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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025

Engineering mRNA CAR-T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy.

Hilde Almåsbak, Mouldy Sioud, Anne-Marie Rasmussen

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hilde AlmåsbakCellular Medicine, Bioproduction, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Oslo, Norway.
Mouldy SioudDivision of Cancer Medicine, Department of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway. mosioud@medisin.uio.no.
Anne-Marie RasmussenOslo Myeloma Center, Oslo University Hospital-Ullevaål, Oslo, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive T-cell therapy is a promising cancer immunotherapy, but isolating tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells is time-consuming and often unsuccessful. An alternative approach involves genetically modifying T cells to express tumor antigen-specific T-cell receptors (TCRs) or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), enabling the redirection of large numbers of immune cells to target malignant cells. CARs combine the specificity of antibody-derived single-chain variable fragments with T-cell signaling domains (e.g., CD3ζ, CD28, 4-1BB), enabling T cells to recognize and kill antigen-positive cancer cells in an MHC-independent manner. This chapter outlines protocols for large-scale T-cell expansion and medium-scale production of messenger RNA (mRNA) CAR-T cells using electroporation as a delivery method. Two CARs are used as model systems: one targeting CD19 and another targeting an antigen expressed on hematological malignancies and solid tumors.

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Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRNA, MessengerT-LymphocytesAntigens, CD19ElectroporationHumansAntigens, CD19Receptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRNA, MessengerChimeric antigen receptorGene therapymRNA electroporationT lymphocytes

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