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ReviewCancers2025

Adoptive T Cell Therapy Targeting MAGE-A4.

Kapil Chandora, Akshay Chandora, Anwaar Saeed, Ludimila Cavalcante

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kapil ChandoraMorehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-3309-1669
Akshay ChandoraMorehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
Anwaar SaeedUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
Ludimila CavalcanteDivision of Hematology and Oncology, University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MAGE A4 (Melanoma Antigen Gene A4) is a cancer testis antigen (CTA) that is expressed normally in germline cells (testis/embryonic tissues) but absent in somatic cells. The MAGE A4 CTA is expressed in a variety of tumor types, like synovial sarcoma, ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. Having its expression profile limited to germline cells has made MAGE A4 a sought-after immunotherapeutic target in certain malignancies. In this review, we focus on MAGE-A4's function and expression, current clinical trials involving targeted immunotherapy approaches, and challenges and opportunities facing MAGE-A4's targeted therapeutics.

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adoptive T cell therapyantibodycancer testis antigenesophageal cancerimmunotherapyMAGE-A4ovarian cancersarcomasolid tumors

Identifiers

PMID39941782
PMCPMC11815873

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