Functional persistence of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells is required for sustaining an antitumor response. Recently, Jain et al. revealed that disruption of TET2 in CAR T cells resulted in antigen-independent CAR T cell hyperproliferation that enhanced tumor control in mice, highlighting the potential of epigenetic strategies to improve T cell-based cancer immunotherapy.
Keywords: CAR T cells; TET2; cancer immunotherapy; epigenetics.
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