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ArticleCell reports methods2026

Dynamic estimation of metabolic state during CAR T cell production.

N Suhas Jagannathan, Wei-Xiang Sin, Denise Bei Lin Teo, Faris Kairi, Yen Hoon Luah, Francesca Lorraine Wei Inng Lim, Michaela Su-Fern Seng, Shui Yen Soh, Yie Hou Lee, Lisa Tucker-Kellogg and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Microbioreactor design for eukaryotic cell-based biomedical applications.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

N Suhas JagannathanCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore; Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore.
Wei-Xiang SinCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore.
Denise Bei Lin TeoCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore.
Faris KairiCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore.
Yen Hoon LuahCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore.
Francesca Lorraine Wei Inng LimAdvanced Cell Therapy and Research Institute (ACTRIS), Singapore 168583, Singapore; Department of Hematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore; Oncology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore; SingHealth Duke-NUS Cell Therapy Centre, Singapore 168582, Singapore.
Michaela Su-Fern SengOncology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore; SingHealth Duke-NUS Cell Therapy Centre, Singapore 168582, Singapore; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore.
Shui Yen SohOncology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore; SingHealth Duke-NUS Cell Therapy Centre, Singapore 168582, Singapore; Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore.
Yie Hou LeeCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore; SingHealth Duke-NUS Cell Therapy Centre, Singapore 168582, Singapore.
Lisa Tucker-KelloggCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore; Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore.
Michael E BirnbaumCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore; Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA; Ragon Institute of MIT, MGH and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: mbirnb@mit.edu.
Rajeev J RamCritical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART), Singapore 138602, Singapore; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: rajeev@mit.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a modeling framework that can perform real-time estimation of per-cell metabolic rates of T cells expanded ex vivo in a reactor. We validate our estimated rates using metabolic assays, show how average rates can be deconvoluted to rates of individual T cell phenotypes, and demonstrate applicability to different reactor types. Applying our tool to the expansion of both healthy and patient-derived cells in a perfusion-based microbioreactor, we offer proof-of-principle to show that correlations exist between early metabolic rates of T cells in culture and cellular attributes related to growth, differentiation, and exhaustion of the final product. Given the biological variation that exists in the growth and dynamics of patient-derived cells in culture, such modeling contributes to the overarching goal of improving the consistency of cell therapy through adaptive process control (APC).

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Receptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesBioreactorsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationHumansReceptors, Chimeric Antigenadaptive process controlCAR T manufacturingCAR T metabolismcomputational modelingCP: immunologyCP: metabolismcritical quality attributesmetabolic controlmetabolic state estimationprocess optimization

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PMID41679306
PMCPMC12946754

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