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ReviewNature biomedical engineering2025

Fine tuning towards the next generation of engineered T cells.

Tham T Nguyen, Patrick Ho, Sarah Staudt, Celine Gregoire, Kai Ziegler-Martin, Megane Jassin, Alix Block, Michael Hudecek, J Joseph Melenhorst, Jo Caers and 1 more

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Review in Nature biomedical engineering, 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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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Covalent tumor anchoring spatially orchestrates antitumor immunity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Tham T NguyenLaboratory of Hematology, GIGA, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Patrick HoLehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4751-6904
Sarah StaudtLehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Celine GregoireCell Therapy & Immuno-Engineering Program, Center for ImmunoTherapy and Precision Immuno-Oncology, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Kai Ziegler-MartinLehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Megane JassinLaboratory of Hematology, GIGA, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Alix BlockLaboratory of Hematology, GIGA, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Michael HudecekLehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2280-2202
J Joseph MelenhorstCell Therapy & Immuno-Engineering Program, Center for ImmunoTherapy and Precision Immuno-Oncology, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7677-537X
Jo CaersLaboratory of Hematology, GIGA, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium.
Maik LuuLehrstuhl für Zelluläre Immuntherapie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. Luu_m@ukw.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2843-3919

Funding

Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS (Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research) C/2020/1447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has achieved remarkable success in treating haematologic malignancies. However, the rise in clinical use has highlighted substantial challenges related to T cell- and tumour-intrinsic mechanisms. Additionally, the tumour microenvironment can render these treatments dysfunctional. Extensive attempts in the field are optimizing the key elements of CAR T cell products for therapy, including antigen specificity and affinity, metabolic fitness, phenotypic stability and manufacturing. Recent efforts in transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling, as well as high-throughput functional screening methods, have identified new classes of targets, binders and mechanisms to be exploited. Advances in gene editing and delivery offer opportunities to translate those strategies into clinical trials. Here we discuss the multifaceted exploration of CAR T cell engineering approaches and emerging directions, highlighting the available strategies that can be built on to create the next generation of cellular therapies.

Indexed as

Cell EngineeringImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsGene EditingHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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