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ReviewCancer gene therapy2025

Barriers and solutions for CAR-T therapy in solid tumors.

Zhihao Tu, Yuelin Chen, Zhimi Zhang, Wanrong Meng, Ling Li

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Review in Cancer gene therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 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

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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

12 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

5 authors.

Zhihao Tu *Department of Stomatology, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Yuelin Chen *Department of Stomatology, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Zhimi ZhangDepartment of Stomatology, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Wanrong MengDepartment of Head and Neck Oncology, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Center for Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. mengwr@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-3210-4126
Ling LiDepartment of Stomatology, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. liling2021@uestc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5493-4966

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82273307National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82373242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has emerged as a transformative approach for cancer treatment, particularly in hematologic malignancies. However, barriers in the development of effective CAR-T therapies for solid tumors, including antigenic escape, tumor immunosuppressive microenvironments, severe toxicities, and limitations in preclinical models, hinder its scalability and broader clinical implementation. To overcome these barriers, strategies have been developed in recent years, such as optimizing CAR designs, enhancing CAR-T cell infiltration, neutralizing immunosuppressive cells, remodeling metabolism of CAR-T cells, eliminating antigen escape, mitigating toxicities, advancing preclinical models, and in situ programming CAR-T cells. Here, we discuss current barriers and potential strategies for CAR-T cell therapy in solid tumors. Ultimately, we present perspectives on these advanced strategies for broader clinical adoption of CAR-T cell therapy.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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