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ReviewCells2022

Tumor Microenvironment Immunosuppression: A Roadblock to CAR T-Cell Advancement in Solid Tumors.

Abigail Johnson, Michelle Townsend, Kim O'Neill

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Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abigail JohnsonDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3541-1507
Michelle TownsendDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5330-8509
Kim O'NeillDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8747-6217
Brigham Young University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are an exciting advancement in cancer immunotherapy, with striking success in hematological cancers. However, in solid tumors, the unique immunosuppressive elements of the tumor microenvironment (TME) contribute to the failure of CAR T cells. This review discusses the cell populations, cytokine/chemokine profile, and metabolic immunosuppressive elements of the TME. This immunosuppressive TME causes CAR T-cell exhaustion and influences failure of CAR T cells to successfully infiltrate solid tumors. Recent advances in CAR T-cell development, which seek to overcome aspects of the TME immunosuppression, are also reviewed. Novel discoveries overcoming immunosuppressive limitations of the TME may lead to the success of CAR T cells in solid tumors.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, NeoplasmHumansImmunosuppression TherapyImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesAntigens, NeoplasmReceptors, Antigen, T-CellcancerCAR T cellCAR T-cell exhaustionchimeric antigen receptorimmunosuppressionimmunotherapysolid tumorTMEtumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID36429054
PMCPMC9688327
OpenAlexW4309309493

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