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ArticleNature communications2026

Programmable CAR-engaging particles rewire human CAR T-cell signaling for sustainable ex vivo expansion.

Qinghe Zeng, Landon Flemming, Yuanzhou Chen, Thomas Mazumder, Heinz Hammerlindl, Greg M Allen, Ricardo Almeida, Jasper Z Williams, Rogelio A Hernández-López, Ania-Ariadna Baetica and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 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.

Qinghe ZengSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Landon FlemmingSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Yuanzhou ChenDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-2518-5626
Thomas MazumderDepartment of Medicine and Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Heinz HammerlindlDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5119-9791
Greg M AllenCell Design Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0032-8140
Ricardo AlmeidaCell Design Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3755-0669
Jasper Z WilliamsCell Design Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1578-2247
Rogelio A Hernández-LópezCell Design Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3968-4908
Ania-Ariadna BaeticaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sara E MeyerDepartment of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Cancer Biology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Joseph A FraiettaCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7900-8993
Justin EyquemDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8262-1190
Chun J YeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6560-3783
Wendell A LimCell Design Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4052-8056
Qizhi TangDiabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7313-3574
Tejal A DesaiDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. tejal_desai@brown.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3409-9208
Xiao HuangSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. xh324@drexel.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7733-9094

Funding

User-control and safetyU54CA244438 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LIM, WENDELL A · 2019 to 2022
$7.8M
Drexel University Startup fundNCI NIH HHS U54 CA244438U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) 1U54CA244438Wallace H. Coulter Foundation (WHCF) Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell proliferative capacity and persistence determine the therapeutic efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. However, strategies to externally enhance CAR-T cell expansion without genetic rewiring are lacking. Here, we engineer CAREp, programmable DNA-scaffolded PLGA microparticles displaying CAR-targeting antigens and CD28-costimulatory antibodies, to repeatedly stimulate human CD8

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCD28 AntigensCell ProliferationErbB ReceptorsHumansLymphocyte ActivationMitochondriaPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerSignal TransductionCD28 AntigensErbB ReceptorsPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID42844241
PMCPMC13645755

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