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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Enhancing the transduction efficiency of lentiviral vectors in CAR-T cell therapy through an optimization workflow.

Rita Ferreira, Jaciara Fernanda Gomes Gama, Ana Godinho-Santos, Joao Goncalves

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. 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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  1. Harnessing Vδ1Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 authors.

Rita FerreiraMolecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jaciara Fernanda Gomes GamaMolecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ana Godinho-Santos *Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Joao Goncalves *Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient lentiviral (LV) transduction is a cornerstone of CAR-T manufacturing, yet performance is often construct-specific and highly sensitive to production and delivery parameters. We developed a stepwise optimization workflow using an underperforming anti-FITC-CAR in Jurkat E6-1 cells and validated generalizability with a well-performing HER2 CAR (pHR_SFFv_4D5-WT-Highest), followed by translational testing in primary PBMCs. The strategy sequentially tuned LV concentration, brief agitation during transduction, packaging system, DNA input balance, and addition of a transduction enhancer, with outcomes quantified by flow cytometry (tdTomato and HA or c-myc tags). Concentrated supernatants and a short 2-h shaking step improved signal definition and yield; incorporating an alternative packaging plasmid and a modest DNA rebalance further increased performance. With a low-dose enhancer, Jurkat transduction with the anti-FITC-CAR arose from ∼1% to ∼40-50% tdTomato

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CAR-T cell therapyJurkat E6-1lentiviral vectorsPBMCstransductiontransfection

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PMCPMC13018915

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