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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Strategies to Enhance the Efficacy of T-Cell Therapy for Central Nervous System Tumors.

Deepak Upreti, David Bakhshinyan, Darin Bloemberg, Parvez Vora, Chitra Venugopal, Sheila K Singh

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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 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Advanced T and Natural Killer Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2023
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Deepak UpretiMcMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
David BakhshinyanMcMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Darin BloembergMcMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Parvez VoraMcMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Chitra VenugopalMcMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Sheila K SinghMcMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
McMaster University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mortality rates in patients diagnosed with central nervous system (CNS) tumors, originating in the brain or spinal cord, continue to remain high despite the advances in multimodal treatment regimens, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Recent success of adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy treatments using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) engineered T cells against in chemotherapy resistant CD19 expressing B-cell lymphomas, has provided the foundation for investigating efficacy of CAR T immunotherapies in the context of brain tumor. Although significant efforts have been made in developing and translating the novel CAR T therapies for CNS tumors, including glioblastoma (GBM), researchers are yet to achieve a similar level of success as with liquid malignancies. In this review, we discuss strategies and considerations essential for developing robust preclinical models for the translation of T cell-based therapies for CNS tumors. Some of the key considerations include route of delivery, increasing persistence of T cells in tumor environment, remodeling of myeloid environment, establishing the window of treatment opportunity, harnessing endogenous immune system, designing multiple antigen targeting T cells, and rational combination of immunotherapy with the current standard of care. Although this review focuses primarily on CAR T therapies for GBM, similar strategies, and considerations are applicable to all CNS tumors in general.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasms, ExperimentalAnimalsHumansCARTcentral nervous system tumorsglioblastomaimmune systemT cells therapy

Identifiers

PMID33281826
PMCPMC7689359
OpenAlexW3102155626

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