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ReviewJournal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997)

Sorting through subsets: which T-cell populations mediate highly effective adoptive immunotherapy?

Christopher A Klebanoff, Luca Gattinoni, Nicholas P Restifo

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02667093 (Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood), which is not on this map. Cited by 173 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
173citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02667093 unknown statusnot on this map

Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood (PB) Samples From Patients With Leukemia and PB From Their BM Donors (BMD) to Identify Leukemia-Specific Antigens (LSA) and Graft Versus Host Disease Antigens (GVHDA) for Use in Cellular Immunotherapy

TypeobservationalSponsorPersImmune, IncRan2013 to 2020Enrolled50ConditionsAcute Myeloid Leukemia
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

173 citing papers in PubMed, 289 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christopher A KlebanoffCenter for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Luca Gattinoni
Nicholas P Restifo
Center for Cancer Research · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Building on the success of the adoptive immunotherapy of cancerZIABC010763 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ROSENBERG, STEVEN · 2009 to 2020
$25.0M
Programming T Cell Fates for Therapeutic UseZIABC011480 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI GATTINONI, LUCA · 2013 to 2019
$7.4M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010763
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8(+) T cells have been described as being naive or one of 4 antigen (Ag)-experienced subtypes representing a continuum of differentiation and maturation: T memory stem cell, central memory T cell, effector memory T cell, and terminally differentiated effector T cells. In mice, adoptive cell transfer of less-differentiated naive T cells, T memory stem cell, and central memory T cell subsets have consistently demonstrated superior in vivo expansion, persistence, and antitumor capacities relative to the more differentiated effector memory T cell and effector T cell subsets. Retrospective analyses from human adoptive cell transfer trials have confirmed that transfer of less-differentiated T-cell subsets is highly correlated with objective clinical responses. These findings, combined with the recent ability to convey de novo Ag reactivity with high efficiency through genetic engineering of exogenous T-cell or chimeric Ag receptors, now challenge the field with 3 important questions: (1) how should less-differentiated T-cell subsets be isolated for human clinical trials?; (2) what is the best means of expanding T cells ex vivo in such a way as to not corrupt the beneficial traits of the younger subsets?; and (3) is it necessary to physically separate younger subsets from their more differentiated counterparts? Answering these questions will allow for the rational development of the next generation of highly effective and potentially curative T-cell therapies for the treatment of cancer.

Indexed as

Flow CytometryImmunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansImmunomagnetic SeparationNeoplasmsPolymerase Chain ReactionT-Lymphocyte Subsets

Identifiers

PMID23090074
PMCPMC3501135
OpenAlexW2091246599

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Registered trials

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