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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Genetic Modification of Cytokine Signaling to Enhance Efficacy of CAR T Cell Therapy in Solid Tumors.

Navid Ghahri-Saremi, Behnia Akbari, Tahereh Soltantoyeh, Jamshid Hadjati, Saba Ghassemi, Hamid Reza Mirzaei

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Navid Ghahri-SaremiDepartment of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Behnia AkbariDepartment of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tahereh SoltantoyehDepartment of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jamshid HadjatiDepartment of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saba GhassemiCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Hamid Reza MirzaeiDepartment of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has shown unprecedented success in treating advanced hematological malignancies. Its effectiveness in solid tumors has been limited due to heterogeneous antigen expression, a suppressive tumor microenvironment, suboptimal trafficking to the tumor site and poor CAR T cell persistence. Several approaches have been developed to overcome these obstacles through various strategies including the genetic engineering of CAR T cells to blunt the signaling of immune inhibitory receptors as well as to modulate signaling of cytokine/chemokine molecules and their receptors. In this review we offer our perspective on how genetically modifying cytokine/chemokine molecules and their receptors can improve CAR T cell qualities such as functionality, persistence (e.g. resistance to pro-apoptotic signals) and infiltration into tumor sites. Understanding how such modifications can overcome barriers to CAR T cell effectiveness will undoubtedly enhance the potential of CAR T cells against solid tumors.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyImmunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsCytokine Release SyndromeCytokinesHumansNeoplasmsNeurotoxicity SyndromesPhenotypeReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRisk FactorsSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesTumor EscapeTumor MicroenvironmentCytokinesReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR T cellchemokinescytokinesgenetic modificationimmunotherapysolid tumors

Identifiers

PMID34721401
PMCPMC8552010
OpenAlexW3205381652

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