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ReviewNature nanotechnology2025

Nanotechnology for CAR T cells and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapies.

Nuria Lafuente-Gómez, Shawn Kang, David J Mooney

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Review in Nature nanotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nuria Lafuente-GómezJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9269-3163
Shawn KangJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
David J MooneyJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. mooneyd@seas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-1194

Funding

Th1 polarizing immune responses using DNA origamiU54CA244726 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI SHIH, WILLIAM M · 2019 to 2019
$8.2M
Viscoelasticity and T Cell ProductionR01CA276459 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI David J Mooney · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
National Science Foundation (NSF) DGE 2140743NCI NIH HHS R01 CA276459NCI NIH HHS U54 CA244726
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive T-cell therapies, and particularly CAR T cells and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, have transformed cancer treatment by selectively targeting malignant cells. Despite their clinical success, these therapies face substantial challenges, including costly manufacturing processes and tumour-imposed barriers that limit efficacy. Advances in understanding the nanoscale mechanisms governing T-cell activation and the role of the tumour microenvironment in restricting T-cell responses have driven the development of nanotechnology-based strategies that integrate key chemical and physical cues. Here we provide a brief overview of the current state of CAR T and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapies and discuss nanotechnology strategies to enhance their ex vivo production, in vivo performance and the direct in vivo generation of CAR T cells. We highlight nanotechnology's transformative potential to overcome existing challenges, broaden therapeutic applications and identify factors that will shape the future of nanotechnology for CAR T and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte therapies.

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Immunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingNanotechnologyNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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