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ReviewTrends in cancer2025

CAR T cell persistence in cancer.

Katherine P Mueller, Jeremy M Grenier, Evan W Weber

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Review in Trends in cancer, 2025. 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

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 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

3 authors.

Katherine P MuellerDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jeremy M GrenierDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Evan W WeberDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: weberew@chop.edu.

Funding

Physician Scientist Training in Clinical OncologyK12CA076931 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STEPHEN Patrick HUNGER, LYNN M. SCHUCHTER · 1997 to 2026
$16.5M
CANCER RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009615 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Gregory L Beatty, MICHAEL D HOGARTY · 1988 to 2026
$10.4M
Enhancing CAR T cell fitness using novel epigenetic reprogramming factorsDP2CA301078 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI WEBER, EVAN WILLIAM · 2024 to 2024
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS DP2 CA301078NCI NIH HHS K12 CA076931NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapies are 'living drugs' in which T cells are genetically engineered to recognize and kill cancer cells. A major barrier to progress for CAR T targeting liquid and solid tumors is the poor persistence of these cells in vivo, which limits therapeutic efficacy. In this review, we summarize the field's current understanding of CAR T persistence, including clinical observations, patient correlatives and multiomics approaches, and emerging cell engineering and manufacturing strategies. We also propose a conceptual framework for CAR T persistence to guide interpretation of clinical data and the design of more potent and efficacious CAR T therapeutics.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell EngineeringHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigencancerCAR TimmunotherapypersistenceT cell exhaustion

Identifiers

PMID40973578
PMCPMC12469819

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