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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

B7-H3-targeted CAR T cell activity is enhanced by radiotherapy in solid cancers.

Marco Ventin, Giulia Cattaneo, Luke Maggs, Jingyu Jia, Shahrzad Arya, Soldano Ferrone, Xinhui Wang, Cristina R Ferrone

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. B7-H3 CAR T cells eradicate intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and induce durable response.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
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  6. Advances in Nanobody-Based Platforms for Precision Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy.Polymer science & technology (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  7. B7-H3 and CSPG4-targeted CAR T cells as potent effectors in anaplastic thyroid cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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  11. Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell with an Inducible Caspase-9 Suicide Gene Eradicates Uveal Melanoma Liver Metastases via B7-H3 Targeting.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Marco VentinDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Giulia CattaneoDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Luke MaggsDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jingyu JiaDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Shahrzad AryaDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Soldano FerroneDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Xinhui WangDivision of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Cristina R FerroneDepartment of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive cell therapy utilizing T cells genetically modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) has demonstrated promising clinical results in hematological malignancies. However, solid cancers have not seen a similar success due to multiple obstacles. Investigating these escape mechanisms and designing strategies to counteract such limitations is crucial and timely. Growing evidence in the literature supports the hypothesis that radiotherapy has the potential to enhance the susceptibility of solid tumors to CAR T cell therapy, by overcoming mechanisms of resistance. Radiation treatment can increase the susceptibility of different types of solid cancers (TNBC, HNSCC, PDAC) to B7-H3 CAR T cell-mediated eradication. Multiple mechanisms, including reduced cancer cell proliferation, upregulation of the targeted antigen, modulation of apoptotic molecules may contribute to this signal. The information in the literature and the results we describesupport the ability of radiotherapy to improve the efficacy of CAR T cell therapy in solid tumors.

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B7-H3 CAR Tcombinatorial therapyimmunotherapyradiotherapysolid cancer

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PMID37483496
PMCPMC10361748
OpenAlexW4383559408

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