Chemicals and Drugs

Chimeric Antigen Receptors

Synthetic cellular receptors that reprogram T-LYMPHOCYTES to selectively bind antigens.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Synthetic cellular receptors that reprogram T-LYMPHOCYTES to selectively bind antigens.

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19 entry terms
  • Artificial T-Cell Receptors
  • Chimeric Antigen Receptor
  • Chimeric Immunoreceptors
  • Chimeric T-Cell Receptor
  • Chimeric T-Cell Receptors
  • Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
  • Antigen Receptor, Chimeric
  • Antigen Receptors, Chimeric
  • Artificial T Cell Receptors
  • Chimeric T Cell Receptor
  • Chimeric T Cell Receptors
  • Immunoreceptors, Chimeric
  • Receptor, Chimeric Antigen
  • Receptor, Chimeric T-Cell
  • Receptors, Artificial T-Cell
  • Receptors, Chimeric T-Cell
  • T-Cell Receptor, Chimeric
  • T-Cell Receptors, Artificial
  • T-Cell Receptors, Chimeric

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, drug effects, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, radiation effects, therapeutic use, ultrastructure.

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Indexing Annotation

for CAR-T Cell Therapy, coordinate with CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR THERAPY see IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE

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History Note

2019

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Previous Indexing

  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell (1993-2018)
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins (1993-2018)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chimeric Antigen Receptors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000076962. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000076962
  2. Chimeric Antigen Receptors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAR_T_cell
  3. Chimeric Antigen Receptors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5099363