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ArticleNature communications2017

T cell-targeting nanoparticles focus delivery of immunotherapy to improve antitumor immunity.

Daniela Schmid, Chun Gwon Park, Christina A Hartl, Nikita Subedi, Adam N Cartwright, Regina Bou Puerto, Yiran Zheng, James Maiarana, Gordon J Freeman, Kai W Wucherpfennig and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 223 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

223 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  18. Trends in immunotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025
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  19. Nanomaterials Trigger Functional Anti-Tumoral Responses in Primary Human Immune Cells.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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163 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Daniela SchmidDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Chun Gwon ParkDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Christina A HartlDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Nikita SubediDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Adam N CartwrightDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5579-2944
Regina Bou PuertoDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Yiran ZhengDepartment of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
James MaiaranaDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Gordon J FreemanDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Kai W WucherpfennigDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Darrell J IrvineDepartment of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Michael S GoldbergDepartment of Cancer Immunology & Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. michael_goldberg1@dfci.harvard.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted delivery of compounds to particular cell subsets can enhance therapeutic index by concentrating their action on the cells of interest. Because attempts to target tumors directly have yielded limited benefit, we instead target endogenous immune cell subsets in the circulation that can migrate actively into tumors. We describe antibody-targeted nanoparticles that bind to CD8

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDrug Delivery SystemsFemaleHumansImidazolesImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMelanoma, ExperimentalMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImidazolesMembrane GlycoproteinsPdcd1 protein, mousepembrolizumabProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorresiquimodTlr7 protein, mouseTLR8 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 8Transforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID29170511
PMCPMC5700944

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