Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy is a cancer immunotherapy based on genetically modified T cells that express specific receptor fragments recognizing tumor surface antigens. The modified T cells are infused into patients and can directly target cancer cells in the body without the help of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and exert immune killing effects.
For CAR-T cells, the effective component for tumor killing is CAR-positive T cells. The packaging specifications and clinical dosage of CAR-T cell products are expressed by the number of CAR-positive cells. Therefore, CAR transduction positive rate is a mandatory test item for CAR-T quality control. Regulatory authorities recommend using flow cytometry to detect CAR transduction positive rate. Currently, there are detection methods for different structural regions of CAR, including those targeting CAR antigen binding sites, such as CD19 antigen, or anti-Fab antibodies or Protein L proteins targeting light or heavy chain regions. Among them, the CAR positive rate detection method targeting antigen binding sites has been widely used due to its better specificity.
ACROBiosystems, as a protein supplier focused on pharmaceutical R&D, has developed a series of CAR-T target proteins in various forms including unlabeled, biotin-labeled, and fluorescent-labeled using professional protein development platform, protein labeling platform, stable cell line development platform and flow cytometry analysis platform, as well as supporting flow cytometry protocols for detecting CAR positive rates, to assist CAR-T R&D and accelerate the progress of CAR-T research. Currently, products cover more than 40 popular CAR-T targets including CD19, BCMA, CD22, MSLN and EGFR.