Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31108883›Full record

ReviewCells2019

Limitations in the Design of Chimeric Antigen Receptors for Cancer Therapy.

Stefan Stoiber, Bruno L Cadilha, Mohamed-Reda Benmebarek, Stefanie Lesch, Stefan Endres, Sebastian Kobold

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
107citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
10.8field-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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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47 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefan StoiberCenter of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS-M) and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 80337 Munich, Germany. stefan.stoiber@campus.lmu.de.ORCID 0000-0003-3481-9922
Bruno L CadilhaCenter of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS-M) and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 80337 Munich, Germany. bcadilha@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7045-3898
Mohamed-Reda BenmebarekCenter of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS-M) and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 80337 Munich, Germany. reda.benmebarek@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1201-7067
Stefanie LeschCenter of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS-M) and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 80337 Munich, Germany. steffi-lesch@t-online.de.ORCID 0000-0003-2658-7666
Stefan EndresCenter of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS-M) and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 80337 Munich, Germany. Stefan.Endres@med.uni-muenchen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4703-537X
Sebastian KoboldCenter of Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPS-M) and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine IV, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 80337 Munich, Germany. Sebastian.kobold@med.uni-muenchen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-5612-4673
Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

Funding

European Research Council 756017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapy has entered a new era, transitioning from unspecific chemotherapeutic agents to increasingly specific immune-based therapeutic strategies. Among these, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have shown unparalleled therapeutic potential in treating refractory hematological malignancies. In contrast, solid tumors pose a much greater challenge to CAR T cell therapy, which has yet to be overcome. As this novel therapeutic modality matures, increasing effort is being invested to determine the optimal structure and properties of CARs to facilitate the transition from empirical testing to the rational design of CAR T cells. In this review, we highlight how individual CAR domains contribute to the success and failure of this promising treatment modality and provide an insight into the most notable advances in the field of CAR T cell engineering.

Indexed as

CD28 AntigensCD3 ComplexCD8 AntigensCell EngineeringGene EditingHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsProtein DomainsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenSingle-Chain AntibodiesTransgenesTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9CD28 AntigensCD3 antigen, zeta chainCD3 ComplexCD8 antigen, alpha chainCD8 AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenSingle-Chain AntibodiesTMIGD2 protein, humanTNFRSF9 protein, humanTumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9adoptive cell therapyCAR T cellchimeric antigen receptorimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID31108883
PMCPMC6562702
OpenAlexW2946717294

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Registered trials

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