Simona Caruso, Biagio De Angelis, Francesca Del Bufalo, Roselia Ciccone, Samantha Donsante, Gabriele Volpe, Simona Manni, Marika Guercio, Michele Pezzella, Laura Iaffaldano, Domenico Alessandro Silvestris, Matilde Sinibaldi, Stefano Di Cecca, Angela Pitisci, Enrico Velardi, Pietro Merli, Mattia Algeri, Mariachiara Lodi, Valeria Paganelli, Marta Serafini, Mara Riminucci, Franco Locatelli, Concetta Quintarelli
BACKGROUND: Paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is characterized by poor outcomes in patients with relapsed/refractory disease, despite the improvements in intensive standard therapy. The leukaemic cells of paediatric AML patients show high expression of the CD123 antigen, and this finding provides the biological basis to target CD123 with the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). However, CAR.CD123 therapy in AML is hampered by on-target off-tumour toxicity and a long "vein-to-vein" time...
November 5, 2022: Journal of Hematology & Oncology