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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2026

Solid tumour CAR-T cells engineered with fusion proteins targeting PD-L1 for localized IL-12 delivery.

John P Murad, Lea Christian, Reginaldo Rosa, Yuwei Ren, Alyssa J Buckley, Eric Hee Jun Lee, Lupita S Lopez, Anthony K Park, Jason Yang, Yukiko Yamaguchi and 10 more

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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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

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. In Vivo T-Cell Engineering: Revolution in Delivery Strategies and Clinical Translation.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  17. CAR-macrophages: a new chapter in cancer immunotherapy.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

John P MuradKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-2414
Lea ChristianDepartment of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Reginaldo RosaKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0984-8959
Yuwei RenKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alyssa J BuckleyKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Eric Hee Jun LeeWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech College of Engineering and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Lupita S LopezKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Anthony K ParkDepartment of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Jason YangDepartment of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7156-5872
Yukiko YamaguchiKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Candi TracDepartment of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Lauren N AdkinsKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Wen-Chung ChangDepartment of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-0725
Catalina MartinezKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Carl H JuneCenter for Cellular Immunotherapies, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0241-3557
Stephen J FormanDepartment of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
Jun IshiharaDepartment of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9083-9859
John K LeeDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6570-2180
Lawrence A SternDepartment of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Saul J PricemanKeck School of Medicine (KSOM)/Norris Center for Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy Research (CCCIR), Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. priceman@usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8136-2112

Funding

Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) PCF TACTICAL AWARD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell efficacy in solid tumours is limited due in part to the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment (TME). To improve antitumour responses, we hypothesized that enabling CAR-T cells to secrete bifunctional fusion proteins consisting of a cytokine modifier such as TGFβ

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenImmunotherapy, AdoptiveInterleukin-12NeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRecombinant Fusion ProteinsT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansInterleukin-15MaleMiceOvarian NeoplasmsProstatic NeoplasmsB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanInterleukin-12Interleukin-15Receptors, Chimeric AntigenRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID41034514
PMCPMC13099387

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