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ReviewSmall science2026

Nanomedicine Meets Immunotherapy: Transforming Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Treatment for Solid Tumors.

Stephen O'Rourke, Nuo Xu, Hongjun Wang, Hexin Chen

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Review in Small science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Stephen O'RourkeDepartment of Biological Sciences University of South Carolina Columbia SC 29208 USA.
Nuo XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken NJ 07030 USA.
Hongjun WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken NJ 07030 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3455-8523
Hexin ChenDepartment of Biological Sciences University of South Carolina Columbia SC 29208 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-0859

Funding

Microscopy and Flow Cytometry CoreP30GM154632 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI Hippokratis Kiaris · 2024 to 2026
$4.5M
Preventing adaptive drug resistance through Mediator kinase inhibitionR01CA266027 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI Hexin Chen, Mengqian Chen · 2022 to 2026
$3.0M
Cancer cell selective killing nanoparticle for advanced ovarian cancer treatmentR01CA263747 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI Peisheng Xu · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA263747NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266027NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM154632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of effective immunotherapies has drastically revolutionized clinical management of many cancer types. Among them, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy (CTT), as a groundbreaking approach, has been considered as a "living drug," displaying unprecedented clinical outcomes with hematological malignancies, including B cell leukemia and lymphomas, and multiple myeloma. Despite the high remission rates and improved survival achieved with hematological cancers, the effectiveness of CTT in solid tumors remains largely unsatisfactory. The efficacy of CTT in solid tumors is significantly challenged by multiple factors, including tumor-antigen heterogeneity, limited T cell trafficking and infiltration, a highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and the risk of severe adverse effects. Accumulating evidence highlights the potential of nanotechnology to address these obstacles, paving the way for more effective CTT against solid tumors. Thus, this review explores to highlight the evolution and challenges of CTT in solid tumors, while summarizing the up-to-date advances of nanotechnology-enabled CTT with the intention towards the formulation of a more cohesive, personalized, and effective cancer therapy in the future.

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chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapynanomedicinesolid tumortargeted deliverytumor microenvironment

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PMID41737839
PMCPMC12928070

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