A. Kuenkele

This paper shows that high MYCN levels in neuroblastoma reduce L1CAM expression, limiting CAR T cell efficacy, and that inhibiting MYCN with MLN8237 restores L1CAM and enhances CAR T cell activity.

This paper develops a method to integrate ζ-deficient CARs into the CD3ζ gene to create functional CAR-T and CAR-NK cells with improved safety and efficacy for off-the-shelf therapies.

This paper develops a gene expression strategy that exploits neomorphic DNA-binding of fusion transcription factors in pediatric sarcomas to deliver therapeutic payloads with tumor-specific efficacy.

This paper presents a virus-free method to generate CAR T cells by inserting CARs into the TRAC locus using CRISPR-Cas and HDR, achieving up to 68% TCR-to-CAR replacement.