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ArticleMolecular therapy. Oncology2026

Augmenting CAR T cell functionality and metabolism through CD39 downtuning.

Dennis Christoph Harrer, Jeremy Baldwin, Markus Barden, Hong Pan, Bence Gergely, Árpád Szöőr, György Vereb, Wolfgang Herr, Hinrich Abken

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Article in Molecular therapy. Oncology, 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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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Dennis Christoph HarrerDepartment of Hematology and Internal Oncology, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Jeremy BaldwinLeibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Div. Functional Immune Cell Modulation, University Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Markus BardenLeibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Div. Genetic Immunotherapy, Chair Genetic Immunotherapy, University Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Hong PanLeibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Div. Genetic Immunotherapy, Chair Genetic Immunotherapy, University Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Bence GergelyDepartment of Biophysics and Cell Biology, University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Árpád SzöőrDepartment of Biophysics and Cell Biology, University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
György VerebDepartment of Biophysics and Cell Biology, University of Debrecen Faculty of Medicine, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Wolfgang HerrDepartment of Hematology and Internal Oncology, University Hospital Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Hinrich AbkenLeibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Div. Genetic Immunotherapy, Chair Genetic Immunotherapy, University Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The CD39/CD73 axis is a potent intrinsic repressor of T cell functionality. CAR T cell activation triggers the increase of CD39; its downregulation reduced extracellular ATP degradation and enhanced the functional capacities in CD39

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adenosineadoptive T cell therapyCAR T cellCD39exhaustionmetabolism

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PMID42440466
PMCPMC13333332

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