Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41584600›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Frontiers of cytokine engineering in CAR cell therapy for cancer.

Yinghan Wu, Yan-Ruide Li

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. 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

2 authors.

Yinghan WuDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Yan-Ruide LiDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered T (CAR-T) cell therapy has revolutionized the treatment of hematologic malignancies, yet its efficacy in solid tumors remains limited by T cell exhaustion, restricted tumor infiltration, and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Recent advances in cytokine engineering have introduced innovative strategies to overcome these barriers by modulating CAR cell survival, persistence, and cytotoxic function. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of emerging cytokine-augmented CAR platforms, highlighting mechanistic innovations such as IL-2 superkines that enhance selective CAR-T expansion, IL-15-armed CAR constructs that sustain

Indexed as

antitumor capacitycancer therapyCAR-engineered T (CAR-T) cell therapychimeric antigen receptor (CAR)cytokineimmunotherapyinvariant natural killer T (iNKT) cellin vivo persistence

Identifiers

PMID41584600
PMCPMC12827175

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.