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ReviewBiomarker research2026

Challenges and advances in CAR-T cell therapy for B-ALL.

Chenyu Zha, Ying Wang

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Review in Biomarker research, 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Chenyu ZhaState Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China.
Ying WangState Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China. wangying1@ihcams.ac.cn.

Funding

CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences 2024-I2M-C&T-B-082CAMS Innovation Fund for translation 2024-I2M-ZH-015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has revolutionized the treatment landscape for hematological malignancies such as relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R B-ALL), with several CAR-T products now approved globally for R/R B-ALL. Despite high initial response rates, major challenges remain, including disease relapse due to antigen escape and the limited persistence of CAR-T cells; treatment-related adverse events such as cytokine release syndrome, immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, hematologic toxicity, and infections; and limited access to CAR-T therapy. In this review, we discuss the limitations of CAR-T and strategies to overcome them, specifically in the context of B-ALL, including the use of allogeneic CAR-T, dual-targeted CAR-T, and combination strategies with novel technologies and agents. Furthermore, we explored the role of consolidative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation after CAR-T therapy and the potential of integrating CAR-T into the first-line treatment for B-ALL. Future research should aim to increase the efficacy of CAR-T, reduce their toxicity, improve their accessibility, and expand their use to earlier lines of therapy for B-ALL.

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Acute B cell lymphoblastic leukemiaChimeric antigen receptor T cellHematopoietic stem cell transplantationRelapse

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PMID42152081
PMCPMC13330168

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