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ArticleNature materials2018

A facile approach to enhance antigen response for personalized cancer vaccination.

Aileen Weiwei Li, Miguel C Sobral, Soumya Badrinath, Youngjin Choi, Amanda Graveline, Alexander G Stafford, James C Weaver, Maxence O Dellacherie, Ting-Yu Shih, Omar A Ali and 3 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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159citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

159 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 391 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aileen Weiwei LiJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Miguel C SobralJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Soumya BadrinathDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Youngjin ChoiSchool of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Amanda GravelineWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Alexander G StaffordWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
James C WeaverWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Maxence O DellacherieJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ting-Yu ShihJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Omar A AliWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Jaeyun KimSchool of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Kai W WucherpfennigDepartment of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
David J MooneyJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. mooneyd@seas.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USSungkyunkwan University · KR

Funding

Biomaterial based breast cancer vaccineR01EB015498 · NIBIB · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MOONEY, DAVID J · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB015498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Existing strategies to enhance peptide immunogenicity for cancer vaccination generally require direct peptide alteration, which, beyond practical issues, may impact peptide presentation and result in vaccine variability. Here, we report a simple adsorption approach using polyethyleneimine (PEI) in a mesoporous silica microrod (MSR) vaccine to enhance antigen immunogenicity. The MSR-PEI vaccine significantly enhanced host dendritic cell activation and T-cell response over the existing MSR vaccine and bolus vaccine formulations. Impressively, a single injection of the MSR-PEI vaccine using an E7 peptide completely eradicated large, established TC-1 tumours in about 80% of mice and generated immunological memory. When immunized with a pool of B16F10 or CT26 neoantigens, the MSR-PEI vaccine eradicated established lung metastases, controlled tumour growth and synergized with anti-CTLA4 therapy. Our findings from three independent tumour models suggest that the MSR-PEI vaccine approach may serve as a facile and powerful multi-antigen platform to enable robust personalized cancer vaccination.

Indexed as

Precision MedicineVaccinationAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCell Line, TumorDrug CompoundingHumansMiceAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccines

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PMID29507416
PMCPMC5970019
OpenAlexW2790881625

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