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In CAR T cell-treated lymphomas, the T cell rich get richer

In patients with large B cell lymphomas, immune features of the tumor microenviroment predict clinical outcomes after CAR T cell therapy; as the number of patients treated with CAR T cells is set to increase, refinement of these and other biomarkers will be crucial.

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Fig. 1: The immune content of the TME of LBCL is associated with clinical outcomes after CAR T cell therapy.

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J.D.B. receives research funding or non-financial support from: Merck, Genentech, Kite/Gilead, SeaGen, Astrazeneca, ADC Therapeutics, Epizyme, Celldex Therapeutics and Oncovir.

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Anagnostou, T., Brody, J.D. In CAR T cell-treated lymphomas, the T cell rich get richer. Nat Med 28, 1757–1758 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01922-z

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