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ArticleNano letters2022

Spatially Controlled Activation of Toll-like Receptor 9 with DNA-Based Nanomaterials.

Alice Comberlato, Marianna M Koga, Simone Nüssing, Ian A Parish, Maartje M C Bastings

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Article in Nano letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Clustering of Membrane Receptors: Insights from DNA Origami-Based Approaches.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  17. Fluidic Interface for Surface-based DNA Origami Studies.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alice ComberlatoProgrammable Biomaterials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Marianna M KogaProgrammable Biomaterials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Simone NüssingPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Ian A ParishPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Maartje M C BastingsProgrammable Biomaterials Laboratory, Institute of Materials, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7603-4018
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

First evidence of geometrical patterns and defined distances of biomolecules as fundamental parameters to regulate receptor binding and cell signaling have emerged recently. Here, we demonstrate the importance of controlled nanospacing of immunostimulatory agents for the activation of immune cells by exploiting DNA-based nanomaterials and pre-existing crystallography data. We created DNA origami nanoparticles that present CpG-motifs in rationally designed spatial patterns to activate Toll-like Receptor 9 in RAW 264.7 macrophages. We demonstrated that stronger immune activation is achieved when active molecules are positioned at the distance of 7 nm, matching the active dimer structure of the receptor. Moreover, we show how the introduction of linkers between particle and ligand can influence the spatial tolerance of binding. These findings are fundamental for a fine-tuned manipulation of the immune system, considering the importance of spatially controlled presentation of therapeutics to increase efficacy and specificity of immune-modulating nanomaterials where multivalent binding is involved.

Indexed as

NanostructuresToll-Like Receptor 9DNALigandsProtein BindingDNALigandsToll-Like Receptor 9activationCpGDNAnanomaterialsspacingTLR9

Identifiers

PMID35266392
PMCPMC8949768
OpenAlexW4220814979

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