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ArticleEuropean journal of immunology2021

Chimeric antigen receptor-modified human regulatory T cells that constitutively express IL-10 maintain their phenotype and are potently suppressive.

Yasmin R Mohseni, Adeel Saleem, Sim L Tung, Caroline Dudreuilh, Cameron Lang, Qi Peng, Alessia Volpe, George Adigbli, Amy Cross, Joanna Hester and 6 more

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Article in European journal of immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. CAR-mediated release of IL-10 increases the function of regulatory T cells: Relevance for future clinical application.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  6. Armored human CAR TScience advances · 2025
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  19. Multipurposing CARs: Same engine, different vehicles.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yasmin R MohseniMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Adeel SaleemMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Sim L TungMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Caroline DudreuilhMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Cameron LangImaging Therapies and Cancer Group, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
Qi PengMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Alessia VolpeImaging Therapies and Cancer Group, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
George AdigbliTransplantation Research & Immunology Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Amy CrossTransplantation Research & Immunology Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Joanna HesterTransplantation Research & Immunology Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Farzin FarzanehDepartment of Haematological Medicine, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
Cristiano ScottaMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3942-5201
Robert I LechlerMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Fadi IssaTransplantation Research & Immunology Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8279-7732
Gilbert O FruhwirthImaging Therapies and Cancer Group, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Studies, King's College London, London, UK.
Giovanna LombardiMRC Centre for Transplantation Immunology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBKing's College - North Carolina · US

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D014301/1British Heart Foundation RG/13/12/30395British Heart Foundation TG/16/2/32657Cancer Research UK 21153Cancer Research UK C48390/A21153Department of HealthMedical Research Council MC_PC_18059Medical Research Council MR/J006742/1Medical Research Council MR/K025538/1Wellcome Trust 211122Wellcome Trust 211122/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust WT203148/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical trials of Treg therapy in transplantation are currently entering phases IIa and IIb, with the majority of these employing polyclonal Treg populations that harbor a broad specificity. Enhancing Treg specificity is possible with the use of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), which can be customized to respond to a specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA). In this study, we build on our previous work in the development of HLA-A2 CAR-Tregs by further equipping cells with the constitutive expression of interleukin 10 (IL-10) and an imaging reporter as additional payloads. Cells were engineered to express combinations of these domains and assessed for phenotype and function. Cells expressing the full construct maintained a stable phenotype after transduction, were specifically activated by HLA-A2, and suppressed alloresponses potently. The addition of IL-10 provided an additional advantage to suppressive capacity. This study therefore provides an important proof-of-principle for this cell engineering approach for next-generation Treg therapy in transplantation.

Indexed as

Gene ExpressionImmunomodulationPhenotypeGene OrderGenetic EngineeringGenetic VectorsHumansInterleukin-10Receptors, Chimeric AntigenT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryIL10 protein, humanInterleukin-10Receptors, Chimeric AntigenCell therapyChimeric antigen receptorIL-10Regulatory T cellSuppression

Identifiers

PMID34320225
PMCPMC8581768
OpenAlexW3172160747

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