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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Cancer-Homing CAR-T Cells and Endogenous Immune Population Dynamics.

Emanuela Guerra, Roberta Di Pietro, Mariangela Basile, Marco Trerotola, Saverio Alberti

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. The Dual Role of Necroptosis in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Emanuela GuerraCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Laboratory of Cancer Pathology, University "G. d'Annunzio", 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Roberta Di PietroDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Section of Biomorphology, University "G. d'Annunzio", 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0709-6901
Mariangela BasileDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences, Section of Biomorphology, University "G. d'Annunzio", 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Marco TrerotolaCenter for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), Laboratory of Cancer Pathology, University "G. d'Annunzio", 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1855-7002
Saverio AlbertiUnit of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy is based on patient blood-derived T cells and natural killer cells, which are engineered in vitro to recognize a target antigen in cancer cells. Most CAR-T recognize target antigens through immunoglobulin antigen-binding regions. Hence, CAR-T cells do not require the major histocompatibility complex presentation of a target peptide. CAR-T therapy has been tremendously successful in the treatment of leukemias. On the other hand, the clinical efficacy of CAR-T cells is rarely detected against solid tumors. CAR-T-cell therapy of cancer faces many hurdles, starting from the administration of engineered cells, wherein CAR-T cells must encounter the correct chemotactic signals to traffic to the tumor in sufficient numbers. Additional obstacles arise from the hostile environment that cancers provide to CAR-T cells. Intense efforts have gone into tackling these pitfalls. However, we argue that some CAR-engineering strategies may risk missing the bigger picture, i.e., that a successful CAR-T-cell therapy must efficiently intertwine with the complex and heterogeneous responses that the body has already mounted against the tumor. Recent findings lend support to this model.

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Immunotherapy, AdoptiveAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmHumansImmunosuppression TherapyModels, BiologicalNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAntigens, NeoplasmReceptors, Chimeric AntigencancerCAR-T cellsimmune cell populationsimmune checkpoint blockadesignaling

Identifiers

PMID35008832
PMCPMC8745734

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