Anti-BCMA chimeric antigen receptors with fully human heavy-chain-only antigen recognition domains

Chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) use antibody variable regions to activate anti-tumor immunity. Here the authors show that a mouse IgH/IgL variable region used in a clinical CAR induces host immune responses to possibly reduce therapy efficacy, but an IgH-only CAR T design achieves similar CAR T act...

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Main Authors: Norris Lam, Nathan D. Trinklein, Benjamin Buelow, George H. Patterson, Namrata Ojha, James N. Kochenderfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14119-9
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Summary:Chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) use antibody variable regions to activate anti-tumor immunity. Here the authors show that a mouse IgH/IgL variable region used in a clinical CAR induces host immune responses to possibly reduce therapy efficacy, but an IgH-only CAR T design achieves similar CAR T activity but is potentially less immunogenic.
ISSN:2041-1723