Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41366793›Full record

ReviewJournal of translational medicine2025

Convergence of mRNA technology and chimeric antigen receptor therapy: targeted technology optimizing targeted therapy.

Huajing Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Jiansong Huang, Zichen Wu, Lirui Tang, Yuxin Tian, Shan Gao, Shihan Huang, Jiaying Cao, Jiali Chen and 1 more

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
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.

Huajing Chen *The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China.
Jiayi Zhang *The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China.
Jiansong Huang *The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China.
Zichen Wu *The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China.
Lirui Tang *School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Yuxin TianCollege of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Shan GaoSchool of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Shihan HuangThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China.
Jiaying CaoThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China. xixi_abcde@163.com.ORCID 0009-0003-5117-2558
Jiali ChenThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510145, China. SSbcjl@163.com.
Yuhua LiDepartment of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510280, China. liyuhua1974@outlook.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering cells to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) represents a novel approach in cancer immunotherapy, demonstrating remarkable efficacy in the treatment of hematologic malignancies while also encountering numerous challenges. Against the backdrop of the widespread application of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, the integration of mRNA technology to produce CAR cells and enhance CAR therapies marks the cutting edge of cancer treatment innovation, offering potential solutions to the challenges faced by traditional CAR therapies. This convergence offers distinct advantages. It enables the generation of CAR cells both in vitro and in vivo without transgene integration, thereby achieving transient expression that reduces the risk of various side effects. Meanwhile, this approach entails lower production costs. This method may therefore serve as a novel and promising alternative to existing therapies in the future. In this article, we review the latest advancements and clinical applications of mRNA-based CAR therapies, which utilize mRNA technology to generate CAR-T cells. Additionally, we explore the diverse therapies enabled by mRNA technology, such as gene editing and vaccines, and their combination with CAR therapies. By analyzing their challenges and prospects, we aim to provide new insights into comprehensively improving the therapeutic efficacy of CAR therapies and expanding their clinical application.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRNA, MessengerAnimalsGene EditingHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRNA, MessengerCAR mRNACAR-T cellsCAR therapyDelivery systemFuture prospectsmRNA technologySafetyTherapeutic efficacy

Identifiers

PMID41366793
PMCPMC12701602

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.