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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2022

Hurdles to breakthrough in CAR T cell therapy of solid tumors.

Faroogh Marofi, Harun Achmad, Dmitry Bokov, Walid Kamal Abdelbasset, Zeid Alsadoon, Supat Chupradit, Wanich Suksatan, Siavash Shariatzadeh, Zahra Hasanpoor, Mahboubeh Yazdanifar and 2 more

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing 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

27 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Faroogh MarofiImmunology Research Center (IRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Harun AchmadDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Dmitry BokovInstitute of Pharmacy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 8 Trubetskaya St., bldg. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.
Walid Kamal AbdelbassetDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Zeid AlsadoonDentistry Department, College of Technical Engineering, The Islamic University, Najaf, Iraq.
Supat ChupraditDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand.
Wanich SuksatanFaculty of Nursing, HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand.
Siavash ShariatzadehDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra HasanpoorDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mahboubeh YazdanifarStem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Navid ShomaliImmunology Research Center (IRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Farhad Motavalli KhiaviDepartment of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. farhadmotavallikhiavi@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autologous T cells genetically engineered to express chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) have shown promising outcomes and emerged as a new curative option for hematological malignancy, especially malignant neoplasm of B cells. Notably, when T cells are transduced with CAR constructs, composed of the antigen recognition domain of monoclonal antibodies, they retain their cytotoxic properties in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-independent manner. Despite its beneficial effect, the current CAR T cell therapy approach faces myriad challenges in solid tumors, including immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), tumor antigen heterogeneity, stromal impediment, and tumor accessibility, as well as tribulations such as on-target/off-tumor toxicity and cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Herein, we highlight the complications that hamper the effectiveness of CAR T cells in solid tumors and the strategies that have been recommended to overcome these hurdles and improve infused T cell performance.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR-T cellChimeric antigen receptorSolid tumorsTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID35365241
PMCPMC8974159

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