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ReviewMolecular cancer2025

Nanoparticle-based strategy in CAR-T cell immunotherapy: challenges, implications, and perspectives.

Dong Shang, Zhaokai Zhou, Run Shi, Zhan Wang, Pengpeng Zhang, Fu Peng, Huabing Li, Guangyang Cheng, Hongzhuo Qin, Ziyu Xie and 8 more

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

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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

9 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

18 authors.

Dong Shang *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Zhaokai Zhou *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Run Shi *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Zhan Wang *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Pengpeng Zhang *Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Fu PengDepartment of Pharmacology, Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Huabing LiDepartment of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410011 Hunan, China.
Guangyang ChengDepartment of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Hongzhuo QinDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.
Ziyu XieSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yudi XuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China.
Xing ZhouDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, China.
Wenjie ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Yajun ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Shuai YangDepartment of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China.
Lina ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710000, China. chenlin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
Qiong LuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China. christy_luq@csu.edu.cn.
Ran XuDepartment of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China. xuran@csu.edu.cn.

Funding

Hunan Innovative Province Construction Special Project 2021ZK4025Hunan Provincial Department of Finance Gra 2024-31, 45, 2022-151, 2021-139 and 2020-83Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission of Innovative Research Program 2021-212-23Natural Science Foundation of Changsha City Kq2403094Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2024JJ5494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has achieved remarkable progress in treating hematologic malignancies, yet its broader application faces challenges such as manufacturing complexity, solid tumor microenvironment barriers, and immune toxicity. Nanoparticles (NPs), leveraging their precise delivery, immunomodulation, and multifunctional integration capabilities, offer innovative strategies to optimize CAR-T cell therapy. This review provides a comprehensive elucidation of the fundamental framework of CAR-T cell therapy and the challenges in oncological applications. Subsequently, we systematically summarized the synergistic mechanisms between NPs and CAR-T cell therapy, including optimization of genetic modification, enhancement of tumor site infiltration, modulation of immunosuppressive tumor microenvironments, mitigation of tumor antigen heterogeneity, real-time monitoring, and dynamic control of cellular activity. Ultimately, it highlights the emerging paradigm of artificial intelligence integration within this domain while discussing the associated technical obstacles and future prospects of this combined therapeutic approach.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNanoparticlesNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAnimalsHumansT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Chimeric AntigenChimeric antigen receptor T cellImmunotherapyNanoparticlesTumor immune microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41188940
PMCPMC12584267

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