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ReviewNature nanotechnology2021

Nanomaterials for T-cell cancer immunotherapy.

Ningqiang Gong, Neil C Sheppard, Margaret M Billingsley, Carl H June, Michael J Mitchell

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Review in Nature nanotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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105citing papers in PubMed
21.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 304 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ningqiang GongDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Neil C SheppardCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Margaret M BillingsleyDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Carl H JuneCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0241-3557
Michael J MitchellDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. mjmitch@seas.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3628-2244
University of Pennsylvania · USCalifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine · US

Funding

TRAINING IN HIV PATHOGENESIST32AI007632 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Frederic D Bushman, James L. Riley · 2000 to 2026
$10.6M
In utero gene editing to cure a metabolic liver diseaseR01DK123049 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI PERANTEAU, WILLIAM H. · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
Targeting stem-like cells and their niche in pancreatic cancerR37CA244911 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Tuomas Tammela · 2020 to 2026
$3.4M
A data-driven drug delivery (4D) platform for probing and treating the chemoresistant bone marrow microenvironmentDP2TR002776 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL, MICHAEL J · 2018 to 2018
$2.4M
Modular approach for the delivery of antibodies into the cytoplasm of cellsR01CA241661 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TSOURKAS, ANDREW · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS DP2 TR002776NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241661NCI NIH HHS R37 CA244911NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007632NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK123049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell-based immunotherapies hold promise for the treatment of many types of cancer, with three approved products for B-cell malignancies and a large pipeline of treatments in clinical trials. However, there are several challenges to their broad implementation. These include insufficient expansion of adoptively transferred T cells, inefficient trafficking of T cells into solid tumours, decreased T-cell activity due to a hostile tumour microenvironment and the loss of target antigen expression. Together, these factors restrict the number of therapeutically active T cells engaging with tumours. Nanomaterials are uniquely suited to overcome these challenges, as they can be rationally designed to enhance T-cell expansion, navigate complex physical barriers and modulate tumour microenvironments. Here, we present an overview of nanomaterials that have been used to overcome clinical barriers to T-cell-based immunotherapies and provide our outlook of this emerging field at the interface of cancer immunotherapy and nanomaterial design.

Indexed as

NanostructuresAnimalsCancer VaccinesCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyDrug Delivery SystemsHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentCancer VaccinesReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID33437036
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