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ReviewCancers2023

CAR-T Cell Therapy and the Gut Microbiota.

Sahana Asokan, Nyssa Cullin, Christoph K Stein-Thoeringer, Eran Elinav

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 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

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Microbiome-guided cancer immunotherapy: immune mechanisms, resistance pathways, and translational opportunities for precision oncology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  13. Gut microbiota shapes cancer immunotherapy responses.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sahana AsokanDivision of Microbiome and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Nyssa CullinDivision of Microbiome and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5955-9912
Christoph K Stein-ThoeringerDepartment of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Translational Microbiome Science, University Clinic Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Strasse 10, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
Eran ElinavDivision of Microbiome and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5775-2110

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) - T cell cancer therapy has yielded promising results in treating hematologic malignancies in clinical studies, and a growing number of CAR-T regimens are approved for clinical usage. While the therapy is considered of great potential in expanding the cancer immunotherapy arsenal, more than half of patients receiving CAR-T infusions do not respond, while others develop significant adverse effects, collectively indicating a need for optimization of CAR-T treatment to the individual. The microbiota is increasingly suggested as a major modulator of immunotherapy responsiveness. Studying causal microbiota roles possibly contributing to CAR-T therapy efficacy, adverse effects reduction, and prediction of patient responsiveness constitutes an exciting area of active research. Herein, we discuss the latest developments implicating human microbiota involvement in CAR-T therapy, while highlighting challenges and promises in harnessing the microbiota as a predictor and modifier of CAR-T treatment towards optimized efficacy and minimization of treatment-related adverse effects.

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cancerCAR-Tmicrobiomemicrobiotatherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID36765752
PMCPMC9913364

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