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ArticleNano letters2014

Cancer cell membrane-coated nanoparticles for anticancer vaccination and drug delivery.

Ronnie H Fang, Che-Ming J Hu, Brian T Luk, Weiwei Gao, Jonathan A Copp, Yiyin Tai, Derek E O'Connor, Liangfang Zhang

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Article in Nano letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 582 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

582 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ronnie H FangDepartment of NanoEngineering and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
Che-Ming J Hu
Brian T Luk
Weiwei Gao
Jonathan A Copp
Yiyin Tai
Derek E O'Connor
Liangfang Zhang

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DIANE M SIMEONE · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
UCSD Cancer Nanotechnology Training CenterR25CA153915 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KUMMEL, ANDREW CLYDE, MATTREY, ROBERT F · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Innate Antimicrobial Nanotherapeutics for the Treatment of H. pylori InfectionR01DK095168 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ZHANG, LIANGFANG · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100NCI NIH HHS R25 CA153915NCI NIH HHS R25CA153915NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095168NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK095168
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-derived nanoparticles have been garnering increased attention due to their ability to mimic many of the natural properties displayed by their source cells. This top-down engineering approach can be applied toward the development of novel therapeutic strategies owing to the unique interactions enabled through the retention of complex antigenic information. Herein, we report on the biological functionalization of polymeric nanoparticles with a layer of membrane coating derived from cancer cells. The resulting core-shell nanostructures, which carry the full array of cancer cell membrane antigens, offer a robust platform with applicability toward multiple modes of anticancer therapy. We demonstrate that by coupling the particles with an immunological adjuvant, the resulting formulation can be used to promote a tumor-specific immune response for use in vaccine applications. Moreover, we show that by taking advantage of the inherent homotypic binding phenomenon frequently observed among tumor cells the membrane functionalization allows for a unique cancer targeting strategy that can be utilized for drug delivery applications.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCell Line, TumorCell MembraneHumansImmunotherapyMice, Inbred C57BLNanomedicineNanoparticlesNeoplasmsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID24673373
PMCPMC3985711

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