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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020

Development of Spherical Nucleic Acids for Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy.

Lei Qin, Shuya Wang, Donye Dominguez, Alan Long, Siqi Chen, Jie Fan, Jihae Ahn, Kacper Skakuj, Ziyin Huang, Andrew Lee and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Spherical nucleic acids as an infectious disease vaccine platform.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei QinDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Shuya WangInterdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Donye DominguezDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Alan LongDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Siqi ChenDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Jie FanDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Jihae AhnDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Kacper SkakujDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Ziyin HuangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Andrew LeeDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Chad MirkinDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States.
Bin ZhangDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Northwestern University · USRobert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Funding

Project 3: Spherical Nucleic Acids as Immunotherapeutic Agents for Prostate CancerU54CA199091 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MIRKIN, CHAD A. · 2015 to 2019
$11.7M
Chemistry of Life Processes Predoctoral Training ProgramT32GM105538 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI KELLEHER, NEIL L · 2013 to 2022
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA199091NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM105538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the strategy of therapeutic vaccination for the treatment of prostate cancer has advanced to and is available in the clinic (Sipuleucel-T), the efficacy of such therapy remains limited. Here, we develop Immunostimulatory Spherical Nucleic Acid (IS-SNA) nanostructures comprised of CpG oligonucleotides as adjuvant and prostate cancer peptide antigens, and evaluate their antitumor efficacy in syngeneic mouse models of prostate cancer. IS-SNAs with the specific structural feature of presenting both antigen and adjuvant CpG on the surface (hybridized model (HM) SNAs) induce stronger cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) mediated antigen-specific killing of target cells than that for IS-SNAs with CpG on the surface and antigen encapsulated within the core (encapsulated model (EM) SNAs). Mechanistically, HM SNAs increase the co-delivery of CpG and antigen to dendritic cells over that for EM SNAs or admixtures of linear CpG and peptide, thereby improving cross-priming of antitumor CD8

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NanostructuresProstatic NeoplasmsAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCross-PrimingCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansImmunotherapyLymphocyte ActivationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOligodeoxyribonucleotidesT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCPG-oligonucleotideOligodeoxyribonucleotidesCpGImmunostimulatory Spherical Nucleic Acids (IS-SNAs)immunotherapyprostate cancervaccines

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PMID32733447
PMCPMC7362897
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