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ArticleActa biochimica et biophysica Sinica2026

CAR-macrophages: a new chapter in cancer immunotherapy.

Xucai Tang, Qian Xiao

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Article in Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper 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

2 authors.

Xucai TangInstitute of Modern Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.
Qian XiaoInstitute of Modern Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy achieves remarkable success in hematological cancers, but its efficacy is severely limited in solid tumors by formidable obstacles including physical barriers, the highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), and antigen escape. To address these persistent challenges, chimeric antigen receptor-macrophage (CAR-M) therapy emerges as a promising alternative, leveraging intrinsic advantages of macrophages like unparalleled tumor infiltration, powerful phagocytosis, and high plasticity. The evolution of CAR-M is primarily defined by the intracellular signaling domain. CAR-M exerts its anti-tumor effects through multifaceted mechanisms, including direct enhanced phagocytosis and tumor cell killing, TME remodeling by repolarizing to a pro-inflammatory M1-like phenotype, releasing anti-tumor effectors, and degrading the extracellular matrix (ECM), and the activation of adaptive immunity

Indexed as

adoptive cell therapyCAR-macrophage (CAR-M)solid tumortumor microenvironment remodeling

Identifiers

PMID41668537
PMCPMC13191464

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