Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29922056›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2018

Polyethyleneimine modification of aluminum hydroxide nanoparticle enhances antigen transportation and cross-presentation of dendritic cells.

Heng Dong, Zhi-Fa Wen, Lin Chen, Na Zhou, Hui Liu, Shiling Dong, Hong-Ming Hu, Yongbin Mou

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Advances and Strategies in Enhancing mRNA Cancer Vaccines.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
    Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Vaccine adjuvants: mechanisms and platforms.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023
    Review
  18. Biomaterials Facilitating Dendritic Cell-Mediated Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
    Review
  19. Review
  20. Review
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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Heng Dong *Central Laboratory, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Zhi-Fa Wen *Laboratory of Cancer Immunobiology, Robert W Franz Cancer Research Center, Earle A Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Center, Portland, OR, USA.
Lin ChenCentral Laboratory, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Na ZhouCentral Laboratory, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Hui LiuCentral Laboratory, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Shiling DongCentral Laboratory, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Hong-Ming HuLaboratory of Cancer Immunobiology, Robert W Franz Cancer Research Center, Earle A Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Center, Portland, OR, USA.
Yongbin MouCentral Laboratory, Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing University · CNProvidence Portland Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of delivering tumor antigens and enhancing the antigen cross-presentation of dendritic cells (DCs) by aluminum hydroxide nanoparticle with polyethyleneimine (PEI) modification (LV@HPA/PEI). MATERIALS AND

methodsThe LV@HPA nanoparticles were modified by PEI first, then the influence of LV@HPA/PEI on DCs was examined. The distinct expression of ovalbumin (OVA) protein transported into DCs by LV@HPA/PEI was observed by flow cytometry and Western blot. The biocompatibility of LV@HPA/PEI, maturity and antigen cross-presentation of DCs was observed in vitro. Tumor derived autophagosomes (DRibbles) combined with LV@HPA/PEI were loaded into DCs, and DC vaccines were used to immunize mice. The percentage of CD3

resultsIn our study, we described how LV@HPA/PEI can be a functionalized antigen delivery system with notable antigen transport effect and negligible cytotoxicity. It was found that LV@HPA/PEI could be easily internalized into DCs to assist antigen release into the cytoplasm. In addition, DCs matured gradually after loading with LV@HPA/PEI-OVA, which increased significantly the cytokine IL-12 secretion and expression of surface molecules CD80 and CD86. Interestingly, DCs loaded with LV@HPA/PEI-DRibbles could promote the activation of tumor-specific T cells both in murine and in human T cells. In the following in vivo experiments, the vaccine of LV@HPA/PEI-DRibble-DCs significantly inhibited tumor growth and improved the survival rate of the PancO2 tumor-bearing mice.

conclusionWe established a high-performance anti-tumor vaccine of DCs loaded with LV@ HPA/PEI nanoparticles and tumor-associated antigens in autophagosomes (DRibbles), which could serve as a therapeutic strategy in cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Aluminum HydroxideAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCross-PrimingDendritic CellsHumansImmunotherapyMice, Inbred C57BLNanoparticlesOvalbuminPolyethyleneimineT-LymphocytesAluminum HydroxideAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesOvalbuminPolyethyleneiminealuminum hydroxideantigen deliveryautophagosomecancer immunotherapyDRibblesnano-adjuvant

Identifiers

PMID29922056
PMCPMC5995426
OpenAlexW2806663703

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.