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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Current Non-Viral-Based Strategies to Manufacture CAR-T Cells.

Leon Gehrke, Vasco Dos Reis Gonçalves, Dominik Andrae, Tamas Rasko, Patrick Ho, Hermann Einsele, Michael Hudecek, Sabrina R Friedel

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 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

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Leon GehrkeMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Vasco Dos Reis GonçalvesMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9982-3346
Dominik AndraeMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Tamas RaskoMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Patrick HoMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4751-6904
Hermann EinseleMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7680-0819
Michael HudecekMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2280-2202
Sabrina R FriedelMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II und Lehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4276-2268

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The successful application of CAR-T cells in the treatment of hematologic malignancies has fundamentally changed cancer therapy. With increasing numbers of registered CAR-T cell clinical trials, efforts are being made to streamline and reduce the costs of CAR-T cell manufacturing while improving their safety. To date, all approved CAR-T cell products have relied on viral-based gene delivery and genomic integration methods. While viral vectors offer high transfection efficiencies, concerns regarding potential malignant transformation coupled with costly and time-consuming vector manufacturing are constant drivers in the search for cheaper, easier-to-use, safer, and more efficient alternatives. In this review, we examine different non-viral gene transfer methods as alternatives for CAR-T cell production, their advantages and disadvantages, and examples of their applications. Transposon-based gene transfer methods lead to stable but non-targeted gene integration, are easy to handle, and achieve high gene transfer rates. Programmable endonucleases allow targeted integration, reducing the potential risk of integration-mediated malignant transformation of CAR-T cells. Non-integrating CAR-encoding vectors avoid this risk completely and achieve only transient CAR expression. With these promising alternative techniques for gene transfer, all avenues are open to fully exploiting the potential of next-generation CAR-T cell therapy and applying it in a wide range of applications.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer TechniquesImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsGenetic VectorsHematologic NeoplasmsHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR-T cellsCRISPRgene transfernon-integratingnon-viralpiggybacprogrammable endonucleasesleeping beautytransienttransposase

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PMID39769449
PMCPMC11728233

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