Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Demethylating therapy increases anti-CD123 CAR T cell cytotoxicity against acute myeloid leukemia

  • Nadia El Khawanky,
  • Amy Hughes,
  • Wenbo Yu,
  • Renier Myburgh,
  • Tony Matschulla,
  • Sanaz Taromi,
  • Konrad Aumann,
  • Jade Clarson,
  • Janaki Manoja Vinnakota,
  • Khalid Shoumariyeh,
  • Cornelius Miething,
  • Angel F. Lopez,
  • Michael P. Brown,
  • Justus Duyster,
  • Lutz Hein,
  • Markus G. Manz,
  • Timothy P. Hughes,
  • Deborah L. White,
  • Agnes S. M. Yong,
  • Robert Zeiser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26683-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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The success of CAR-T cells for treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is hampered by toxicity to normal cells and low CAR-T cell persistence. Here, the authors show that the demethylating compound 5′-Azacitdine increases anti-CD123 CAR-T cell cytotoxicity against AML.