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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2024

Antigen Presenting Cell Mimetic Lipid Nanoparticles for Rapid mRNA CAR T Cell Cancer Immunotherapy.

Ann E Metzloff, Marshall S Padilla, Ningqiang Gong, Margaret M Billingsley, Xuexiang Han, Maria Merolle, David Mai, Christian G Figueroa-Espada, Ajay S Thatte, Rebecca M Haley and 7 more

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
18.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Nanomaterials Drive In Vivo CAR Immune Cells Engineering.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  7. DNA-directed assembly of multivalent lipid nanoparticles for targeted T cell gene delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  10. Emerging strategies to reduce the side effects of CAR-T cell therapy: focusing on gene editing and nanotechnology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  17. Delivery platforms forFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ann E MetzloffDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1422-2387
Marshall S PadillaDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ningqiang GongDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Margaret M BillingsleyDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Xuexiang HanDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Maria MerolleDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
David MaiDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Christian G Figueroa-EspadaDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Ajay S ThatteDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Rebecca M HaleyDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Alvin J MukalelDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Alex G HamiltonDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Mohamad-Gabriel AlamehDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Drew WeissmanDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Neil C SheppardAbramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Carl H JuneAbramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Michael J MitchellDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3628-2244
University of Pennsylvania · USCalifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN CTR SUPPORT GRANTP30CA016520 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Robert H. Vonderheide · 1985 to 2026
$222.3M
Virus & Reservoirs CoreP30AI045008 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Ronald G Collman · 1999 to 2026
$78.6M
In utero gene editing to cure a metabolic liver diseaseR01DK123049 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI PERANTEAU, WILLIAM H. · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
Targeting stem-like cells and their niche in pancreatic cancerR37CA244911 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Tuomas Tammela · 2020 to 2026
$3.4M
A data-driven drug delivery (4D) platform for probing and treating the chemoresistant bone marrow microenvironmentDP2TR002776 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL, MICHAEL J · 2018 to 2018
$2.4M
Modular approach for the delivery of antibodies into the cytoplasm of cellsR01CA241661 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TSOURKAS, ANDREW · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
Advanced Training at the Interface of Engineering and Oral-Craniofacial SciencesT90DE030854 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Hyun Koo, Kathleen J Stebe · 2021 to 2026
$1.4M
Engineering Biomaterials to Modulate the Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Multiple MyelomaF99CA284294 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FIGUEROA-ESPADA, CHRISTIAN GABRIEL · 2023 to 2024
$98k
Ionizable lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of mRNA for CAR T cell engineeringF31CA260922 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BILLINGSLEY, MARGARET M. · 2021 to 2022
$77k
American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant RSG-22-122-01-ETBurroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface (CASI)Emerson CollectiveNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the US National Institutes of Health T90DE030854NCATS NIH HHS DP2 TR002776NCI NIH HHS F31 CA260922NCI NIH HHS F99 CA284294NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016520NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241661NCI NIH HHS R37 CA244911NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI045008NIDCR NIH HHS T90 DE030854NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123049Norman and Selma Kron Research FellowshipRobert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars ProgramUniversity of Pennsylvania Fontaine FellowshipUS National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award F31CA260922US National Science Foundation CAREER award CBET-2145491US National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has achieved remarkable clinical success in the treatment of hematological malignancies. However, producing these bespoke cancer-killing cells is a complicated ex vivo process involving leukapheresis, artificial T cell activation, and CAR construct introduction. The activation step requires the engagement of CD3/TCR and CD28 and is vital for T cell transfection and differentiation. Though antigen-presenting cells (APCs) facilitate activation in vivo, ex vivo activation relies on antibodies against CD3 and CD28 conjugated to magnetic beads. While effective, this artificial activation adds to the complexity of CAR T cell production as the beads must be removed prior to clinical implementation. To overcome this challenge, this work develops activating lipid nanoparticles (aLNPs) that mimic APCs to combine the activation of magnetic beads and the transfection capabilities of LNPs. It is shown that aLNPs enable one-step activation and transfection of primary human T cells with the resulting mRNA CAR T cells reducing tumor burden in a murine xenograft model, validating aLNPs as a promising platform for the rapid production of mRNA CAR T cells.

Indexed as

Antigen-Presenting CellsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNanoparticlesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRNA, MessengerT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansImmunotherapyLipidsLiposomesMiceNeoplasmsTransfectionLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRNA, Messengerbiomimicrycancer immunotherapyCAR T cellslipid nanoparticlesmRNA

Identifiers

PMID38419362
PMCPMC11209815
OpenAlexW4392288363

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