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ArticleNano letters2022

Maximizing TLR9 Activation in Cancer Immunotherapy with Dual-Adjuvanted Spherical Nucleic Acids.

Peiru Chen, Dali Wang, Yuyan Wang, Lei Zhang, Qiwei Wang, Lanxia Liu, Jiahe Li, Xin Sun, Mengqi Ren, Ruoxuan Wang and 3 more

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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 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Design Considerations for Potent DNA-Platform-Based Cancer Vaccines.Current opinion in biomedical engineering · 2026
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  7. In Vivo Interactions of Nucleic Acid Nanostructures With Cells.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peiru ChenDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Dali WangDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Yuyan WangDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Lei ZhangDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Qiwei WangDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Lanxia LiuDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8153-9678
Jiahe LiDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9889-8546
Xin SunDepartment of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Mengqi RenDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Ruoxuan WangDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Yang FangDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Jean J ZhaoDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Ke ZhangDepartments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8142-6702
Northeastern University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Integrating targeted therapy and immunotherapy to break through cancerR35CA210057 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Jean Zhao · 2016 to 2026
$10.8M
Making Oligonucleotides Better Biopharmaceuticals by Steric ProtectionR01GM121612 · NIGMS · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Ke Zhang · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
Targeting Oncogenic KRAS with Brush-Architectured Poly(ethylene glycol)-DNA ConjugatesR01CA251730 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, KE · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251730NCI NIH HHS R35 CA210057NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121612
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleic-acid-based immune adjuvants have been extensively investigated for the design of cancer vaccines. However, nucleic acids often require the assistance of a carrier system to improve cellular uptake. Yet, such systems are prone to carrier-associated adaptive immunity, leading to difficulties in a multidose treatment regimen. Here, we demonstrate that a spherical nucleic acid (SNA)-based self-adjuvanting system consisting of phosphodiester oligonucleotides and vitamin E can function as a potent anticancer vaccine without a carrier. The two functional modules work synergistically, serving as each other's delivery vector to enhance toll-like receptor 9 activation. The vaccine rapidly enters cells carrying OVA model antigens, which enables efficient activation of adaptive immunity

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesImmunotherapyNeoplasmsNucleic AcidsToll-Like Receptor 9Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAdjuvants, ImmunologicCancer VaccinesNucleic AcidsTlr9 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 9cancer vaccinesCpG oligonucleotidesDNA amphiphilesspherical nucleic acids

Identifiers

PMID35522597
PMCPMC9164000
OpenAlexW4229018309

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