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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2022

To go or not to go? Biological logic gating engineered T cells.

Rebecca C Abbott, Hannah E Hughes-Parry, Misty R Jenkins

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. CAR T cell engineering approaches to minimise toxicities.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2026
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  16. Empowering Natural Killer Cells to Combat Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Perspective on CAR-NK Cell Therapy.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Rebecca C AbbottImmunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0897-7874
Hannah E Hughes-ParryImmunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Misty R JenkinsImmunology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia jenkins.m@wehi.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-6564-2715
The University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetically engineered T cells have been successfully used in the treatment of hematological malignancies, greatly increasing both progression-free and overall survival in patients. However, the outcomes of patients treated with Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells targeting solid tumors have been disappointing. There is an unmet clinical need for therapies which are specifically designed to overcome the challenges associated with solid tumors such as tumor heterogeneity and antigen escape. Genetic engineering employing the use of biological logic gating in T cells is an emerging and cutting-edge field that may address these issues. The advantages of logic gating include localized secretion of anti-tumor proteins into the tumor microenvironment, multi antigen targeting of tumors and a potential increase in safety when targeting tumor antigens which may not be exclusively tumor specific. In this review, we introduce the concept of biological logic gating and how this technology addresses some of the challenges of current CAR T treatment. We outline the types of logic gating circuits and finally discuss the application of this new technology to engineered T cells, in the treatment of cancer.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsT-LymphocytesHumansLogicReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Antigen, T-Cellcell engineeringcytotoxicity, immunologicimmunotherapyreceptors, chimeric antigen

Identifiers

PMID35379738
PMCPMC8981284
OpenAlexW4224324126

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