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ReviewDrug delivery and translational research2021

Overcoming biological barriers to improve solid tumor immunotherapy.

Anvay Ukidve, Katharina Cu, Ninad Kumbhojkar, Joerg Lahann, Samir Mitragotri

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Review in Drug delivery and translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Activated neutrophils: A next generation cellular immunotherapy.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2025
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  15. Oxidized mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles forAdvanced functional materials · 2024
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  17. Tumor metabolic crosstalk and immunotherapy.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Anvay Ukidve *John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Katharina Cu *John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Ninad Kumbhojkar *John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Joerg LahannDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Department of Material Science & Engineering, Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Samir MitragotriJohn A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA. mitragotri@seas.harvard.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy has been at the forefront of therapeutic interventions for many different tumor types over the last decade. While the discovery of immunotherapeutics continues to occur at an accelerated rate, their translation is often hindered by a lack of strategies to deliver them specifically into solid tumors. Accordingly, significant scientific efforts have been dedicated to understanding the underlying mechanisms that govern their delivery into tumors and the subsequent immune modulation. In this review, we aim to summarize the efforts focused on overcoming tumor-associated biological barriers and enhancing the potency of immunotherapy. We summarize the current understanding of biological barriers that limit the entry of intravascularly administered immunotherapies into the tumors, in vitro techniques developed to investigate the underlying transport processes, and delivery strategies developed to overcome the barriers. Overall, we aim to provide the reader with a framework that guides the rational development of technologies for improved solid tumor immunotherapy.

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ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsHumansAdoptive cell transferBiomaterialsImmune modulationImmunotherapyNanoparticlesSolid tumor

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