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. 2016 Mar 28;28(7):355–363. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxw018

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

The evolution of CARs. Early CARs were molecules composed of ectodomains from immunoglobulin VH or VL or from various receptors, fused with the TCR α or β chain. Modern CARs are composed of an extracellular antigen-binding domain usually derived from an immunoglobulin scFv, an extracellular spacer or ‘hinge’, a transmembrane domain and various ICDs required for T-cell activation.