Abstract
Lentivirus-mediated gene transfer is an efficient method to introduce a variety of transgenes to human T cells. Here we describe a protocol to transduce human CD4+, CD8+, or CD4+ regulatory T cells. To illustrate the method, we use transduction with lentivirus encoding an HLA-A2-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and a transduction marker as an example. Methods to isolate, transduce, purify, and expand CD4+ and CD8+ T cells as well as regulatory T cells are provided. We also describe how to carry out cytotoxicity or suppression assays to assess the function of the resulting CAR T cell or CAR regulatory T cells, respectively.
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Fung, V.C.W., Rosado-Sánchez, I., Levings, M.K. (2021). Transduction of Human T Cell Subsets with Lentivirus. In: Annunziato, F., Maggi, L., Mazzoni, A. (eds) T-Helper Cells. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2285. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1311-5_19
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