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ArticleNanoscale2021

Laser nanobubbles induce immunogenic cell death in breast cancer.

Hieu T M Nguyen, Nitesh Katta, Jessica A Widman, Eri Takematsu, Xu Feng, Susana A Torres-Hurtado, Tania Betancourt, Aaron B Baker, Laura J Suggs, Thomas E Milner and 1 more

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Article in Nanoscale, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 15 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hieu T M NguyenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA. jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu.
Nitesh Katta
Jessica A Widman
Eri Takematsu
Xu Feng
Susana A Torres-Hurtado
Tania Betancourt
Aaron B Baker
Laura J Suggs
Thomas E Milner
James W Tunnell
The University of Texas at Austin · USTexas State University · US

Funding

Mechanical Conditioning of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Enhanced Recellularized Vascular GraftsR01HL141761 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BAKER, AARON BLAIR · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
Syndecan-1 in Mechanosensing of Engineered MicroenvironmentsR21EB023551 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BAKER, AARON BLAIR · 2017 to 2018
$450k
Glycocalyx Mimetic Polysaccharides as Therapeutics for AtherosclerosisR21EB024147 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BAKER, AARON BLAIR · 2017 to 2018
$430k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141761NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB023551NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB024147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in immunotherapy have highlighted a need for therapeutics that initiate immunogenic cell death in tumors to stimulate the body's immune response to cancer. This study examines whether laser-generated bubbles surrounding nanoparticles ("nanobubbles") induce an immunogenic response for cancer treatment. A single nanosecond laser pulse at 1064 nm generates micron-sized bubbles surrounding gold nanorods in the cytoplasm of breast cancer cells. Cell death occurred in cells treated with nanorods and irradiated, but not in cells with irradiation treatment alone. Cells treated with nanorods and irradiation had increased damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), including increased expression of chaperone proteins human high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70). This enhanced expression of DAMPs led to the activation of dendritic cells. Overall, this treatment approach is a rapid and highly specific method to eradicate tumor cells with simultaneous immunogenic cell death signaling, showing potential as a combination strategy for immunotherapy.

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Breast NeoplasmsHMGB1 ProteinCalreticulinHumansImmunogenic Cell DeathLasersCalreticulinHMGB1 Protein

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PMID33538275
PMCPMC8710258
OpenAlexW3122431747

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