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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Recent Advances in Solid Tumor CAR-T Cell Therapy: Driving Tumor Cells From Hero to Zero?

Pouya Safarzadeh Kozani, Pooria Safarzadeh Kozani, Milad Ahmadi Najafabadi, Fatemeh Yousefi, Seyed Mohamad Javad Mirarefin, Fatemeh Rahbarizadeh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 64 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 1 country.

Pouya Safarzadeh KozaniDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Pooria Safarzadeh KozaniDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Milad Ahmadi NajafabadiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh YousefiDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Mohamad Javad MirarefinDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh RahbarizadehDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Tarbiat Modares University · IRGuilan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR-Ts) are known as revolutionary living drugs that have turned the tables of conventional cancer treatments in certain hematologic malignancies such as B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) by achieving US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval based on their successful clinical outcomes. However, this type of therapy has not seen the light of victory in the fight against solid tumors because of various restricting caveats including heterogeneous tumor antigen expression and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments (TME) that negatively affect the tumor-site accessibility, infiltration, stimulation, activation, and persistence of CAR-Ts. In this review, we explore strategic twists including boosting vaccines and designing implementations that can support CAR-T expansion, proliferation, and tumoricidal capacity. We also step further by underscoring novel strategies for triggering endogenous antitumor responses and overcoming the limitation of poor CAR-T tumor-tissue infiltration and the lack of definitive tumor-specific antigens. Ultimately, we highlight how these approaches can address the mentioned arduous hurdles.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAntigens, NeoplasmHumansT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, NeoplasmReceptors, Chimeric Antigenchimeric antigen receptorimmunotherapyinfiltrationsolid tumorstumor microenvironmentvaccines

Identifiers

PMID35634281
PMCPMC9130586
OpenAlexW4280588002

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