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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2026

Gene regulatory elements determine efficacy of BCMA-targeted CAR-T cell products.

Viktoria Blumenberg, Kristen B June, Filippo Birocchi, Giulia Escobar, Charlotte Graham, Yueyang Fan, Merle K Phillips, Sangwoo Park, Deshea Harris, Henry Anderson and 8 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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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

18 authors.

Viktoria BlumenbergCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-0876
Kristen B JuneCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Filippo BirocchiCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5214-233X
Giulia EscobarCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9177-0251
Charlotte GrahamComprehensive Cancer Center, King's College London, London, UK.
Yueyang FanCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6040-0819
Merle K PhillipsCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sangwoo ParkCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-3114
Deshea HarrisCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Henry AndersonCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7173-2077
Amanda A BouffardCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-1501-4384
Christopher KellyCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-6220-4588
Magdi ElsallabCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9574-3496
Trisha R BergerCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3439-3239
Kathleen Me GallagherCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mark B LeickCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3111-0221
Adele MucciCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1532-4414
Marcela V MausCellular Immunotherapy Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA mvmaus@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7578-0393

Funding

Overcoming tumor heterogeneity in glioblastoma with multi-targeted CAR T cells secreting bispecific antibodiesR01CA238268 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Marcela Valderrama Maus · 2019 to 2026
$4.0M
Understanding and manipulating programmed cell death (PCD) pathways to facilitate lymphoid tumor killing by CAR T cellsR01CA249062 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MAUS, MARCELA VALDERRAMA · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Targeted delivery of a VEGF‐blocking scFv by CD70 CAR‐T cells to enhance anti‐tumor activity in renal cell carcinomaK08CA289948 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Mark Leick · 2024 to 2026
$893k
Engineering novel CAR-T cell therapy to overcome the cancer cell glycocalyxK99CA303346 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Sangwoo Park · 2025 to 2026
$352k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA289948NCI NIH HHS K99 CA303346NCI NIH HHS R01 CA238268NCI NIH HHS R01 CA249062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, the approved B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell product ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) shows higher response rates than idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) in pivotal trials and real-world comparisons. This advantage has been attributed to the biparatopic dual-VHH (dVHH) binder of cilta-cel. However, the products also differ in the gene regulatory elements driving CAR expression: cilta-cel uses a human elongation factor α (EF1α) promoter in conjunction with a woodchuck hepatitis post-transcriptional regulatory element (EF1α

Indexed as

B-Cell Maturation AntigenImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMultiple MyelomaReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysB-Cell Maturation AntigenReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAdoptive cell therapy - ACTChimeric antigen receptor - CARMultiple Myeloma

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PMID42759984
PMCPMC13599996

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