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ReviewClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2020

Dissecting the Tumor-Immune Landscape in Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy: Key Challenges and Opportunities for a Systems Immunology Approach.

Gregory M Chen, Andrew Azzam, Yang-Yang Ding, David M Barrett, Stephan A Grupp, Kai Tan

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Review in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gregory M ChenDivision of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Andrew AzzamPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yang-Yang DingDivision of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0003-1588-2571
David M BarrettDivision of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-8302-3114
Stephan A GruppDivision of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kai TanDivision of Oncology, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. tank1@email.chop.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9104-5567
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Project 3: Combinatorial and gene-editing approaches to enhance the efficacy of CAR T cell therapy of multiple myeloma.P01CA214278 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DONALD Lawrence SIEGEL · 2017 to 2026
$26.8M
Physician Scientist Training in Clinical OncologyK12CA076931 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STEPHEN Patrick HUNGER, LYNN M. SCHUCHTER · 1997 to 2026
$16.5M
Data Analysis UnitU2CCA233285 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI TAN, KAI · 2018 to 2023
$13.2M
Defining and overcoming intrinsic T cell dysfunction to enable pediatric immunotherapyU01CA232361 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI GRUPP, STEPHAN A., WEBER, EVAN WILLIAM · 2019 to 2019
$3.7M
Mechanisms of endothelial-to-hemogenic transition mediated by Runx1R01HD089245 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI SPECK, NANCY, TAN, KAI · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
Computational Methods for Unraveling Combinatorial Gene RegulationR01GM108716 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI TAN, KAI · 2014 to 2017
$1.2M
A TOOLKIT FOR IDENTIFYING CAUSAL VARIANTS IN TRANSCRIPTIONAL ENHANCERSR01GM104369 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI TAN, KAI · 2014 to 2017
$1.2M
Tools for annotating mutations in the 3D cancer genomeU01CA226187 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI TAN, KAI · 2018 to 2020
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA076931NCI NIH HHS P01 CA214278NCI NIH HHS U01 CA226187NCI NIH HHS U01 CA232361NCI NIH HHS U2C CA233285NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD089245NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM104369NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adoptive transfer of genetically engineered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells has opened a new frontier in cancer therapy. Unlike the paradigm of targeted therapies, the efficacy of CAR T-cell therapy depends not only on the choice of target but also on a complex interplay of tumor, immune, and stromal cell communication. This presents both challenges and opportunities from a discovery standpoint. Whereas cancer consortia have traditionally focused on the genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic, and proteomic landscape of cancer cells, there is an increasing need to expand studies to analyze the interactions between tumor, immune, and stromal cell populations in their relevant anatomical and functional compartments. Here, we focus on the promising application of systems biology to address key challenges in CAR T-cell therapy, from understanding the mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in hematologic and solid tumors to addressing important clinical challenges in biomarker discovery and therapeutic toxicity. We propose a systems biology view of key clinical objectives in CAR T-cell therapy and suggest a path forward for a biomedical discovery process that leverages modern technological approaches in systems biology.

Indexed as

Systems BiologyAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorBiomedical ResearchDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveModels, ImmunologicalNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID32127393
PMCPMC7367708
OpenAlexW3009484925

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