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ReviewCancers2021

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell Therapy and the Immunosuppressive Tumor Microenvironment in Pediatric Sarcoma.

Rachael L Terry, Deborah Meyran, Emmy D G Fleuren, Chelsea Mayoh, Joe Zhu, Natacha Omer, David S Ziegler, Michelle Haber, Phillip K Darcy, Joseph A Trapani and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. CAR-T cell immunotherapy in rhabdomyosarcoma.Journal of translational medicine · 2026
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  11. CAR T-Cell Therapy in Children with Solid Tumors.Journal of clinical medicine · 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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachael L TerryChildren's Cancer Institute, Randwick 2031, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6260-7372
Deborah MeyranCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Emmy D G FleurenChildren's Cancer Institute, Randwick 2031, Australia.
Chelsea MayohChildren's Cancer Institute, Randwick 2031, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6398-3046
Joe ZhuCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne 3000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4416-7040
Natacha OmerTranslational Innate Immunotherapy, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI), Brisbane 4102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5643-1307
David S ZieglerChildren's Cancer Institute, Randwick 2031, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7451-7916
Michelle HaberChildren's Cancer Institute, Randwick 2031, Australia.
Phillip K DarcyCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Joseph A TrapaniCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Paul J NeesonCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Paul G EkertChildren's Cancer Institute, Randwick 2031, Australia.
UNSW Sydney · AUThe University of Melbourne · AUInserm · FRRoyal Children's Hospital · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcomas are a diverse group of bone and soft tissue tumors that account for over 10% of childhood cancers. Outcomes are particularly poor for children with refractory, relapsed, or metastatic disease. Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells are an exciting form of adoptive cell therapy that potentially offers new hope for these children. In early trials, promising outcomes have been achieved in some pediatric patients with sarcoma. However, many children do not derive benefit despite significant expression of the targeted tumor antigen. The success of CAR T cell therapy in sarcomas and other solid tumors is limited by the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). In this review, we provide an update of the CAR T cell therapies that are currently being tested in pediatric sarcoma clinical trials, including those targeting tumors that express HER2, NY-ESO, GD2, EGFR, GPC3, B7-H3, and MAGE-A4. We also outline promising new CAR T cells that are in pre-clinical development. Finally, we discuss strategies that are being used to overcome tumor-mediated immunosuppression in solid tumors; these strategies have the potential to improve clinical outcomes of CAR T cell therapy for children with sarcoma.

Indexed as

CAR T cellsimmunotherapysarcoma

Identifiers

PMID34572932
PMCPMC8465026
OpenAlexW3201377577

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