Stem cell-derived CAR T cells show greater persistence, trafficking, and viral control compared to ex vivo transduced CAR T cells

MA Carrillo, A Zhen, W Mu, V Rezek, H Martin… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) using T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) is
an area of intense investigation in the treatment of malignancies and chronic viral infections …

Efficient manufacturing and engraftment of CCR5 gene-edited HSPCs following busulfan conditioning in nonhuman primates

J Murray, T Einhaus, R Venkataraman, S Radtke… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy has been successfully used for a number of genetic
diseases and is also being explored for HIV. However, toxicity of the conditioning regimens …

CD20 CAR T cells safely and reversibly ablate B cell follicles in a non-human primate model of HIV persistence

JK Bui, CE Starke, NH Poole, BJ Rust, KR Jerome… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have demonstrated immense clinical
success for B cell and plasma cell malignancies. We tested their impact on the viral reservoir …

Intracellular RNase activity dampens zinc finger nuclease-mediated gene editing in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

CW Peterson, R Venkataraman, SS Reddy… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2022 - cell.com
Over the past decade, numerous gene-editing platforms which alter host DNA in a highly
specific and targeted fashion have been described. Two notable examples are zinc finger …

[HTML][HTML] AMD3100 redosing fails to repeatedly mobilize hematopoietic stem cells in the nonhuman primate and humanized mouse

C Samuelson, S Radtke, M Cui, A Perez, HP Kiem… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Hematopoietic stem cell mobilization is necessary for gene therapy and
transplants.•AMD3100 (Plerixafor) is the only mobilization agent safe in sickle cell …

Identification of Nonhuman Primate Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells

S Radtke, HP Kiem - Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Methods and Protocols, 2022 - Springer
The preclinical development of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy/editing and
transplantation protocols is frequently performed in large animal models such as nonhuman …

[HTML][HTML] The Pigtail Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) in Biomedical Research

CE Hotchkiss - nprcresearch.org
The Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaques) is an invaluable non-human primate model that
has been utilized to support research in the areas of reproduction and development …