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ReviewInternational immunology2024

Reprogramming T-cell metabolism to enhance adoptive cell therapies.

Meghan Kates, Samuel D Saibil

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Review in International immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Lactic acid improves Treg manufacturing andMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  10. Optimizing CD8Experimental hematology & oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meghan KatesDepartment of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, 610 University Ave., Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3976-4919
Samuel D SaibilDepartment of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, 610 University Ave., Toronto, ON M5G 2M9, Canada.
University Health Network · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) is an immunotherapeutic approach that involves isolating T cells from a patient, culturing them ex vivo, then reinfusing the cells back into the patient. Although this strategy has shown remarkable efficacy in hematological malignancies, the solid-tumour microenvironment (TME) has presented serious challenges for therapy efficacy. Particularly, the TME has immunosuppressive signalling and presents a metabolically challenging environment that leads to T-cell suppression. T-cell metabolism is an expanding field of research with a focus on understanding its inherent link to T-cell function. Here, we review the current model of T-cell metabolism from naïve cells through effector and memory life stages, as well as updates to the model from recent literature. These models of metabolism have provided us with the tools and understanding to explore T-cell metabolic and mitochondrial insufficiency in the TME. We discuss manipulations that can be made to these mitochondrial and metabolic pathways to enhance the persistence of infused T cells, overcome the metabolically challenging TME and improve the efficacy of therapy in ACT models. Further understanding and investigation of the impact of metabolic pathways on T-cell performance could contribute to improving therapy efficacy for patients.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveT-LymphocytesAnimalsCellular ReprogrammingHumansMitochondriaNeoplasmsTumor Microenvironmentcancer immunologyimmunometabolismimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID38364321
PMCPMC11519046
OpenAlexW4391886452

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