Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41662521›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Engineering chimeric antigen receptor CD4 T cells for Alzheimer's disease.

Pavle Boskovic, Rotem Shalita, Wenqing Gao, Hailey Vernon, Yu Lin Deng, Marco Colonna, Robbie G Majzner, Ido Amit, Jonathan Kipnis

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Pavle BoskovicCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID 0000-0002-2185-7121
Rotem ShalitaDepartment of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Wenqing GaoDivision of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong.
Hailey VernonCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Yu Lin DengCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Marco Colonna *Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID 0000-0001-5222-4987
Robbie G MajznerDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Division of Hematology and Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.
Ido Amit *Department of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Jonathan Kipnis *Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Funding

Aged T-cell-derived cytokines impact meningeal lymphatics and contribute to ADR01AG078667 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Jonathan Kipnis · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
Engineered T cell approaches for Alzheimer's diseaseR61AG090394 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Ido Amit, Jonathan Kipnis · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation no numberCure Alzheimer's Fund (CAF) no numberFred and Ginger Haberle Charitable Fund at East Texas Communities Foundation no numberHHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) R01AG078667HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) R61AG090394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the prevailing cause of age-associated dementia worldwide. Current standard of care relies on antibody-based immunotherapy. However, antibody-based approaches carry risks for patients, and their effects on cognition are marginal. Increasing evidence suggests that T cells contribute to AD onset and progression. Unlike the cytotoxic effects of CD8

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceAmyloid beta-PeptidesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAlzheimer’s diseaseCAR T cellschimeric antigen receptorsneurodegenerationT cell

Identifiers

PMID41662521
PMCPMC12912999

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