Yunyu Mao, Qibin Liao, Youwei Zhu, Mingyuan Bi, Jun Zou, Nairong Zheng, Lingyan Zhu, Chen Zhao, Qing Liu, Li Liu, Jun Chen, Ling Gu, Zhuoqun Liu, Xinghao Pan, Ying Xue, Meiqi Feng, Tianlei Ying, Pingyu Zhou, Zhanshuai Wu, Jian Xiao, Renfang Zhang, Jing Leng, Yongtao Sun, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jianqing Xu
Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells have been proposed for HIV-1 treatment but have not yet demonstrated desirable therapeutic efficacy. Here, we report newly developed anti-HIV-1 CAR-T cells armed with endogenic broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) and the follicle-homing receptor CXCR5, termed M10 cells. M10 cells were designed to exercise three-fold biological functions, including broad cytotoxic effects on HIV-infected cells, neutralization of cell-free viruses produced after latency reversal, and B-cell follicle homing...
May 14, 2024: Cell Discovery