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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2023

Elevating the potential of CAR-T cell therapy in solid tumors: exploiting biomaterials-based delivery techniques.

Yuxiang Tang, Xiaoyu Yang, Hang Hu, Huiwen Jiang, Wei Xiong, Heng Mei, Yu Hu

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. CAR-T cells immunotherapy in the treatment of glioblastoma.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2025
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  7. Cancers · 2025
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  8. Mapping the cancer surface proteome in search of target antigens for immunotherapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yuxiang Tang *Tongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Institute of Hematology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoyu Yang *Department of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hang HuSchool of Pharmacy, ChangZhou University, Changzhou, China.
Huiwen JiangTongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Institute of Hematology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Wei XiongWuhan Sian Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China.
Heng MeiTongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Institute of Hematology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yu HuTongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Institute of Hematology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNChangzhou University · CNHubei Cancer Hospital · CNUnion Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells exhibit promising progress in addressing hematologic malignancies. However, CAR-T therapy for solid tumors remains limited, with no FDA-approved CAR-T products available for clinical use at present. Primary reasons include insufficient infiltration, accumulation, tumor immunosuppression of the microenvironment, and related side effects. Single utilization of CAR-T cannot effectively overcome these unfavorable obstacles. A probable effective pathway to achieve a better CAR-T therapy effect would be to combine the benefits of biomaterials-based technology. In this article, comprehensive biomaterials strategies to break through these obstacles of CAR-T cell therapy at the tumor sites are summarized, encompassing the following aspects: 1) generating orthotopic CAR-T cells; 2) facilitating CAR-T cell trafficking; 3) stimulating CAR-T cell expansion and infiltration; 4) improving CAR-T cell activity and persistence; 5) reprogramming the immunosuppressive microenvironments. Additionally, future requirements for the development of this field, with a specific emphasis on promoting innovation and facilitating clinical translation, are thoroughly discussed.

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biomaterialschimeric antigen receptor-Timmunotherapynanobackpacksolid tumor

Identifiers

PMID38312512
PMCPMC10835794
OpenAlexW4390980427

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