We describe a quantitative real-time in vitro cytolysis assay system to evaluate the potency of chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting liquid and solid tumor cells. This protocol can be extended to assess other immune effector cells, as well as combination treatments.
Xi, B., Berahovich, R., Zhou, H., Xu, S., Wei, Y., Guan, J., Harto, H., Guan, J., Wu, L., Santa Ana, D., Cerignoil, F., Lamarche, B., Abassi, Y. A., Golubovskaya, V. A Real-time Potency Assay for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Targeting Solid and Hematological Cancer Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (153), e59033, doi:10.3791/59033 (2019).