CAR T cells targeting the glycoprotein GD2 show potent antitumor efficacy in high-risk ependymoma models

Antonio Carlos Tallon-Cobos; Konstantinos Vazaios; Piotr Waranecki; Marliek van Hoesel; Annelisa Cornel; Benjamin Schwalm; Norman Mack; Ella de Boed; Jasper van der Lugt; Stefan Nierkens; Marcel Kool; Eelco W. Hoving; Dennis S. Metselaar; Esther Hulleman

doi:10.1172/JCI193332

CAR T cells targeting the glycoprotein GD2 show potent antitumor efficacy in high-risk ependymoma models

Antonio Carlos Tallon-Cobos
, Konstantinos Vazaios
, Piotr Waranecki
, Marliek van Hoesel
, Annelisa Cornel
, Benjamin Schwalm
, Norman Mack
, Ella de Boed
, Jasper van der Lugt
, Stefan Nierkens
, Marcel Kool
, Eelco W. Hoving
, Dennis S. Metselaar
, Esther Hulleman

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Aggressive pediatric brain tumor models of ependymoma are highly sensitive to GD2-directed (CAR T) cell therapy.

Original language	English
Journal	The Journal of clinical investigation
Volume	136
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI193332
Publication status	Published - 16 Jan 2026

Keywords

Brain cancer
Cancer immunotherapy
Immunology
Neuroscience
Oncology

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Tallon-Cobos, A. C., Vazaios, K., Waranecki, P., van Hoesel, M., Cornel, A., Schwalm, B., Mack, N., de Boed, E., van der Lugt, J., Nierkens, S., Kool, M., Hoving, E. W., Metselaar, D. S., & Hulleman, E. (2026). CAR T cells targeting the glycoprotein GD2 show potent antitumor efficacy in high-risk ependymoma models. The Journal of clinical investigation, 136(2). https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI193332

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CAR T cells targeting the glycoprotein GD2 show potent antitumor efficacy in high-risk ependymoma models

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