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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Advances in chimeric antigen receptor-natural killer cell therapy: from mechanisms and preclinical studies to clinical application.

Tianyuan Ren, Fengjiang Wang, Xuan Liu, Jun Guo, Sitan Xie

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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 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tianyuan Ren *ShanDong YinFeng Academy of Life Science, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Fengjiang Wang *ShanDong YinFeng Academy of Life Science, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Xuan LiuShanDong YinFeng Academy of Life Science, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Jun GuoShanDong YinFeng Academy of Life Science, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Sitan XieShanDong YinFeng Academy of Life Science, Jinan, Shandong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) has revolutionized cancer treatment, yet its application remains limited by high costs, safety concerns, and challenges in solid tumors. Natural killer (NK) cells offer a promising alternative due to their innate tumor-killing capacity, diverse cell sources, lower risk of graft-versus-host disease and cytokine release syndrome, and potential for "off-the-shelf" production. This review synthesizes recent advances in CAR-NK, focusing on NK-specific CAR engineering strategies, preclinical models across hematological and solid malignancies, and the latest clinical trials up to 2025. We highlight distinctive CAR-NK optimization approaches, such as integration of Fc-binding domains, cytokine armoring, and strategies to overcome tumor microenvironment mediated resistance, that distinguish CAR-NK from CAR-T platforms. Key challenges, including insufficient

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CAR-NKchimeric antigen receptor (CAR)hematological malignanciesnatural killer cellssolid tumor

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PMID41635402
PMCPMC12861900

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