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ReviewBioengineering & translational medicine2021

Cell therapies in the clinic.

Lily Li-Wen Wang, Morgan E Janes, Ninad Kumbhojkar, Neha Kapate, John R Clegg, Supriya Prakash, Mairead K Heavey, Zongmin Zhao, Aaron C Anselmo, Samir Mitragotri

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Review in Bioengineering & translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
78citing 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.

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

78 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Adoptive T-cell therapies in the clinic.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2026
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  9. Cell and Gene Therapy in Equine Ocular Disease.Veterinary ophthalmology · 2026
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18 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

10 authors.

Lily Li-Wen WangJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0297-9553
Morgan E JanesJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.
Ninad KumbhojkarJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.
Neha KapateJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4576-0014
John R CleggJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.
Supriya PrakashJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0772-8822
Mairead K HeaveyDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.
Zongmin ZhaoJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.
Aaron C AnselmoDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3290-7857
Samir MitragotriJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2459-8305

Funding

Vascular delivery of nanocarriers by erythrocyresR01HL143806 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MUZYKANTOV, VLADIMIR R · 2018 to 2021
$2.8M
Delivery Strategies for Microbe TherapeuticsR35GM137898 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ANSELMO, AARON C · 2020 to 2021
$764k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL143806NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM137898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell therapies have emerged as a promising therapeutic modality with the potential to treat and even cure a diverse array of diseases. Cell therapies offer unique clinical and therapeutic advantages over conventional small molecules and the growing number of biologics. Particularly, living cells can simultaneously and dynamically perform complex biological functions in ways that conventional drugs cannot; cell therapies have expanded the spectrum of available therapeutic options to include key cellular functions and processes. As such, cell therapies are currently one of the most investigated therapeutic modalities in both preclinical and clinical settings, with many products having been approved and many more under active clinical investigation. Here, we highlight the diversity and key advantages of cell therapies and discuss their current clinical advances. In particular, we review 28 globally approved cell therapy products and their clinical use. We also analyze >1700 current active clinical trials of cell therapies, with an emphasis on discussing their therapeutic applications. Finally, we critically discuss the major biological, manufacturing, and regulatory challenges associated with the clinical translation of cell therapies.

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blood cellcellcell therapyclinical translationclinical trialsmicrobesstem cellT cell

Identifiers

PMID34027097
PMCPMC8126820

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