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ArticleScientific reports2019

RNAi-Mediated PD-L1 Inhibition for Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy.

Byunghee Yoo, Veronica Clavijo Jordan, Patrick Sheedy, Ann-Marie Billig, Alana Ross, Pamela Pantazopoulos, Zdravka Medarova

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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.

Byunghee YooMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02129, USA.
Veronica Clavijo JordanMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02129, USA.
Patrick SheedyDepartment of Health Sciences, CaNCURE Program, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7113-6018
Ann-Marie BilligDepartment of Health Sciences, CaNCURE Program, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Alana RossMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02129, USA.
Pamela PantazopoulosMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02129, USA.
Zdravka MedarovaMGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02129, USA. zmedarova@partners.org.
Harvard University · USNortheastern University · US

Funding

CaNCURE: Cancer Nanomedicine Co-ops For Undergraduate Research ExperiencesR25CA174650 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SRINIVAS SRIDHAR · 2014 to 2026
$3.4M
Therapy for Metastatic breast cancer based on micro RNA silencingR01CA221771 · NCI · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MOORE, ANNA · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
IVIS Spectrum Imaging SystemS10RR025504 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MOORE, ANNA · 2009 to 2009
$341k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA221771NCI NIH HHS R25 CA174650NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR025504
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent past has seen impressive progress in the treatment of various malignancies using immunotherapy. One of the most promising approaches involves immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, the clinical results with these agents have demonstrated variability in the response. Pancreatic cancer, in particular, has proven resistant to initial immunotherapy approaches. Here, we describe an alternative strategy that relies on combining gemcitabine and a novel programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor, termed MN-siPDL1. MN-siPDL1 incorporates small interfering RNA against PD-L1 (siPDL1) conjugated to a magnetic nanocarrier (MN). We show that noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be used to monitor therapeutic response. Combination therapy consisting of gemcitabine and MN-siPDL1 in a syngeneic murine pancreatic cancer model resulted in a significant reduction in tumor growth and an increase in survival. Following optimization, a 90% reduction in tumor volume was achieved 2 weeks after the beginning of treatment. Whereas 100% of the control animals had succumbed to their tumors by week 6 after the beginning of treatment, there was no mortality in the experimental group by week 5, and 67% of the experimental animals survived for 12 weeks. This method could provide therapeutic benefit against an intractable disease for which there are no effective treatments and which is characterized by a mere 1% 5-year survival.

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AnimalsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticB7-H1 AntigenCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCell Line, TumorDeoxycytidineDisease Models, AnimalDrug CarriersDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrug MonitoringFemaleGemcitabineHumansImmunotherapyMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetite NanoparticlesAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticB7-H1 AntigenCd274 protein, mouseDeoxycytidineDrug CarriersGemcitabineMagnetite NanoparticlesRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID30886310
PMCPMC6423142
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