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ArticleCancers2025

Is There a Future for CAR-T Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia?

Caterina Alati, Martina Pitea, Matteo Molica, Marco Rossi, Maria Eugenia Alvaro, Gaetana Porto, Erica Bilardi, Giovanna Utano, Giorgia Policastro, Maria Caterina Micò and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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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

2 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

12 authors.

Caterina AlatiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Martina PiteaHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3982-4141
Matteo MolicaDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Renato Dulbecco, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6391-4406
Marco RossiDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Renato Dulbecco, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7258-475X
Maria Eugenia AlvaroDivision of Hematology, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Gaetana PortoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4739-349X
Erica BilardiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-2684-9269
Giovanna UtanoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Giorgia PolicastroHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-5857-7247
Maria Caterina MicòHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-6931-4632
Violetta MarafiotiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Massimo MartinoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3987-419X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer with rapid progression and a high relapse rate, highlighting the urgent need for effective treatments. While recent advances in drug therapies and combination regimens have improved outcomes, relapsed and refractory (R/R) AML still shows low response rates, poor prognosis, and limited survival. The lack of effective immunotherapies further complicates the management of R/R AML. The bone marrow tumor microenvironment (TME) poses a significant barrier, requiring multifaceted, combined therapeutic strategies for clinical success. This TME creates an immunosuppressive and metabolically challenging environment that limits the expansion, persistence, cytotoxicity, and survival of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells. Unlike CD19 in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), AML lacks a truly leukemia-specific antigen. Although clinical trials are ongoing, no CAR-T therapies have received FDA approval for AML. This paper explores the reasons behind these ongoing challenges.

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acute myeloid leukemiaAMLCAR-T therapyleukemia-specific antigentreatmenttumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41514619
PMCPMC12784666

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