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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy in Lung Cancer: Potential and Challenges.

Bu-Fan Xiao, Jing-Tao Zhang, Yu-Ge Zhu, Xin-Run Cui, Zhe-Ming Lu, Ben-Tong Yu, Nan Wu

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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 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Car T Cells in Solid Tumors: Overcoming Obstacles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Bu-Fan XiaoKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Jing-Tao ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Yu-Ge ZhuKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Xin-Run CuiKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Zhe-Ming LuKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Ben-Tong YuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Nan WuKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Thoracic Surgery II, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
Peking University · CNPeking University Cancer Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNNanchang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy has exhibited a substantial clinical response in hematological malignancies, including B-cell leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. Therefore, the feasibility of using CAR-T cells to treat solid tumors is actively evaluated. Currently, multiple basic research projects and clinical trials are being conducted to treat lung cancer with CAR-T cell therapy. Although numerous advances in CAR-T cell therapy have been made in hematological tumors, the technology still entails considerable challenges in treating lung cancer, such as on-target, of-tumor toxicity, paucity of tumor-specific antigen targets, T cell exhaustion in the tumor microenvironment, and low infiltration level of immune cells into solid tumor niches, which are even more complicated than their application in hematological tumors. Thus, progress in the scientific understanding of tumor immunology and improvements in the manufacture of cell products are advancing the clinical translation of these important cellular immunotherapies. This review focused on the latest research progress of CAR-T cell therapy in lung cancer treatment and for the first time, demonstrated the underlying challenges and future engineering strategies for the clinical application of CAR-T cell therapy against lung cancer.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCell Culture TechniquesClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDisease ManagementDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunomodulationImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLung NeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorReceptors, Chimeric Antigenchimeric antigen receptorengineering strategyimmunotherapylung cancerT cell

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PMID34790207
PMCPMC8591168
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