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ReviewHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2020

Next-generation cell therapies: the emerging role of CAR-NK cells.

Rafet Basar, May Daher, Katayoun Rezvani

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Review in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Emerging combined CAR-NK cell therapies in cancer treatment: Finding a dancing partner.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  15. High yield killing of lymphoma cells by anti-CD22 CAR-NK cell therapy.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2024
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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.

Rafet BasarDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
May DaherDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Katayoun RezvaniDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer SPORE-LeukemiaP50CA100632 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI REZVANI, KATY · 2003 to 2023
$43.7M
PR1-specific CB T cells for Patients with Myeloid MalignanciesP01CA148600 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MOLLDREM, JEFFREY J · 2011 to 2022
$24.4M
Off-the-shelf engineered NK cells for the treatment of AMLR01CA211044 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI REZVANI, KATY · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA148600NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA100632NCI NIH HHS R01 CA211044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have revolutionized the field of cell therapy and changed the paradigm of treatment for many patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. Despite this progress, there are limitations to CAR-T cell therapy in both the autologous and allogeneic settings, including practical, logistical, and toxicity issues. Given these concerns, there is a rapidly growing interest in natural killer cells as alternative vehicles for CAR engineering, given their unique biological features and their established safety profile in the allogeneic setting. Other immune effector cells, such as invariant natural killer T cells, γδ T cells, and macrophages, are attracting interest as well and eventually may be added to the repertoire of engineered cell therapies against cancer. The pace of these developments will undoubtedly benefit from multiple innovative technologies, such as the CRISPR-Cas gene editing system, which offers great potential to enhance the natural ability of immune effector cells to eliminate refractory cancers.

Indexed as

Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingReceptors, Chimeric AntigenFemaleHumansKiller Cells, NaturalLymphoma, FollicularMiddle AgedReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID33275752
PMCPMC7727537

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