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Fig. 2 | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

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From: CAR T cell therapy for breast cancer: harnessing the tumor milieu to drive T cell activation

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Transgenic expression of 4/7ICR is insufficient to overcome tumor-mediated T cell dysfunction. a Schematic of co-culture experimental setup (left panel) and bioluminescence data tracking tumor expansion (in the absence of T cell treatment) over time (right panel). b Representative dot plots (top) and summary quantitative data (bottom) showing T cells and tumor cell numbers on day 0 and day 21 of coculture (mean ± SEM, n = 6 independent experiments). Significance was determined by an unpaired two-tailed t-test, p < 0.05, 1G.4/7ICR compared with 1G. c Representative images of bioluminescent tumor cells (top) and summarized quantitative bioluminescence signal from tumor cells treated with either NT, 1G or 1G.4/7ICR T cells over time (mean ± SEM, n = 6). d Phenotypic analysis of MUC1 expression on MDA MB 468 cells on day 0 and day 21 of co-culture (representative donor). e CAR expression on 1G.4/7ICR cells after co-culture with tumor cells. f CD25 expression on 1G versus 1G.4/7ICR T cells on day 0 and day 21 of co-culture (light grey: isotype control, dark grey: 1G T cells, green: 1G.4/7ICR T cells). g Surface expression of PD-1 (representative donor - left, summary data - right) on 1G.4/7ICR cells gated on CD3+TIM3+cells and analyzed on days 0, 7, 14 and 21 of co-culture (mean ± SEM, n = 6, p < 0.05). h Cytolytic activity of 1G.4/7/ICR prior to and day 21 post-coculture using MDA MB 468 cells as targets (E:T 10:1; mean ± SEM, n = 4, p < 0.01)

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