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Table 1 Strategies for safer CAR-T therapy

From: Development of molecular and pharmacological switches for chimeric antigen receptor T cells

Strategy

Mechanism

Suicide gene

Incorporation of suicide genes (iCasp9, EGFRt) [3, 4]

Combinational targeted activation

Two antigen recognitions are required to fully activate CAR-T cells [5]

Inhibitory CAR-T cells

Recognition of normal cell induces inhibition of CAR-T cell activity [6]

CAR modification

Modification of CAR molecules to identify constructs with less cytokine production activity but with preserved anti-tumor function [7]

On/off switch for CAR-T cell

Dasatinib serves as an on/off switch for CAR-T cells [8]