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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

The Future of Regulatory T Cell Therapy: Promises and Challenges of Implementing CAR Technology.

Yasmin R Mohseni, Sim L Tung, Caroline Dudreuilh, Robert I Lechler, Gilbert O Fruhwirth, Giovanna Lombardi

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Multiple sclerosis: molecular pathogenesis and therapeutic intervention.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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  11. Cellular therapies in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2025
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  17. Cell therapy in Sjögren's syndrome: opportunities and challenges.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2024
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1 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.

Yasmin R MohseniPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, School of Immunology and Microbial Science, King's College London (KCL), Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Sim L TungPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, School of Immunology and Microbial Science, King's College London (KCL), Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Caroline DudreuilhPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, School of Immunology and Microbial Science, King's College London (KCL), Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Robert I LechlerPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, School of Immunology and Microbial Science, King's College London (KCL), Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Gilbert O FruhwirthImaging Therapies and Cancer Group, Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Giovanna LombardiPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, School of Immunology and Microbial Science, King's College London (KCL), Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Guy's Hospital · GBKing's College London · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/13/12/30395British Heart Foundation TG/16/2/32657Cancer Research UK 21153Cancer Research UK C48390/A21153Department of HealthMedical Research Council MR/K025538/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT203148/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell therapy with polyclonal regulatory T cells (Tregs) has been translated into the clinic and is currently being tested in transplant recipients and patients suffering from autoimmune diseases. Moreover, building on animal models, it has been widely reported that antigen-specific Tregs are functionally superior to polyclonal Tregs. Among various options to confer target specificity to Tregs, genetic engineering is a particularly timely one as has been demonstrated in the treatment of hematological malignancies where it is in routine clinical use. Genetic engineering can be exploited to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) in Tregs, and this has been successfully demonstrated to be robust in preclinical studies across various animal disease models. However, there are several caveats and a number of strategies should be considered to further improve on targeting, efficacy and to understand the

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsAntigensBioengineeringHumansImmunomodulationReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-Cell Antigen Receptor SpecificityT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTreatment OutcomeAntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigenantigen specificautoimmunityCAR (chimeric antigen receptor)cell therapyregulatorytransplantationTregs (regulatory T cells)

Identifiers

PMID32793236
PMCPMC7393941
OpenAlexW3044549502

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