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ArticleNano today2011

In Vivo Modulation of Dendritic Cells by Engineered Materials: Towards New Cancer Vaccines.

Jaeyun Kim, David J Mooney

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Article in Nano today, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Tumor cell lysate-loaded immunostimulatory spherical nucleic acids as therapeutics for triple-negative breast cancer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  19. Programmable biomaterials for dynamic and responsive drug delivery.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jaeyun KimSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
David J Mooney

Funding

HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER (UL1)UL1RR025758 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2008 to 2011
$91.4M
Programming dendritic cells in concert with morphagen delivery for periodontal reR01DE019917 · NIDCR · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI KAWAI, TOSHIHISA, MOONEY, DAVID J · 2009 to 2013
$3.5M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025758NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019917
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic cancer vaccines are emerging as novel and potent approaches to treat cancer. These vaccines enhance the body's immune response to cancerous cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), an initiator of adaptive immunity, are a key cell type targeted by these strategies. Current DC-based cancer vaccines are based on ex vivo manipulation of the cells following their isolation from the patient, followed by reintroduction to the patient, but this approach has many limitations in practical cancer treatment. However, recent progress in materials science has allowed the design and fabrication of physically and chemically functionalized materials platforms that can specifically target DCs in the body. These materials, through their in vivo modulation of DCs, have tremendous potentials as new cancer therapies. Nanoparticles, which are several orders of magnitude smaller than DCs, can efficiently deliver antigen and danger signals to these cells through passive or active targeting. Three-dimensional biomaterials, with sizes several orders of magnitude larger than DCs, create microenvironments that allow the effective recruitment and programming of these cells, and can be used as local depots of nanoparticles targeting resident DCs. Both material strategies have shown potential in promoting antigen-specific T cell responses of magnitudes relevant to treating cancer.

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PMID22125572
PMCPMC3224090

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