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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2026

CAR T cell therapy for fighting IPF: perspectives on a living drug.

Wei Sun, Sirui Lu, Tao Chen, Yanrui He, Zuojun Xu, Zhigang Cai

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 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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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

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

6 authors.

Wei SunDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Sirui LuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Tao ChenDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yanrui HeDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Zuojun XuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Zhigang CaiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrotic interstitial lung disease (fILD), particularly idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), represents an incurable progressive lung disorder characterized by a dismal prognosis. Fibroblasts constitute the principal cellular drivers of the fibrotic cascade. Although two pharmacological agents (pirfenidone and nintedanib) have secured regulatory approval for clinical application, they remain incapable of substantially attenuating disease progression. Persistent immune dysregulation driven alveolitis, occupies a critical upstream position in perpetuating fibroblast activation and extracellular matrix (ECM). Recent investigations have introduced an innovative strategy employing genetically engineered T cells to selectively target and eliminate activated fibroblasts. This approach involves generating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells

Indexed as

Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesAnimalsFibroblast Activation Protein AlphaFibroblastsGelatinasesHumansMembrane ProteinsNanoparticlesFibroblast Activation Protein AlphaGelatinasesMembrane ProteinsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR T cellfILDILDIPFtherapy

Identifiers

PMID41836444
PMCPMC12982355

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