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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2015

The pharmacology of second-generation chimeric antigen receptors.

Sjoukje J C van der Stegen, Mohamad Hamieh, Michel Sadelain

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02782351 (Humanized CAR-T Therapy for Treatment of Recurrent or Refractory B Cell Malignancy by Targeting CD19), which is not on this map. Cited by 352 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT02782351 phase1 / phase2unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

Humanized CAR-T Therapy for Treatment of Recurrent or Refractory B Cell Malignancy by Targeting CD19

TypeinterventionalSponsorKai Lin Xu; Jun Nian ZhengRan2016 to 2018Enrolled50ConditionsLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellArmsCAR-T
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

352 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Mapping the clinical landscape of multifunctional CAR T cells: Targets, trends, and synergies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  16. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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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.

Sjoukje J C van der Stegen1] The Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. [2] Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Mohamad Hamieh1] The Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. [2] Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Michel Sadelain1] The Center for Cell Engineering, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. [2] Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Second-generation chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) retarget and reprogramme T cells to augment their antitumour efficacy. The combined activating and co-stimulatory domains incorporated in these CARs critically determine the function, differentiation, metabolism and persistence of engineered T cells. CD19-targeted CARs that incorporate CD28 or 4-1BB signalling domains are the best known to date. Both have shown remarkable complete remission rates in patients with refractory B cell malignancies. Recent data indicate that CD28-based CARs direct a brisk proliferative response and boost effector functions, whereas 4-1BB-based CARs induce a more progressive T cell accumulation that may compensate for less immediate potency. These distinct kinetic features can be exploited to further develop CAR-based T cell therapies for a variety of cancers. A new field of immunopharmacology is emerging.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD28 AntigensChimeraHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsReceptors, AntigenT-LymphocytesCD28 AntigensReceptors, Antigen

Identifiers

PMID26129802
PMCPMC6410718

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