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Table 1 Tumor-associated antigens of CAR-T cell target

From: Chimeric antigen receptor T cells: a novel therapy for solid tumors

Antigen

Full name

Disease

EGFR

Epidermal growth factor receptor

NSCLC, epithelial carcinoma, glioma

EGFRvIII

Variant III of the epidermal growth factor receptor

Glioblastoma

HER2

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

Ovarian cancer, breast cancer, glioblastoma, colon cancer, osteosarcoma, medulloblastoma

MSLN

Mesothelin

Mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, pancreatic adenocarcinoma

PSMA

Prostate-specific membrane antigen

Prostate cancer

CEA

Carcinoembryonic antigen

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, breast cancer, colorectal carcinoma

GD2

Disialoganglioside 2

Neuroblastoma, melanoma

IL13Rα2

Interleukin-13Ra2

Glioma

GPC3

Glypican-3

Hepatocellular carcinoma

CAIX

Carbonic anhydrase IX

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

L1-CAM

L1 cell adhesion molecule

Neuroblastoma, melanoma, ovarian adenocarcinoma

CA125

Cancer antigen 125 (also known as MUC16)

Epithelial ovarian cancers

CD133

Cluster of differentiation 133 (also known as prominin-1)

Glioblastoma, cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)

FAP

Fibroblast activation protein

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM)

CTAG1B

Cancer/testis antigen 1B (also known as NY-ESO-1)

Melanoma and ovarian cancer

MUC1

Mucin 1

Seminal vesicle cancer

FR-α

Folate receptor-α

Ovarian cancer