Enhanced antitumoral activity of the academic CAR-T ARI0002h against normal and low BCMA-expressing myeloma cells after incorporating a transmembrane CD28 domain

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | |

Background <p>B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is the main target for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells in multiple myeloma (MM), demonstrating promising outcomes. However, unlike what happens with CART19 in lymphoblastic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a high proportion of patients will relapse after CAR-T BCMA therapy due to insufficient antigen expression, low CAR-T cell persistence and/or T-cell exhaustion. In other B…

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