ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025
CAR-M therapy in the era of tumor immunotherapy: current research progress and engineering strategies.
Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Applications of synthetic biology in biomedicine.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
- Exploring CAR cell therapies beyond CAR-T for myeloid malignancies.Journal of biomedical science · 2026Review
- In vivo CAR-M therapy: advancing precision delivery and programmable immune remodeling.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Potential of CAR-Macrophages Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iMacs) for Solid Tumor Therapy.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026Review
- A Comprehensive Evaluation of CAR-T Cell Gene Therapy, Tracing its Revolutionary Clinical Breakthroughs and Advancements Towards Next-Generation Engineering.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2026Review
- In vivo CAR-cell therapy: current challenges and emerging therapeutic advances.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Review
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- Breaking the resistance barrier: synergistic evolution of CAR-T cells and bispecific antibodies in the era of precision immuno-oncology.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) cellular immunotherapy has emerged as a revolutionary modality in cancer treatment. CAR-T cell therapy has demonstrated remarkable efficacy against hematological malignancies; however, its application in solid tumors is significantly constrained by inadequate tumor infiltration, a profoundly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), and pervasive antigen heterogeneity. Conversely, macrophages - innate immune cells inherently poised within tissues - exhibit superior tumor-tropic migration, potent phagocytic capability, and a unique capacity to remodel the TME, establishing CAR-engineered macrophages (CAR-M) as a highly promising next-generation therapeutic platform. Despite this considerable promise, the clinical translation of CAR-M faces several critical bottlenecks, including heterogeneity in cell sources, challenges in manufacturing standardization, risks of on-target/off-tumor toxicity, and the dynamic, immunosuppressive nature of the TME. This review offers a systematic and in-depth analysis of the current research landscape and engineering advances in CAR-M therapy. It comprehensively details the molecular evolution of CAR-M designs, spanning from early constructs to sophisticated logic-gated circuits and innovative
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