Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Recurrent high-grade gliomas have a dismal prognosis. This review article aimed to explore and help answer the questions about which group of patients would benefit from chimeric antigen receptor therapy (CAR-T) cell therapy in this setting, the timing of intervention and the therapeutic efficacy. CAR-T cell therapy involves the extraction of T-cells from patients, genetic modification of these cells to express chimeric antigen receptors on their cell surface, which are selectively targeted towards tumour-expressed antigens and a procedure of immune-depletion followed by re-introducing these engineered CAR-T cells into the host via infusion. Gliomas, particularly glioblastoma, present unique challenges due to their immune-evasive nature, location within the central nervous system and antigenic heterogeneity. Thus, several potential antigenic targets are being explored for CAR-T cell therapy, including B7 homolog 3, Disiloganglioside, Eph-A2, Eph-A3, IL-13Ra2, HER2, EGFRvIII and Matrix metalloproteinase-2.
Source: ecancermedicalscience
Authors: Deevyashali Parekh, Ansy H Patel, Areeb Khan, Eloho Olojakpoke, Ashay Karpe, Zoya Peelay, Vijay Patil
Institution: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Language: English
Topic: CAR-T cell therapy research
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,226
OpenAlex ID: W4414648974