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ArticleCancer research2019

Nanoparticle Encapsulation of Synergistic Immune Agonists Enables Systemic Codelivery to Tumor Sites and IFNβ-Driven Antitumor Immunity.

Prabhani U Atukorale, Shruti P Raghunathan, Vanitha Raguveer, Taylor J Moon, Carolyn Zheng, Peter A Bielecki, Michelle L Wiese, Amy L Goldberg, Gil Covarrubias, Christopher J Hoimes and 1 more

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Article in Cancer research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. A Purely Biomanufactured System for Delivering Nanoparticles and STING Agonists.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. Nanoparticle-Mediated Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Prabhani U AtukoraleDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Shruti P Raghunathan *Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Vanitha Raguveer *Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Taylor J MoonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Carolyn ZhengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Peter A BieleckiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Michelle L WieseDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Amy L GoldbergDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Gil CovarrubiasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Christopher J HoimesCase Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.ORCID 0000-0001-8980-2410
Efstathios KarathanasisDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. stathis@case.edu.
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Imaging Training ProgramT32EB007509 · NIBIB · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID Lynn WILSON, Xin Yu · 2007 to 2026
$5.6M
Treatment of glioblastoma using targeted nanoparticlesU01CA198892 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KARATHANASIS, EFSTATHIOS · 2015 to 2019
$3.1M
Detection of micrometastasis using a dual-ligand nanoparticleR01CA177716 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KARATHANASIS, EFSTATHIOS · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Acquisition of a Leica SCN400 Slide Scanning System For Use In A Multi-User FacilS10RR031845 · NCRR · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI CONRAD, PATRICIA A · 2011 to 2011
$377k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177716NCI NIH HHS U01 CA198892NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR031845NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB007509
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective cancer immunotherapy depends on the robust activation of tumor-specific antigen-presenting cells (APC). Immune agonists encapsulated within nanoparticles (NP) can be delivered to tumor sites to generate powerful antitumor immune responses with minimal off-target dissemination. Systemic delivery enables widespread access to the microvasculature and draining to the APC-rich perivasculature. We developed an immuno-nanoparticle (immuno-NP) coloaded with cyclic diguanylate monophosphate, an agonist of the stimulator of interferon genes pathway, and monophosphoryl lipid A, and a Toll-like receptor 4 agonist, which synergize to produce high levels of type I IFNβ. Using a murine model of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, systemic delivery of these immuno-NPs resulted in significant therapeutic outcomes due to extensive upregulation of APCs and natural killer cells in the blood and tumor compared with control treatments. These results indicate that NPs can facilitate systemic delivery of multiple immune-potentiating cargoes for effective APC-driven local and systemic antitumor immunity. SIGNIFICANCE: Systemic administration of an immuno-nanoparticle in a murine breast tumor model drives a robust tumor site-specific APC response by delivering two synergistic immune-potentiating molecules, highlighting the potential of nanoparticles for immunotherapy.

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AnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsCyclic GMPDrug Delivery SystemsDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorDrug SynergismFemaleInterferon-betaKiller Cells, NaturalLipid ALymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLbis(3',5')-cyclic diguanylic acidCyclic GMPInterferon-betaLipid Amonophosphoryl lipid ANanocapsulesToll-Like Receptor 4

Identifiers

PMID31431457
PMCPMC6801091
OpenAlexW2969215204

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