Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31271861›Full record

ReviewBiomaterials2019

T cell immunotherapy enhanced by designer biomaterials.

Zachary S Dunn, John Mac, Pin Wang

Open access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Biomaterials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Adoptive T-cell therapies in the clinic.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2026
    Review
  3. Advances in integrating biomaterials with CAR-T cells for enhancing solid tumor therapy.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2025
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  5. Theranostics · 2025
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  10. Biomaterials promoteFrontiers in immunology · 2023
    Review
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  15. Nanoconfinement of microvilli alters gene expression and boosts T cell activation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
    Article
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  19. Engineering precision nanoparticles for drug delivery.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2021
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Zachary S DunnMork Family Department of of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
John MacMork Family Department of of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Pin WangMork Family Department of of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Electronic address: pinwang@usc.edu.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Transduction of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Enhanced Immunotherapy of MelanomaP01CA132681 · NCI · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WANG, PIN · 2010 to 2014
$14.4M
Targeting lentiviruses to infect chosen cellsR01AI068978 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, PIN · 2006 to 2010
$2.9M
In situ Redirection of T cell Specificity and Imaging of Targeted CAR Expression.R01EB017206 · NIBIB · TEL-AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ESHHAR, ZELIG, NAJJAR, AMER M · 2013 to 2016
$1.8M
SUPR Peptides to Inhibit Undruggable Cancer Target (PQ18)R01CA170820 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ROBERTS, RICHARD W, TAKAHASHI, TERRY TORAO · 2012 to 2015
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA132681NCI NIH HHS R01 CA170820NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068978NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB017206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy has recently burst onto the center stage of cancer treatment and research. T lymphocyte adoptive cellular transfer (ACT), a form of cancer immunotherapy, has spawned unprecedented complete remissions for terminal patients with certain leukemias and lymphomas. Unfortunately, the successes have been overshadowed by the disappointing clinical results of ACT administered to treat solid tumors, in addition to the toxicities associated with the treatment, a lack of efficacy in a significant proportion of the patient population, and cancer relapse following the treatment. Biomaterials hold the promise of addressing these shortcomings. ACT consists of two main stages - T lymphocyte ex vivo expansion followed by reinfusion into the patient - and biomaterials can improve the efficacy of ACT at both stages. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the use of biomaterials for T lymphocyte adoptive cellular cancer immunotherapy and discuss the challenges at each stage.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyBiocompatible MaterialsCell ProliferationHumansNanoparticlesTissue ScaffoldsT-LymphocytesBiocompatible MaterialsArtifical APCCAR T cellDrug deliveryNanoparticleScaffoldT cell

Identifiers

PMID31271861
PMCPMC6689323
OpenAlexW2951186801

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