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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2026

B lymphocyte protein factories produced by hematopoietic stem cell gene editing.

Harald Hartweger, Chiara Ruprecht, Kai-Hui Yao, Philippe Laffont, Gabriella Lima Dos Reis, Pengcheng Zhou, Thomas Hägglöf, Laurine Binet, Maximilian Loewe, Jun P Hong and 19 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Harald HartwegerLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1118-1818
Chiara RuprechtLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-0868-1354
Kai-Hui YaoLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Philippe LaffontLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Gabriella Lima Dos ReisLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7511-1379
Pengcheng ZhouLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7736-2902
Thomas HägglöfLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7751-0928
Laurine BinetLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3260-8891
Maximilian LoeweLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2935-3750
Jun P HongLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8914-0314
Tianli XiaoDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4508-3973
Esen SefikDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6807-3498
Brianna HernandezLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Anna GazumyanLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5976-9717
Mila JankovicLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Michael S SeamanCenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6444-3562
Giulia CostaVector Biology Unit, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7387-6589
Sean A NelsonDrukier Institute for Children's Health, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Jordan ClarkDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1790-7883
Sachie KanataniJohns Hopkins School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7072-0447
Patrick C WilsonDrukier Institute for Children's Health, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3537-1245
Florian KrammerDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4121-776X
Elena A LevashinaVector Biology Unit, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4605-906X
Jean-Philippe JulienProgram in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7602-3995
Hedda WardemannB Cell Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3921-5933
Photini SinnisJohns Hopkins School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2954-7547
Leonidas StamatatosVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1106-7097
Richard A FlavellDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4461-0778
Michel C NussenzweigLaboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0592-8564

Funding

Stuctural basis of bNab activityP01AI100148 · NIAID · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Pamela J Bjorkman · 2013 to 2026
$43.3M
INSPIRE: Innovative Strategies for Personalized Immunotherapies and Reservoir EradicationUM1AI191237 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Marina Caskey, R. Brad Jones · 2025 to 2026
$5.9M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI100148NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI191237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term in vivo production of therapeutic proteins and development of vaccines that elicit protective levels of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against major pathogens face challenges. In this study, we report on an alternative gene editing approach using small numbers of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) to direct long-term, high-level expression of antibodies or cargo proteins. In mice, edited B lymphocytes derived from transplanted HSPCs were activated by cognate antigen, underwent clonal expansion, and developed into specific antibody-synthesizing or cargo protein-synthesizing plasma cells. These cells produced long-lasting, therapeutic levels of serum antibody against HIV-1, malaria, or an anti-influenza virus bNAb that mediated universal protection from heterologous lethal challenge. Our data provide a paradigm for cell therapy approaches to prevent or treat disease using self-amplifying B cell protein factories.

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B-LymphocytesGene EditingHematopoietic Stem CellsAnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesCRISPR-Cas SystemsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHIV-1HIV AntibodiesMalariaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPlasma CellsPrecursor Cells, B-LymphoidAntibodies, ProtozoanBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesHIV Antibodies

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