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ArticleScience advances2026

Ultrasound priming gated by solid tumor hallmarks to guide CAR-T therapy.

Tianze Guo, Ziyue Zhu, Yunjia Qu, Xi Yu, Linshan Zhu, Yuxuan Wang, Kunshu Liu, Jiaxin Cui, Xue Dong, Chi-Woo Yoon and 11 more

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Tianze GuoAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6280-5902
Ziyue ZhuAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yunjia QuShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Xi YuAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-5003-7298
Linshan ZhuAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3849-3237
Yuxuan WangAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Kunshu LiuAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jiaxin CuiAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8318-0008
Xue DongAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-1233-8674
Chi-Woo YoonAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4619-7083
Cem Yigit KilicAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3022-2718
Peixiang HeShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-6933-2077
Shuangquan GouAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Yushun ZengAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5995-4085
Priyankan DattaDepartment of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Qifa ZhouAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1527-3020
Hongquan XuDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ishwar K PuriAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8713-4188
Longwei LiuAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4229-9066
Keyue ShenAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9605-1635
Yingxiao WangAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0265-326X

Funding

Acoustothermogenetics for Cell EngineeringR35GM140929 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, YINGXIAO · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
(PQ5) Microenvironmental Regulation of Mitochondrial Heterogeneity in Cancer MetastasisR01CA220012 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI SHEN, KEYUE · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA220012NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CAR-T therapy is highly effective in hematologic malignancies but remains challenging in solid tumors. To address this challenge, here, we developed SHIFTERS (solid-tumor hallmark inducible, focused-ultrasound triggered enhanced reprogramming system), an AND-gated circuit that rewires tumor hallmarks into the clinically validated antigen CD19 under focused-ultrasound (FUS) control. SHIFTERS uses a split Gal4-VP64 transcription factor with one module driven by a hypoxia-responsive promoter and the other by a FUS-inducible heat-shock promoter, restricting CD19 induction to sonicated, hallmark-positive regions. This design enables robust, sustained local CD19 expression to activate and train CD19 synNotch CAR-T cells. In 3D spheroids and in vivo models, hypoxia-gated SHIFTERS combined with synNotch CAR-T cells achieved strong tumor suppression, supporting FUS-guided, localized activation. SHIFTERS is modular and can be adapted to tumor-type-specific promoters such as enAFP in hepatocellular carcinoma to enable both spatial and cell type-specific targeting. Together, SHIFTERS provides a modular, tumor-constrained, ultrasound-controllable platform to improve the precision and efficacy of CAR-T therapy for solid tumors.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMicePromoter Regions, GeneticXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID42268944
PMCPMC13251842

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