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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2020

Potent and Prolonged Innate Immune Activation by Enzyme-Responsive Imidazoquinoline TLR7/8 Agonist Prodrug Vesicles.

Bi Wang, Simon Van Herck, Yong Chen, Xiangyang Bai, Zifu Zhong, Kim Deswarte, Bart N Lambrecht, Niek N Sanders, Stefan Lienenklaus, Hans W Scheeren and 5 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Bi WangInstitute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Simon Van HerckDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Yong ChenDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Xiangyang BaiInstitute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Zifu ZhongLaboratory of Gene Therapy, Ghent University, Ghent 9820, Belgium.
Kim DeswarteDepartment of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Bart N LambrechtDepartment of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.
Niek N SandersLaboratory of Gene Therapy, Ghent University, Ghent 9820, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4585-0343
Stefan LienenklausInstitute for Laboratory Animal Science and Institute of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany.
Hans W ScheerenInstitute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Sunil A DavidVirovax, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1655-4641
Fabian KiesslingInstitute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7341-0399
Twan LammersInstitute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1090-6805
Bruno G De GeestDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9826-6170
Yang ShiInstitute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4530-2056
Universitätsklinikum Aachen · DEGhent University · BEGhent University Hospital · BEErasmus MC · NLMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEUtrecht University · NL

Funding

European Research Council 864121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic immune-stimulatory drugs such as agonists of the Toll-like receptors (TLR) 7/8 are potent activators of antigen-presenting cells (APCs), however, they also induce severe side effects due to leakage from the site of injection into systemic circulation. Here, we report on the design and synthesis of an amphiphilic polymer-prodrug conjugate of an imidazoquinoline TLR7/8 agonist that in aqueous medium forms vesicular structures of 200 nm. The conjugate contains an endosomal enzyme-responsive linker enabling degradation of the vesicles and release of the TLR7/8 agonist in native form after endocytosis, which results in high

Indexed as

Animalsbeta-GalactosidaseImidazolesImmunity, InnateMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMolecular StructureParticle SizePolyethylene GlycolsProdrugsQuinolinesSurface PropertiesToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 8beta-GalactosidaseImidazolesMembrane GlycoproteinsPolyethylene GlycolsProdrugsQuinolinesTlr7 protein, mouseTLR8 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 7Toll-Like Receptor 8

Identifiers

PMID32524819
PMCPMC7116109
OpenAlexW3033883459

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