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ReviewBiomarker research2023

Site-specific transgene integration in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies.

Hamed Dabiri, Pooria Safarzadeh Kozani, Mahdi Habibi Anbouhi, Mohadeseh Mirzaee Godarzee, Mohammad Hossein Haddadi, Mohsen Basiri, Vahab Ziaei, Majid Sadeghizadeh, Ensiyeh Hajizadeh Saffar

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Review in Biomarker research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-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.

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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Emerging strategies to reduce the side effects of CAR-T cell therapy: focusing on gene editing and nanotechnology.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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Hamed Dabiri *Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Pooria Safarzadeh Kozani *Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mahdi Habibi AnbouhiNational Cell Bank of Iran, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran. habibi_m@pasteur.ac.ir.
Mohadeseh Mirzaee GodarzeeDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein HaddadiClinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.
Mohsen BasiriDepartment of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Vahab ZiaeiNational Cell Bank of Iran, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Majid SadeghizadehDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Ensiyeh Hajizadeh SaffarDepartment of Regenerative Medicine, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. hajizadeh.ehs@gmail.com.
Tarbiat Modares University · IRPasteur Institute of Iran · IRRoyan Institute · IRAcademic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRMedical University of Ilam · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells and natural killer (NK) cells are genetically engineered immune cells that can detect target antigens on the surface of target cells and eliminate them following adoptive transfer. Recent progress in CAR-based therapies has led to outstanding clinical success in certain patients with leukemias and lymphomas and offered therapeutic benefits to those resistant to conventional therapies. The universal approach to stable CAR transgene delivery into the T/NK cells is the use of viral particles. Such approaches mediate semi-random transgene insertions spanning the entire genome with a high preference for integration into sites surrounding highly-expressed genes and active loci. Regardless of the variable CAR expression level based on the integration site of the CAR transgene, foreign integrated DNA fragments may affect the neighboring endogenous genes and chromatin structure and potentially change a transduced T/NK cell behavior and function or even favor cellular transformation. In contrast, site-specific integration of CAR constructs using recent genome-editing technologies could overcome the limitations and disadvantages of universal random gene integration. Herein, we explain random and site-specific integration of CAR transgenes in CAR-T/NK cell therapies. Also, we tend to summarize the methods for site-specific integration as well as the clinical outcomes of certain gene disruptions or enhancements due to CAR transgene integration. Also, the advantages and limitations of using site-specific integration methods are discussed in this review. Ultimately, we will introduce the genomic safe harbor (GSH) standards and suggest some appropriate safety prospects for CAR integration in CAR-T/NK cell therapies.

Indexed as

Cancer immunotherapyChimeric antigen receptorGenome-editing technologiesNatural killer cellsRetroviral vectors

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PMID37403182
PMCPMC10318782
OpenAlexW4383186696

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