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ArticleScience translational medicine2020

Engineered PLGA microparticles for long-term, pulsatile release of STING agonist for cancer immunotherapy.

Xueguang Lu, Lei Miao, Wenting Gao, Ziqi Chen, Kevin J McHugh, Yehui Sun, Zachary Tochka, Stephanie Tomasic, Kaitlyn Sadtler, Alain Hyacinthe and 7 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 182 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Controlled delivery of STING agonist and manganese ion in injectable PLGA implants for enhanced cancer immunotherapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xueguang LuDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1069-7265
Lei MiaoDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Wenting GaoDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Ziqi ChenDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kevin J McHughDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6801-4431
Yehui SunDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Zachary TochkaDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9626-6190
Stephanie TomasicDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3539-1753
Kaitlyn SadtlerDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2587-8330
Alain HyacintheDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Yuxuan HuangDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7249-8480
Tyler GrafDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4689-9771
Quanyin HuDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Morteza SarmadiDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9018-4066
Robert LangerDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. rlanger@mit.edu dgander@mit.edu jaklenec@mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4255-0492
Daniel G AndersonDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. rlanger@mit.edu dgander@mit.edu jaklenec@mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5629-4798
Ana JaklenecDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. rlanger@mit.edu dgander@mit.edu jaklenec@mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6096-0538
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USHarvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
Fluorescence-based molecular imaging of in vivo release kineticsF32EB022416 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MCHUGH, KEVIN JAMES · 2017 to 2018
$118k
Engineering damage associated molecular patterns to promote tissue regenerationF32EB025688 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SADTLER, KAITLYN NOELLE · 2018 to 2018
$55k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NIBIB NIH HHS F32 EB022416NIBIB NIH HHS F32 EB025688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of the stimulator of interferon gene (STING) pathway within the tumor microenvironment has been shown to generate a strong antitumor response. Although local administration of STING agonists has promise for cancer immunotherapy, the dosing regimen needed to achieve efficacy requires frequent intratumoral injections over months. Frequent dosing for cancer treatment is associated with poor patient adherence, with as high as 48% of patients failing to comply. Multiple intratumoral injections also disrupt the tumor microenvironment and vascular networks and therefore increase the risk of metastasis. Here, we developed microfabricated polylactic-

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