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ArticleNano letters2019

Freeze-Drying To Produce Efficacious CPMV Virus-like Particles.

Yi Zheng, Parker W Lee, Chao Wang, Linda D Thomas, Phoebe L Stewart, Nicole F Steinmetz, Jonathan K Pokorski

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Article in Nano letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yi Zheng
Parker W Lee
Linda D Thomas
Phoebe L Stewart
Nicole F SteinmetzORCID 0000-0002-0130-0481
Jonathan K PokorskiORCID 0000-0001-5869-6942
University of California San Diego · USCase Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Overcoming the immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment through in situ vaccination nanotechnology.U01CA218292 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FIERING, STEVEN, STEINMETZ, NICOLE FRANZISKA · 2017 to 2021
$3.0M
Protein/Polymer Devices for Slow-Release of Immunotherapies to Treat Ovarian CancerR21EB024874 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI POKORSKI, JONATHAN KYLE, STEINMETZ, NICOLE FRANZISKA · 2017 to 2018
$431k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA218292NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB024874NIH HHS R21 EB024874NIH HHS U01CA218292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In situ cancer vaccination that uses immune stimulating agents is revolutionizing the way that cancer is treated. In this realm, viruses and noninfectious virus-like particles have gained significant traction in reprogramming the immune system to recognize and eliminate malignancies. Recently, cowpea mosaic virus-like particles (VLPs) have shown exceptional promise in their ability to fight a variety of cancers. However, the current methods used to produce CPMV VLPs rely on agroinfiltration in plants. These protocols remain complicated and labor intensive and have the potential to introduce unwanted immunostimulatory agents, like lipopolysaccharides. This Letter describes a simple "post-processing" method to remove RNA from wild-type CPMV, while retaining the structure and function of the capsid. Lyophilization was able to eject encapsulated RNA to form lyo-eCPMV and, when purified, eliminated nearly all traces of encapsulated RNA. Lyo-eCPMV was characterized by cryo-electron microscopy single particle reconstruction to confirm the structural integrity of the viral capsid. Finally, lyo-eCPMV showed  equivalent anticancer efficacy as eCPMV, produced by agroinfiltration, when using an invasive melanoma model. These results describe a straightforward method to prepare CPMV VLPs from infectious virions.

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Cancer VaccinesCapsidCapsid ProteinsComovirusCryoelectron MicroscopyFreeze DryingHumansMelanomaPlantsVaccines, Virus-Like ParticleVirionCancer VaccinesCapsid ProteinsVaccines, Virus-Like Particleimmunotherapyin situ vaccinelyophilizationtherapeutic proteinVirus-like particle

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PMID30801195
PMCPMC7272238
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