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ReviewOncotarget2015

Therapeutic potential of CAR-T cell-derived exosomes: a cell-free modality for targeted cancer therapy.

Xiang-Jun Tang, Xu-Yong Sun, Kuan-Ming Huang, Li Zhang, Zhuo-Shun Yang, Dan-Dan Zou, Bin Wang, Garth L Warnock, Long-Jun Dai, Jie Luo

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Review in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles: Bridging communication and next-generation theranostics.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025
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  14. Harnessing extracellular vesicle-mediated crosstalk between T cells and cancer cells for therapeutic applications.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  15. Relationship between exosomes and cancer: formation, diagnosis, and treatment.International journal of biological sciences · 2025
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40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiang-Jun TangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Xu-Yong SunGuangxi Key Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Institute of Transplant Medicine, 303 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Nanning, China.
Kuan-Ming HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Zhuo-Shun YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Dan-Dan ZouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Bin WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Garth L WarnockDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Long-Jun DaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Jie LuoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China.
Hubei University of Medicine · CNTaihe Hospital · CNUniversity of British Columbia · CA303 Hospital of People's Liberation Army · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-based T-cell adoptive immunotherapy is a distinctively promising therapy for cancer. The engineering of CARs into T cells provides T cells with tumor-targeting capabilities and intensifies their cytotoxic activity through stimulated cell expansion and enhanced cytokine production. As a novel and potent therapeutic modality, there exists some uncontrollable processes which are the potential sources of adverse events. As an extension of this impactful modality, CAR-T cell-derived exosomes may substitute CAR-T cells to act as ultimate attackers, thereby overcoming some limitations. Exosomes retain most characteristics of parent cells and play an essential role in intercellular communications via transmitting their cargo to recipient cells. The application of CAR-T cell-derived exosomes will make this cell-based therapy more clinically controllable as it also provides a cell-free platform to diversify anticancer mediators, which responds effectively to the complexity and volatility of cancer. It is believed that the appropriate application of both cellular and exosomal platforms will make this effective treatment more practicable.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell-Free SystemCytokinesExosomesGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphocyte ActivationNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesCytokinesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRecombinant Fusion Proteinscancer therapychimeric antigen receptor (CAR)exosomesextracellular vesiclesimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID26496034
PMCPMC4792550
OpenAlexW2179030446

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