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In vivo transduction of CAR T cells: Pharmacological principles, delivery platforms, and the road to clinical translation.

2026 · Advances in Pharmacology · Vol 106, pp. 213-251 · 1 citation
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A review of the biological rationale, delivery engineering, immunological barriers, CAR payload design, early clinical evidence, and future directions of this field focuses on the pharmacological principles that distinguish in vivo from ex vivo approaches and on the transformative potential for indications that lie beyond the current reach of conventional CAR T cell therapy.

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