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ReviewCancers2024

Strategies for Improving CAR T Cell Persistence in Solid Tumors.

Megen C Wittling, Anna C Cole, Brianna Brammer, Kailey G Diatikar, Nicole C Schmitt, Chrystal M Paulos

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. TCF1bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  8. CAR T cell persistence in cancer.Trends in cancer · 2025
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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

6 authors.

Megen C WittlingDepartment of Surgery/Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3631-4955
Anna C ColeDepartment of Surgery/Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Brianna BrammerSchool of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3042-7326
Kailey G DiatikarDepartment of Surgery/Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Nicole C SchmittDepartment of Otolaryngology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Chrystal M PaulosDepartment of Surgery/Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

Funding

Mechanisms of Durable Antitumor Immunity Mediated by PI3K-targeted T cellsR01CA275199 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Chrystal M Paulos · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Leveraging CD26high Meso-CAR T cells in patients with advanced pancreatic cancerR01CA287866 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Gregory B. Lesinski, Chrystal M Paulos · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
Graduate Program in Cancer Biology Training at Emory UniversityT32CA272392 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Sumin Kang, Gregory B. Lesinski · 2023 to 2026
$835k
Mechanism underlying how host B cells empower adoptively transferred Th17 cells with durable tumor immunityF31CA281258 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI COLE, ANNA CAMILLE ELYSE · 2024 to 2025
$94k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA281258NCI NIH HHS R01 CA275199NCI NIH HHS R01 CA287866NCI NIH HHS T32 CA272392NIH HHS 1R01CA275199-24A2NIH HHS 1R01CA287866-24A1NIH HHS 1T32CA272392-24A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CAR T cells require optimization to be effective in patients with solid tumors. There are many barriers affecting their ability to succeed. One barrier is persistence, as to achieve an optimal antitumor response, infused CAR T cells must engraft and persist. This singular variable is impacted by a multitude of factors-the CAR T cell design, lymphodepletion regimen used, expansion method to generate the T cell product, and more. Additionally, external agents can be utilized to augment CAR T cells, such as the addition of novel cytokines, pharmaceutical drugs that bolster memory formation, or other agents during either the ex vivo expansion process or after CAR T cell infusion to support them in the oppressive tumor microenvironment. This review highlights many strategies being used to optimize T cell persistence as well as future directions for improving the persistence of infused cells.

Indexed as

adoptive cellular therapyCAR T cellspersistencesolid tumors

Identifiers

PMID39199630
PMCPMC11352972

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