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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

Mechanistic basis and therapeutic modulation of T cell fitness to enhance CAR-T cell efficacy in hematological malignancies.

Karama Makni-Maalej, Shaykhah Mujahhiz Alotaibi, Queenie Fernandes, Syed Osman Ahmed, Sarra Mestiri, Salim Bougarn, Waad Amir, Syed Farhatullah, Mohamed Kharfan-Dabaja, Maysaloun Merhi and 3 more

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Karama Makni-MaalejTranslational Cancer Research Facility, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Shaykhah Mujahhiz AlotaibiDepartment of Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Queenie FernandesTranslational Cancer Research Facility, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Syed Osman AhmedDepartment of Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sarra Mestiri *Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Salim Bougarn *Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Waad AmirQatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Syed FarhatullahDepartment of Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed Kharfan-DabajaMayo Clinic, Division of Hematology-Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
Maysaloun MerhiTranslational Cancer Research Facility, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Riad El FakihDepartment of Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mahmoud AljurfDepartment of Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Said DermimeTranslational Cancer Research Facility, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell fitness has emerged as a critical determinant of the efficacy and persistence of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy. Defined by the capacity of T cells to proliferate, resist exhaustion, persist

Indexed as

Hematologic NeoplasmsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsCell DifferentiationEpigenesis, GeneticHumansMetabolic ReprogrammingSignal TransductionT-Cell ExhaustionReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR-T cell therapyhematological malignanciesmetabolic reprogrammingT cell fitnessT cell subsets

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PMID41789096
PMCPMC12957260

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