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ImmunoCult?-XF T Cell Expansion Medium

Serum-free and xeno-free medium for the expansion of T cells

ImmunoCult?-XF T Cell Expansion Medium

Serum-free and xeno-free medium for the expansion of T cells

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Product Advantages


  • No need to supplement the medium with serum

  • Supports robust T cell expansion with high viability after 10 - 12 days of culture

  • Expanded T cells are able to produce cytokines including IFN-gamma and IL-4 upon restimulation

  • Use with ImmunoCult? Human T Cell Activators (Catalog #10970 and 10971) for bead-free activation of T cells

Overview

ImmunoCult?-XF T Cell Expansion Medium is a serum-free and xeno-free medium optimized for the in vitro culture and expansion of T cells isolated from peripheral blood. Recombinant cytokines, required for the optimal growth and expansion of T cells, have not been added to ImmunoCult?-XF T Cell Expansion Medium. This allows users the flexibility to prepare medium that meets their requirements.

This product is designed for research applications. If you require reagents suitable for use in cell therapy manufacturing, ImmunoCult?-XF (Catalog #100-0956) is produced under relevant GMPs for use in clinical applications.
Subtype
Specialized Media
Cell Type
T Cells, T Cells, CD4+, T Cells, CD8+
Species
Human, Mouse
Application
Cell Culture, Expansion
Brand
ImmunoCult
Area of Interest
Immunology, Cell Therapy Development
Formulation Category
Serum-Free, Xeno-Free

Data Figures

ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Supports Faster T Cell Expansion Than Other Serum-Free and Serum-Supplemented Media

Figure 1. ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Supports Faster T Cell Expansion Than Other Serum-Free and Serum-Supplemented Media

T cells were isolated from human peripheral blood samples using the EasySep™ Human T Cell Isolation Kit (Catalog #17951), stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator (Catalog #10970), and cultured in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium supplemented with rhIL-2. T cells were stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator on day 0 and every 7 to 8 days for the duration of the culture. T cells were analyzed on days 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 18, and 21 for fold expansion relative to the initial cell seeding density. Compared to all competitor media tested, ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium showed significantly higher expansion of total T cells. Competitors 1 to 4 include, in no particular order, X-VIVO™ 15 (Lonza), AIM V® Medium (Life Tech), CellGro® DC Medium (CellGenix), and RPMI 1640 + serum. Each data point represents the mean fold expansion ± S.E.M. at the specified time points (p<0.05 for ImmunoCult™-XF versus all media for days 8, 11, 14, 18, and 21, tested using two-tailed, paired t-test with unequal variance, n = 6 to 19 donors). The average fold expansion of T cells in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium were 15-fold on day 7, 80-fold on day 10, 450-fold on day 14, and 4,000-fold on day 21.

ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Supports Greater T Cell Expansion Than Other Serum-Free and Serum-Supplemented Media

Figure 2. ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Supports Greater T Cell Expansion Than Other Serum-Free and Serum-Supplemented Media

T cells were isolated from human peripheral blood samples using the EasySep™ Human T Cell Isolation Kit (Catalog #17951), stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator (Catalog #10970), and cultured in (A) ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium or serum-free competitor media with rhIL-2 in three replicate cultures per donor, or cultured in (B) ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium or serum-supplemented competitor media with rhIL-2 in three replicate cultures per donor. T cells were stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator on day 0 and every 7 to 8 days for the duration of the culture. T cells were analyzed on day 21 for fold expansion relative to the initial cell seeding density.
(A) Compared to all serum-free competitor media tested, ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium showed significantly higher expansion of total T cells. Competitors 1 to 6 represent serum-free competitor media, which include, in no particular order, X-VIVO™ 15 (Lonza), AIM V® Medium (Life Tech), CellGro® DC Medium (CellGenix), CTS™ OpTmizer™ T Cell Expansion SFM (Life Tech), TexMACS™ Medium (Miltenyi), and PRIME-XV?® T Cell Expansion XSFM (Irvine Scientific). Each column with error bars represents the mean ± S.E.M. (p<5x10-13 for ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium versus all other serum-free media, tested using the linear mixed effect model with linear regression, n = 4 to 19 donors).
(B) Compared to all serum-supplemented competitor media tested, ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium showed similar or significantly higher expansion of total T cells. Competitors 1 to 4 represent serum-supplemented competitor media, which include, in no particular order, X-VIVO™ 15 + serum, CTS™ OpTmizer™ T Cell Expansion SFM + serum, RPMI 1640 + serum, and IMDM + serum. Each column with error bars represents the mean ± S.E.M. (p<0.0006 for ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium versus all other serum-supplemented media except for Competitor 4, tested using the linear mixed effect model with linear regression, n = 1 to 19 donors).

T Cells Expanded in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Show Similar Proportions of CD4+ and CD8+ Cells as T Cells at the Start of Culture

Figure 3. T Cells Expanded in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Show Similar Proportions of CD4+ and CD8+ Cells as T Cells at the Start of Culture

T cells were isolated from human peripheral blood samples using the EasySep™ Human T Cell Isolation Kit (Catalog #17951), stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator (Catalog #10970), and cultured in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium supplemented with rhIL-2. T cells were stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator on day 0 and every 7 to 8 days for the duration of the culture. On day 0 and day 21, T cells were harvested and analyzed for (A) CD4+ and (B) CD8+ expression. Each column with error bars represents the mean ± S.E.M. (n = 24 donors for day 0 and n = 19 donors for day 21).

T Cells Expanded in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Produce Intracellular IFN-gamma and IL-4

Figure 4. T Cells Expanded in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium Produce Intracellular IFN-gamma and IL-4

T cells were isolated from human peripheral blood samples using the EasySep™ Human T Cell Isolation Kit (Catalog #17951), stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator (Catalog #10970), and cultured in ImmunoCult™-XF T Cell Expansion Medium supplemented with rhIL-2. T cells were stimulated with ImmunoCult™ Human CD3/CD28/CD2 T Cell Activator on day 0 and every 7 to 8 days for the duration of the culture. On day 21, T cells were harvested and analyzed for intracellular IFN-gamma and IL-4 after stimulation with PMA and ionomycin for 4 hours and with Brefeldin A for 2 hours. The production of IFN-gamma and IL-4 in CD3+, CD3+CD4+CD8-, and CD3+CD4-CD8+ cells were determined. Each stacked column with error bars represents the mean ± S.E.M. (n = 9 donors).

Protocols and Documentation

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Modulating the PPARγ pathway upregulates NECTIN4 and enhances chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy in bladder cancer K. Chang et al. Nature Communications 2025 Sep

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With the approval of the antibody-drug conjugate enfortumab vedotin (EV), NECTIN4 has emerged as a bona fide therapeutic target in urothelial carcinoma (UC). Here, we report the development of a NECTIN4-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell, which exhibits reactivity across cells expressing a range of endogenous NECTIN4, with enhanced activity in high expressors. We demonstrate that the PPARγ pathway, critical for luminal differentiation, transcriptionally controls NECTIN4 , and that the PPARγ agonist rosiglitazone primes and augments NECTIN4 expression, thereby increasing sensitivity to NECTIN4-CAR T cell-mediated killing. NECTIN4-CAR T cells have potent anti-tumor activity even against EV resistant cells, which largely retain NECTIN4 expression, including in a post-EV biopsy cohort. Our results elucidate a therapeutically actionable mechanism that UC cells use to control NECTIN4 expression and suggest therapeutic approaches that leverage PPARγ agonists for rational combinations with NECTIN4-targeting agents in UC, as well as future potential treatment options for EV-refractory patients. Subject terms: Bladder cancer, Cancer immunotherapy, Cancer therapeutic resistance, Oncology, Bladder cancer
CD137L promotes immune surveillance in melanoma via HLTF regulation L. Liang et al. Nature Communications 2025 Sep

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Immune checkpoint blockers (ICBs) have demonstrated substantial efficacy across various malignancies, yet the benefits of ICBs are limited to a subset of patients. Therefore, it is essential to identify novel therapeutic targets. By integrating multi-omics data from cohorts of patients with melanoma treated with ICBs, a positive correlation is observed between tumor CD137L expression and the efficacy of PD-1 blockade. Functionally, CD137L induction in cancer cells significantly enhances anti-tumor immunity by promoting CD8 + T cell survival, both in vivo and in vitro. Mechanistically, helicase-like transcription factor (HLTF) is identified as a pivotal transcriptional regulator of CD137L , controlling its expression through phosphorylation of serine at position 398. Therapeutically, the AMPK agonist AICAR (acadesine) as an inducer of CD137L , exhibiting synergistic effects with PD-1 or CTLA-4 blockade. In summary, our findings elucidate a mechanism controlling CD137L expression and highlight a promising combination therapy to enhance the efficacy of ICBs in melanoma. One Sentence Summary: Inducing co-stimulatory immune checkpoint CD137L expression in melanoma cells enhances T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Subject terms: Tumour immunology, Cancer immunotherapy
A deep single cell mass cytometry approach to capture canonical and noncanonical cell cycle states M. Amouzgar et al. Nature Communications 2025 Oct

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The cell cycle (CC) underpins diverse cell processes like cell differentiation, cell expansion, and tumorigenesis but current single-cell (sc) strategies study CC as: coarse phases, rely on transcriptomic signatures, use imaging modalities limited to adherent cells, or lack high-throughput multiplexing. To solve this, we develop an expanded, Mass Cytometry (MC) approach with 48 CC-related molecules that deeply phenotypes the diversity of scCC states. Using Cytometry by Time of Flight, we quantify scCC states across suspension and adherent cell lines, and stimulated primary human T cells. Our approach captures the diversity of scCC states, including atypical CC states beyond canonical definitions. Pharmacologically-induced CC arrest reveals that perturbations exacerbate noncanonical states and induce previously unobserved states. Notably, primary cells escaping CC inhibition demonstrated aberrant CC states compared to untreated cells. Our approach enables deeper phenotyping of CC biology that generalizes to diverse cell systems with simultaneous multiplexing and integration with MC platforms. Subject terms: Assay systems, Proteomics, Cell biology, Immunology, Systems biology