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ArticleNeuro-oncology advances

Immunogenomic profiling reveals targets for gene therapy in pediatric brain tumors.

Giulia Rovesti, Alejandro Fernandez Woodbridge, Haidong Yao, Alessia Pancaldi, Chiara Chiavelli, Francesca Gatto, Ulrika Sandvick, Matti Sällberg, Jonas Fuxe, Massimo Dominici and 4 more

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Giulia RovestiDepartment of Oncology and Haematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.
Alejandro Fernandez WoodbridgeNEOGAP Therapeutics AB, Stockholm, Sweden (A.F.W., H.G., O.B.N.).
Haidong YaoNEOGAP Therapeutics AB, Stockholm, Sweden (A.F.W., H.G., O.B.N.).
Alessia Pancaldi
Chiara ChiavelliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences of Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Francesca GattoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ulrika SandvickDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, BioClinicum, Karolinska Instituet, Solna, Sweden.
Matti SällbergDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jonas FuxeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-9377
Massimo DominiciDepartment of Oncology and Haematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.
Hans GrönlundTherapeutic Immune Design, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ola B NilssonNEOGAP Therapeutics AB, Stockholm, Sweden (A.F.W., H.G., O.B.N.).
Daniela Nascimento SilvaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna PasettoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5254-2173

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Background: Pediatric brain tumors, particularly pontine diffuse midline glioma (pDMG), remains lethal with limited therapeutic options. Improved stereotactic biopsy techniques and advances in bioinformatics are progressively enabling deeper exploration of immunological vulnerabilities empowering novel strategies, including adoptive cell and gene therapies (ACGTs). We aimed to integrate genomic, transcriptomic, and immunological analyses to identify actionable pathways, surface antigens, and neoantigens that could inform next-generation immunotherapies, including Chimetic Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cells and T cell Receptor (TCR)-T cell strategies. Methods: Primary pDMG samples ( Results: Transcriptional drug response profiling revealed heterogeneous but actionable pathway dependencies. B4GALNT1 expression varied across tumors, identifying a subset with GD2 levels compatible with CAR-T targeting. Tumor microenvironment profiling showed enrichment of dendritic cells and M2 macrophages, with scarce CD8 Conclusion: This integrated profiling approach identifies targetable pathways, surface antigens, and neoantigens in pDMG, supporting the development of CAR-T and TCR-T therapies. These insights also suggest potential applicability to other cancers harboring shared mutations.

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CAR-T cellsneoantigen discoverypDMGTCR-T cellstumor microenvironment

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PMCPMC13464507

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