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ArticleAdvanced functional materials2020

Leveraging the modularity of biomaterial carriers to tune immune responses.

Shannon J Tsai, Sheneil K Black, Christopher M Jewell

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Article in Advanced functional materials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Microparticles synthesized from itaconate polyesters enable metabolite delivery and elicit immunoregulatory outcomes.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  7. Exploiting Unique Features of Microneedles to Modulate Immunity.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2023
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  10. Nanoparticles and cytokine response.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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  11. Recent advances in regenerative biomaterials.Regenerative biomaterials · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shannon J TsaiFischell Department of Bioengineering, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Sheneil K BlackFischell Department of Bioengineering, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Christopher M JewellFischell Department of Bioengineering, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA; Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, 8278 Paint Branch Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA; United States Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, 10. N Green Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; United States Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Maryland Health Care System, 10. N Green Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Bioengineering Center · RUUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Training in Host-pathogens interactionsT32AI089621 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI LEE, VINCENT T, MCIVER, KEVIN S. · 2010 to 2025
$2.1M
Improving multiple sclerosis patient quality of life using microneedle patches to simplify delivery of MS drugsR01AI144667 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI JEWELL, CHRISTOPHER M · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
Programming immune function through modular assembly of polyionic immune signalsR01EB027143 · NIBIB · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI JEWELL, CHRISTOPHER M · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
Harnessing biomaterials to study the link between local lymph node function and systemic toleranceR01EB026896 · NIBIB · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI JEWELL, CHRISTOPHER M · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
Tunable Assembly of Regulatory Immune Signals to Promote Myelin-specific ToleranceI01BX003690 · VA · BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Christopher M Jewell · 2017 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX003690NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144667NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI089621NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026896NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomaterial carriers offer modular features to control the delivery and presentation of vaccines and immunotherapies. This tunability is a distinct capability of biomaterials. Understanding how tunable material features impact immune responses is important to improve vaccine and immunotherapy design, as well as clinical translation. Here we discuss the modularity of biomaterial properties as a means of controlling encounters with immune signals across scales - tissue, cell, molecular, and time - and ultimately, to direct stimulation or regulation of immune function. We highlight these advances using illustrations from recent literature across infectious disease, cancer, and autoimmunity. As the immune engineering field matures, informed design criteria could support more rational biomaterial carriers for vaccination and immunotherapy.

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autoimmunitycancerimmunotherapynanoparticle and microparticlevaccine

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PMID33692662
PMCPMC7939076
OpenAlexW3085863943

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