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ArticleOncoimmunology2025

Chronic antigen stimulation in melanoma induces T cell exhaustion and limits efficacy of T cell bispecific therapies.

Idil Hutter-Karakoc, Eleni Maria Varypataki, Aparna Neelakandhan, Simone Lang, Vesna Kramar, Ahmet Varol, Sasha Simons, Marine Richard, Mudita Pincha, Dario Venetz and 6 more

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Article in Oncoimmunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Idil Hutter-KarakocRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0008-7389-5542
Eleni Maria VarypatakiRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Aparna NeelakandhanRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Simone LangRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Vesna KramarRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Ahmet VarolRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Sasha SimonsRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Marine RichardRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Mudita PinchaRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Dario VenetzRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Johannes SamRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7455-0609
Nicole JollerDepartment of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1996-1672
Christian MünzInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6419-1940
Pablo UmanaRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.
Christian KleinRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7594-7280
Maria AmannRoche Innovation Center Zurich, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Schlieren, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0006-0104-0057

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell bispecific antibodies (TCBs) have demonstrated promising results in patients with solid tumors, yet the immunological mechanisms influencing their efficacy require further investigation. T cell exhaustion, induced by prolonged antigen exposure, is known to compromise T cell-based immunotherapies, but its effect on TCB efficacy remains unclear. Herein, we assessed the TCB efficacy on tumor-specific T cells, emphasizing their functional status. Utilizing an immunocompetent mouse model with melanoma expressing an immunogenic antigen, we showed that tumor-specific T cells acquire an exhausted phenotype and fail to expand under TCB treatment. Both mouse and human tumor-specific T cells

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificAntigens, NeoplasmMelanomaT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmunotherapyLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLT-Cell ExhaustionAntibodies, BispecificAntigens, Neoplasmantigen-specific T cellsCancer immunotherapychronic antigen stimulationmelanomasolid tumorsT cell bispecific antibodiesT cell engagersT cell exhaustion

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PMID40891421
PMCPMC12382474

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