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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2017

Current approaches to increase CAR T cell potency in solid tumors: targeting the tumor microenvironment.

Irene Scarfò, Marcela V Maus

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
124citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

124 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 196 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mitochondrial dynamics and T cells immunity in cancer.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026
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  3. IL-15 and IL-21 synergy improves anti-tumor efficacy of iPSC-derived cytotoxic T cells in solid tumors.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  15. Advances in nano-immunotherapy for hematological malignancies.Experimental hematology & oncology · 2024
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  16. Unveiling the mechanisms and challenges of cancer drug resistance.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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64 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irene ScarfòCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Room 7.219, Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129 USA.
Marcela V MausCellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Room 7.219, Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129 USA.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Designer antigen receptors to re-direct T cells to the NY-ESO-1 tumor antigenK08CA166039 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MAUS, MARCELA VALDERRAMA · 2012 to 2016
$747k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA166039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy represents a revolutionary treatment for haematological malignancies (i.e. B-ALL). However, the success of this type of treatment has not yet been achieved in solid tumors. One hypothesis is that the immunosuppressive nature of the tumor microenvironment (TME) influences and affects the efficacy of adoptive immunotherapy. Understanding the role of the TME and its interaction with CAR T-cells is crucial to improve the potency of adoptive immunotherapy. In this review, we discuss the strategies and potential combinatorial approaches recently developed in mouse models to enhance the efficacy of CAR T-cells, with particular emphasis on the translational potential of these approaches.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMiceNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAdoptive immunotherapyChimeric antigen receptor T-cellsTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID28331617
PMCPMC5359946
OpenAlexW2592882744

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