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ReviewImmunotherapy2025

Chimeric antigen receptor natural killer (CAR-NK) cells: from preclinical promise to clinical reality in cancer immunotherapy.

Hunter Cassidy Cochran, Kevin Ashkan Ghobadi, Armin Ghobadi

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Review in Immunotherapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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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

2 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.

Hunter Cassidy CochranWashington University School of Medicine, Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy (CGCI), St Louis, MO, USA.
Kevin Ashkan GhobadiMary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Armin GhobadiWashington University School of Medicine, Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy (CGCI), St Louis, MO, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) natural killer (NK) cell therapy represents an emerging frontier in cancer immunotherapy. CAR-NK cells offer the potential for "off-the-shelf" treatments with a favorable safety profile, due in part to their innate capacity for HLA-unrestricted tumor targeting and an absence of graft-versus-host disease. Landmark clinical studies using cord blood - derived CAR-NK cells and another employing iPSC-derived CAR-NK cells have reported impressive response rates, durable remissions, and minimal toxicity. Furthermore, a growing landscape of ongoing clinical trials is exploring innovative strategies to enhance persistence, overcome solid tumor challenges, and prevent antigen escape. These advances collectively underscore the potential of CAR-NK therapies to revolutionize cancer treatment while addressing limitations associated with current CAR-T cell approaches.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveKiller Cells, NaturalNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicHumansReceptors, Chimeric Antigenadoptive cell therapycancer immunotherapyCAR‐NK cellsclinical trialsnatural killer cells

Identifiers

PMID41186143
PMCPMC12607298

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