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ReviewNature biotechnology2025

Beyond the blood: expanding CAR T cell therapy to solid tumors.

Ugur Uslu, Carl H June

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Review in Nature biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers.

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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

106 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. γδ T cells in colorectal and liver cancer.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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  11. The Reality of Active Targeting in Nanomedicine: Promise Versus Performance.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  13. Low-dose docetaxel reprograms CAR T cells for enhanced solid tumor immunity.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
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  17. Adaptive resistance in cancer immunotherapy.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2026
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46 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors.

Ugur UsluCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8109-7892
Carl H JuneCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. cjune@upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0241-3557

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy stands as a transformative advancement in immunotherapy, triumphing against hematological malignancies and, increasingly, autoimmune disorders. After a decade of relatively modest results for solid tumors, recent clinical trials and patient reports have also started to yield promising outcomes in glioblastoma and other challenging solid tumor entities. This Perspective seeks to explore the reasons behind these latest achievements and discusses how they can be sustained and expanded through different strategies involving CAR engineering and synthetic biology. Furthermore, we critically analyze how these breakthroughs can be leveraged to maintain momentum and broaden the therapeutic impact of CAR T cells across a variety of solid tumor landscapes.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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