eigen PeraltaFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA. Electronic address: eigen.peralta@fatetherapeutics.com.
Bahram ValamehrFate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92131, USA. Electronic address: bob.valamehr@fatetherapeutics.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have demonstrated therapeutic activity in hematopoietic malignancies, tumor heterogeneity has impeded the efficacy of CAR T cells and their extension into successful solid tumor treatment. To address these challenges, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived T (iT) cells are engineered to uniformly express CAR and T cell receptor (TCR), enabling targeting of both surface and intracellular antigens, respectively, along with a high-affinity, non-cleavable variant of CD16a (hnCD16) to support antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) when combined with therapeutic antibodies. Co-expression of each antitumor strategy on engineered iT cells enables independent and antigen-specific targeting across a diverse set of liquid and solid tumors. In heterogeneous tumor models, coactivation of these modalities is required for measurable antitumor efficacy, with activation of all three modalities displaying maximal efficacy. These data highlight the therapeutic potential of an off-the-shelf engineered iPSC-derived trimodal T cell expressing CAR, TCR, and hnCD16 to combat difficult-to-treat heterogeneous tumors.

Indexed as

Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenReceptors, IgGT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMiceReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenReceptors, IgGADCCcancer immunotherapyCARcell therapyhnCD16iPSC-derived T cellmulti-antigen targetingTCRtrimodal iT cellstumor heterogeneity

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PMID40541190
PMCPMC12281410

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