ConvertibleCAR-T, A Highly Adaptable CAR-T Platform to Fight HIV

One potential approach to achieving a functional HIV cure is to first reduce the size of the HIV reservoir and then engineer an immune response that can effectively control the shrunken reservoir in the absence of antiretroviral therapy. MicAbodies, comprised of full-length broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies coupled to a mutated ligand, selectively engage a mutant receptor that has been engineered as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and expressed on CD8 T cells (convertibleCAR-T cells). The HIV-specific MicAbodies and the convertibleCAR-T cells can detect and eliminate HIV infected cells. The modularity of the convertibleCAR-T cell system allows multiplexing with several anti-HIV antibodies and yields greater breadth and control, thus making this platform a promising tool for attacking the latent HIV reservoir.

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