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Most cited papers in CAR-T cell therapy research

What are the most cited papers in CAR-T cell therapy research?

The most cited paper in CAR-T cell therapy research is "PD-1 and PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Breast Cancer" (Andreas Daniel Hartkopf, Florin‐Andrei Taran, Markus Wallwiener et al., 2016), with 30,915 citations. Next come "The blockade of immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy" (14,033) and "Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer" (12,842).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,918 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 PD-1 and PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Breast Cancer Andreas Daniel Hartkopf, Florin‐Andrei Taran, Markus Wallwiener et al. · Breast Care Open access 2016 30,915
2 The blockade of immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy Drew M. Pardoll · Nature reviews. Cancer ReviewOpen access 22 Mar 2012 14,033
3 Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer Suzanne Louise Topalian et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Jun 2012 12,842
4 Control of Regulatory T Cell Development by the Transcription Factor Foxp3 Shohei Hori, Takashi Nomura, Shimon Sakaguchi · Science 13 Feb 2003 8,213
5 Safety and Activity of Anti–PD-L1 Antibody in Patients with Advanced Cancer Julie Renee Brahmer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Jun 2012 8,100
6 Oncology Meets Immunology: The Cancer-Immunity Cycle Daniel S. Chen, Ira Mellman · Immunity Open access Jul 2013 7,122
7 Cancer immunotherapy using checkpoint blockade Antoni Ribas, Jedd D. Wolchok · Science Open access 22 Mar 2018 6,951
8 PD-1 blockade induces responses by inhibiting adaptive immune resistance Paul C. Tumeh et al. · Nature Open access 25 Nov 2014 6,760
9 TIMER: A Web Server for Comprehensive Analysis of Tumor-Infiltrating Immune Cells Taiwen Li, Jing‐Yu Fan, Binbin Wang et al. · Cancer Research Open access 31 Oct 2017 6,637
10 Axicabtagene Ciloleucel CAR T-Cell Therapy in Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma Sattva Swarup Neelapu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Dec 2017 6,098
11 Tisagenlecleucel in Children and Young Adults with B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Shannon L. Maude et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Jan 2018 5,818
12 CHOP Chemotherapy plus Rituximab Compared with CHOP Alone in Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large-B-Cell Lymphoma Bertrand Coiffier, Éric Lepage, Josette Brière et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Jan 2002 5,630
13 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells for Sustained Remissions in Leukemia Shannon L. Maude, Noelle V. Frey, Pamela A. Shaw et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Oct 2014 5,489
14 Dissecting the multicellular ecosystem of metastatic melanoma by single-cell RNA-seq Itay Tirosh et al. · Science Open access 7 Apr 2016 5,440
15 Predictive correlates of response to the anti-PD-L1 antibody MPDL3280A in cancer patients Roy S. Herbst et al. · Nature Open access 25 Nov 2014 5,353
16 The future of immune checkpoint therapy Padmanee Sharma, James Patrick Allison · Science 2 Apr 2015 4,925
17 Neoantigens in cancer immunotherapy Ton N. Schumacher, Robert D. Schreiber · Science 2 Apr 2015 4,884
18 Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma Bruce D. Cheson, Beate Pfistner, Malik Eid Juweid et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 22 Jan 2007 4,468
19 Confirmation of the molecular classification of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by immunohistochemistry using a tissue microarray Christine P. Hans · Blood Open access 22 Sep 2003 4,323
20 A guide to cancer immunotherapy: from T cell basic science to clinical practice Alex D. Waldman, Jill M. Fritz, Michael J. Lenardo · Nature reviews. Immunology ReviewOpen access 20 May 2020 4,257
21 Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma Jedd D. Wolchok et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Jun 2013 4,257
22 Tisagenlecleucel in Adult Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Stephen J. Schuster et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Dec 2018 4,157
23 Restoring function in exhausted CD8 T cells during chronic viral infection Daniel L. Barber, E. John Wherry, David Masopust et al. · Nature 28 Dec 2005 4,031
24 IFN-γ–related mRNA profile predicts clinical response to PD-1 blockade Mark Ayers, Jared K. Lunceford, Michael Nebozhyn et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access 25 Jun 2017 3,983
25 Cancer immunotherapy comes of age Ira Mellman, George Coukos, Glenn Dranoff · Nature Open access 20 Dec 2011 3,936
26 The Use of Molecular Profiling to Predict Survival after Chemotherapy for Diffuse Large-B-Cell Lymphoma Andreas Rosenwald et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 20 Jun 2002 3,883
27 Five-Year Survival with Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma James Larkin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Sep 2019 3,784
28 ASTCT Consensus Grading for Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurologic Toxicity Associated with Immune Effector Cells Daniel W. Lee et al. · Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Open access 25 Dec 2018 3,663
29 A CD4+T-cell subset inhibits antigen-specific T-cell responses and prevents colitis Hervé Groux, Anne O’Garra, Mike Bigler et al. · Nature Oct 1997 3,601
30 Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Modified T Cells in Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia David L. Porter, Bruce L. Levine, Michael D. Kalos et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Aug 2011 3,584
31 LMO2 -Associated Clonal T Cell Proliferation in Two Patients after Gene Therapy for SCID-X1 S. Hacein-Bey-Abina et al. · Science 16 Oct 2003 3,582
32 The interaction of TIGIT with PVR and PVRL2 inhibits human NK cell cytotoxicity Noa Stanietsky, Hrvoje Šimić, Jurica Arapović et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Oct 2009 3,551
33 Chimeric Antigen Receptor–Modified T Cells for Acute Lymphoid Leukemia Stephan A. Grupp, Michael D. Kalos, David Maxwell Barrett et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Mar 2013 3,532
34 T Cell Growth Factor: Parameters of Production and a Quantitative Microassay for Activity Steven A. Gillis, Mary M. Ferm, Winny Ou et al. · The Journal of Immunology Jun 1978 3,300
35 Cytokine Storm David C. Fajgenbaum, Carl H. June · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Dec 2020 3,277
36 CAR T cell immunotherapy for human cancer Carl H. June, Roddy S. O’Connor, Omkar Uday Kawalekar et al. · Science 22 Mar 2018 3,253
37 A simplified system for generating recombinant adenoviruses Tong‐Chuan He, Shibin Zhou, Luís Teixeira da Costa et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 3 Mar 1998 3,244
38 Clonal neoantigens elicit T cell immunoreactivity and sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade Nicholas McGranahan et al. · Science Open access 3 Mar 2016 3,177
39 The Immunobiology of Cancer Immunosurveillance and Immunoediting Gavin P. Dunn, Lloyd J. Old, Robert D. Schreiber · Immunity Open access Aug 2004 3,034
40 Genomic correlates of response to CTLA-4 blockade in metastatic melanoma Eliezer M. Van Allen et al. · Science Open access 11 Sep 2015 3,022
41 Phase I Study of Single-Agent Anti–Programmed Death-1 (MDX-1106) in Refractory Solid Tumors: Safety, Clinical Activity, Pharmacodynamics, and Immunologic Correlates Julie Renee Brahmer, Charles G. Drake, IRA S. WOLLNER et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access Jun 2010 2,970
42 T cells expressing CD19 chimeric antigen receptors for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children and young adults: a phase 1 dose-escalation trial Daniel W Lee, James N. Kochenderfer, Maryalice Stetler‐Stevenson et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 Oct 2014 2,968
43 CAR-T cell therapy: current limitations and potential strategies Robert C. Sterner, Rosalie M. Sterner, Rosalie M. Sterner et al. · Blood Cancer Journal Open access 6 Apr 2021 2,920
44 The history and advances in cancer immunotherapy: understanding the characteristics of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their therapeutic implications Yuanyuan Zhang, Zemin Zhang · Cellular and Molecular Immunology Open access Jul 2020 2,895
45 Vaccination with irradiated tumor cells engineered to secrete murine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor stimulates potent, specific, and long-lasting anti-tumor immunity. Glen Dranoff, Elizabeth M. Jaffee, Allison Lazenby et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 Apr 1993 2,863
46 Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of cytokine release syndrome Daniel W. Lee, Rebecca Alice Gardner, David Porter et al. · Blood Open access 30 May 2014 2,849
47 B cells and tertiary lymphoid structures promote immunotherapy response Beth Ann Helmink et al. · Nature Open access 15 Jan 2020 2,809
48 Rituximab chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy for relapsed indolent lymphoma: half of patients respond to a four-dose treatment program. Peter Joseph McLaughlin, A.J. Grillo-López, Brian K. Link et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Aug 1998 2,774
49 A Progress Report on the Treatment of 157 Patients with Advanced Cancer Using Lymphokine-Activated Killer Cells and Interleukin-2 or High-Dose Interleukin-2 Alone Steven A. Rosenberg, Michael T. Lotze, Linda Mesler Muul et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 9 Apr 1987 2,769
50 Long-Term Follow-up of CD19 CAR Therapy in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Jae H. Park, Isabelle Rivière, Mithat Gönen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Jan 2018 2,736

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