ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2024
An innovative single-cell approach for phenotyping and functional genotyping of CAR NK cells.
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- From single cell analysis to 3D micro physiological systems: microfluidic tools integrating cancer cell targets for delineating natural killer cell biology.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Review
- CAR-NK cell therapy for hematologic malignancies: advances, challenges and optimization strategies.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Single-cell profiling uncovers extracellular vesicle-associated malignant plasma cell subpopulations driving multiple myeloma progression.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Constitutive IL-7 signaling promotes CAR-NK cell survival in the solid tumor microenvironment but impairs tumor control.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Article
- Unraveling NK cell heterogeneity through single-cell sequencing: insights from physiological and tumor contexts for clinical applications.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Single Cell Droplet-Based Efficacy and Transcriptomic Analysis of a Novel Anti-KLRG1 Antibody for Elimination of Autoreactive T Cells.Research square · 2024Article
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- An innovative single-cell approach for phenotyping and functional genotyping of CAR NK cells.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo accelerate the translation of novel immunotherapeutic treatment approaches, the development of analytic methods to assess their efficacy at early in vitro stages is necessary. Using a droplet-based microfluidic platform, we have established a method for multiparameter quantifiable phenotypic and genomic observations of immunotherapies. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) natural killer (NK) cells are of increased interest in the current immunotherapy landscape and thus provide an optimal model for evaluating our novel methodology.
methodsFor this approach, NK cells transduced with a CD19 CAR were compared with non-transduced NK cells in their ability to kill a lymphoma cell line. Using our microfluidic platform, we were able to quantify the increase in cytotoxicity and synaptic contact formation of CAR NK cells over non-transduced NK cells. We then optimized our droplet sorter and successfully used it to separate NK cells based on target cell killing to perform transcriptomic analyses.
resultsOur data revealed expected improvement in cytotoxicity with the CD19 CAR but more importantly, provided unique insights into the factors involved in the cytotoxic mechanisms of CAR NK cells. This demonstrates a novel, improved system for accelerating the pre-clinical screening of future immunotherapy treatments.
conclusionsThis study provides a new potential approach for enhanced early screening of immunotherapies to improve their development, with a highly relevant cell model to demonstrate. Additionally, our validation studies provided some potential insights into transcriptomic determinants influencing CAR NK cytotoxicity.
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