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ReviewCells2026

Re-Tooling of γδ T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy Using Advanced Manufacturing and Genetic Engineering.

Benjamin J L Lim, John Maher

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Review in Cells, 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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1 · What the graph read from 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Benjamin J L LimUniversity of Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.ORCID 0009-0005-5540-4189
John MaherDepartment of Precision and Population Oncology, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8275-8488

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adoptive immunotherapy using ex-vivo-amplified autologous αβ T cells has achieved notable success in the treatment of diverse cancer types. Pre-eminent among these developments has been the advent of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which has revolutionised the treatment of selected haematological malignancies. However, autologous CAR T cell immunotherapy is poorly scalable and has demonstrated limited efficacy against solid tumours. Accordingly, there has been significant interest in alternative strategies that may bridge these gaps. The use of γδ T cells is an attractive alternative since they possess intrinsic anti-tumour activity and do not elicit graft versus host disease (GvHD) when employed as an allogeneic drug product. In this review, we evaluate the potential use of γδ T cells for cancer immunotherapy and how manufacturing and genetic engineering refinements can be used to potentiate this activity. We also summarise current clinical experience with CAR γδ T cell therapies and discuss the implications of these findings for the next generation of cellular immunotherapies.

Indexed as

Genetic EngineeringImmunotherapyImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaT-LymphocytesAnimalsHumansReceptors, Chimeric AntigenReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaReceptors, Chimeric Antigenchimeric antigen receptorimmunotherapymalignancyγδ T cell

Identifiers

PMID41892285
PMCPMC13025538

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