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ArticleNano letters2018

Activation of Human Natural Killer Cells by Graphene Oxide-Templated Antibody Nanoclusters.

Christian Loftus, Mezida Saeed, Daniel M Davis, Iain E Dunlop

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Article in Nano letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christian LoftusManchester Collaborative Center for Inflammation Research , University of Manchester , 46 Grafton Street , Manchester M13 9NT , United Kingdom.
Mezida SaeedManchester Collaborative Center for Inflammation Research , University of Manchester , 46 Grafton Street , Manchester M13 9NT , United Kingdom.
Daniel M DavisManchester Collaborative Center for Inflammation Research , University of Manchester , 46 Grafton Street , Manchester M13 9NT , United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9182-291X
University of Manchester · GBImperial College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G1001044Wellcome Trust 110091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An emerging new paradigm is that immune cell activation is controlled by transient interactions between supramolecular assemblies of receptors and ligands. Current immunotherapy biologic pharmaceuticals that activate or desensitize NK cells are, however, individual molecules that do not replicate this nanoscale organization of proteins. Here, we use nanoscale graphene oxide (NGO) as a template to generate soluble nanoscale clusters of Natural Killer cell-activating antibodies. We control nanocluster size and molecular number to mimic reported values for cell surface proteins. These NGO-templated molecular nanoclusters, used to stimulate NK cells via the CD16 receptor, successfully induced cellular activation, indicated by degranulation of cytolytic granules and IFN-γ secretion. Importantly, activation significantly exceeded that induced by the same antibodies applied as a solution of individual molecules. These results demonstrate that future immunotherapies could be enhanced by assembling immunomodulatory drugs into nanoclusters and establish NGO-templating as a candidate technology.

Indexed as

NanoconjugatesAntibodies, MonoclonalCell DegranulationCells, CulturedGraphiteHumansImmunoconjugatesKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocyte ActivationOxidesReceptors, IgGAntibodies, MonoclonalGraphiteImmunoconjugatesNanoconjugatesOxidesReceptors, IgGbiofunctional nanoparticlesBionanotechnologygraphene oxideimmune cell activationNK cell

Identifiers

PMID29676151
PMCPMC5951604
OpenAlexW2801415431

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