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ReviewBioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy2025

Accelerating CAR-T Cell Therapies with Small-Molecule Inhibitors.

Katrin Mestermann, Andoni Garitano-Trojaola, Michael Hudecek

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Review in BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Katrin Mestermann *Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Lehrstuhl für zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Haus E4-/Raum 4.06, Versbacher Straße 5, 97078, Würzburg, Germany. Mestermann_K@ukw.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3585-5055
Andoni Garitano-Trojaola *Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Lehrstuhl für zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Haus E4-/Raum 4.06, Versbacher Straße 5, 97078, Würzburg, Germany.
Michael HudecekMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Lehrstuhl für zelluläre Immuntherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Haus E4-/Raum 4.06, Versbacher Straße 5, 97078, Würzburg, Germany.

Funding

Bundesministrium für Bildung und Forschung 01EN2306ABundesministrium für Bildung und Forschung 03ZU1111BABundesministrium für Bildung und Forschung 13N15987Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 338/1 2021-452881907Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB/ TRR221Fraunhofer-Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie 20963H2020 Innovative Medicine Initiative 853988H2020 Innovative Medicine Initiative 945393Stiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe 70114707Stiftung Deutsche Krebshilfe 70115200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies have markedly improved the survival rates of patients with B-cell malignancies. However, their efficacy in other hematological cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia, and in solid tumors has been limited. Key obstacles include the downregulation or loss of antigen expression on cancer cells, restricted accessibility to target cells, and the poor persistence of these "living drugs" because of the highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Additionally, manufacturing these immunotherapies presents significant challenges, and patients frequently experience side effects such as cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome. This review emphasizes the potential of small-molecule inhibitors, many of which are already approved for clinical use, to facilitate chimeric antigen receptor T-cell manufacturing, enhance their anti-tumor efficacy, and mitigate their side effects. Although substantial work remains, the robust pre-clinical data and the growing clinical interest suggest significant promise for using cancer signaling pathway inhibitors to enhance and refine chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for both hematological and solid tumors. Exploring these combination strategies could lead to more effective therapies, offering new hope for patients with resistant forms of cancer.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAnimalsHumansT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID39589646
PMCPMC11750903

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