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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Mathematical models and computational approaches in CAR-T therapeutics.

Guido Putignano, Samuel Ruipérez-Campillo, Zhou Yuan, José Millet, Sara Guerrero-Aspizua

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Post-Translational Regulation of CD8Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  10. Engineering adoptive cell therapy for solid tumors.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Guido Putignano *bioERGOtech, Taranto, Italy.
Samuel Ruipérez-Campillo *Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Zhou YuanAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
José MilletITACA Institute, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Sara Guerrero-AspizuaUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid, Departamento de Bioingeniería, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras-ISCIII, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The field of synthetic biology aims to engineer living organisms for specific therapeutic applications, with CAR-T cell therapy emerging as a groundbreaking approach in cancer treatment due to its potential for flexibility, specificity, predictability, and controllability. CAR-T cell therapies involve the genetic modification of T cells to target tumor-specific antigens. However, challenges persist because the limited spatio-temporal resolution in current models hinders the therapy's safety, cost-effectiveness, and overall potential, particularly for solid tumors. Main body: This manuscript explores how mathematical models and computational techniques can enhance CAR-T therapy design and predict therapeutic outcomes, focusing on critical factors such as antigen receptor functionality, treatment efficacy, and potential adverse effects. We examine CAR-T cell dynamics and the impact of antigen binding, addressing strategies to overcome antigen escape, cytokine release syndrome, and relapse. Conclusion: We propose a comprehensive framework for using these models to advance CAR-T cell therapy, bridging the gap between existing therapeutic methods and the full potential of CAR-T engineering and its clinical application.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveModels, TheoreticalNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmComputational BiologyComputer SimulationHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAntigens, NeoplasmReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigenbiological system modelingCAR-T cellscomputational immunotherapymathematical modelingsynthetic biologyT cell engineeringtherapeutic optimization

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PMID40821789
PMCPMC12354594

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