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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Immune Checkpoints and CAR-T Cells: The Pioneers in Future Cancer Therapies?

Negar Hosseinkhani, Afshin Derakhshani, Omid Kooshkaki, Mahdi Abdoli Shadbad, Khalil Hajiasgharzadeh, Amir Baghbanzadeh, Hossein Safarpour, Ahad Mokhtarzadeh, Oronzo Brunetti, Simon C Yue and 2 more

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.8field-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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Axicabtagene Ciloleucel in Combination with Atezolizumab in Patients with Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: The Phase 1/2 ZUMA-6 Trial.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  19. Wearable bioelectronics for cancer theranostics.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2025
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15 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Negar HosseinkhaniImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-3870-4145
Afshin DerakhshaniImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3243-233X
Omid KooshkakiStudent Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand 9717853577, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-0398-6587
Mahdi Abdoli ShadbadImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4865-8779
Khalil HajiasgharzadehImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-4593-4803
Amir BaghbanzadehImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.
Hossein SafarpourCellular & Molecular Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand 9717853577, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-9883-9186
Ahad MokhtarzadehImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.
Oronzo BrunettiMedical Oncology Unit, IRCCS IstitutoTumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7014-6828
Simon C YueBiotech Consulting, 44 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02445, USA.
Nicola SilvestrisMedical Oncology Unit, IRCCS IstitutoTumori "Giovanni Paolo II" of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7814-7318
Behzad BaradaranImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz 5165665811, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8642-6795
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRBirjand University of Medical Sciences · IRIstituto Tumori Bari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the ever-increasing number of cancer patients pose substantial challenges worldwide, finding a treatment with the highest response rate and the lowest number of side effects is still undergoing research. Compared to chemotherapy, the relatively low side effects of cancer immunotherapy have provided ample opportunity for immunotherapy to become a promising approach for patients with malignancy. However, the clinical translation of immune-based therapies requires robust anti-tumoral immune responses. Immune checkpoints have substantial roles in the induction of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and tolerance against tumor antigens. Identifying and targeting these inhibitory axes, which can be established between tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, can facilitate the development of anti-tumoral immune responses. Bispecific T-cell engagers, which can attract lymphocytes to the tumor microenvironment, have also paved the road for immunological-based tumor elimination. The development of CAR-T cells and their gene editing have brought ample opportunity to recognize tumor antigens, independent from immune checkpoints and the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Indeed, there have been remarkable advances in developing various CAR-T cells to target tumoral cells. Knockout of immune checkpoints via gene editing in CAR-T cells might be designated for a breakthrough for patients with malignancy. In the midst of this fast progress in cancer immunotherapies, there is a need to provide up-to-date information regarding immune checkpoints, bispecific T-cell engagers, and CAR-T cells. Therefore, this review aims to provide recent findings of immune checkpoints, bispecific T-cell engagers, and CAR-T cells in cancer immunotherapy and discuss the pertained clinical trials.

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint ProteinsImmunotherapyImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, NeoplasmImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint Proteinscancer therapyCAR-T cellsimmune checkpointsimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID33167514
PMCPMC7663909
OpenAlexW3095797720

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