Cell Reports Medicine (Apr 2021)

Hypoxia-inducible CAR expression: An answer to the on-target/off-tumor dilemma?

  • Brooke Prinzing,
  • Giedre Krenciute

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
p. 100244

Abstract

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On-target/off-tumor toxicity is one of the major concerns regarding CAR T-cell therapy. Kosti et al.1 demonstrate that this form of toxicity can be prevented by designing a CAR whose expression is controlled by oxygen levels in the tumor environment.