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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2022

In situ delivery of nanoparticles formulated with micron-sized crystals protects from murine melanoma.

Mona O Mohsen, Matthew Heath, Matthias F Kramer, Thalia Carreno Velazquez, Alan Bullimore, Murray A Skinner, Daniel E Speiser, Martin F Bachmann

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Colloidal Crystallization of Virus-Like Particles with Polycations.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  6. Virus nanotechnology for intratumoural immunotherapy.Nature reviews bioengineering · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mona O MohsenDepartment of BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland mona.mohsen@dbmr.unibe.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-3510-9148
Matthew HeathAllergy Therapeutics Plc, Worthing, UK.
Matthias F KramerAllergy Therapeutics Plc, Worthing, UK.
Thalia Carreno VelazquezAllergy Therapeutics Plc, Worthing, UK.
Alan BullimoreAllergy Therapeutics Plc, Worthing, UK.
Murray A SkinnerAllergy Therapeutics Plc, Worthing, UK.
Daniel E SpeiserDepartment of Oncology UNIL CHUV, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
Martin F BachmannDepartment of BioMedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Allergy Therapeutics (United Kingdom) · GBUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIntratumoral injections of novel therapeutics can activate tumor antigen-specific T cells for locoregional tumor control and may even induce durable systemic protection (against distant metastases) via recirculating T cells. Here we explored the possibility of a universal immunotherapy that promotes T-cell responses in situ and beyond, upon intratumoral injection of nanoparticles formulated with micron-sized crystals.

methodsCucumber mosaic virus-like particles containing a tetanus toxin peptide (CuMV

resultsMCT crystals were successfully decorated with CuMV

conclusionsOur new immune-enhancer turned immunologically cold tumors into hot ones and inhibited local and distant tumor growth. This type of immunotherapy does not require the identification of (patient-individual) relevant tumor antigens. It is well tolerated, non-infectious, and affordable, and can readily be upscaled for future clinical testing and broad application in melanoma and likely other solid tumors.

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MelanomaNanoparticlesAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmHumansImmunotherapyMiceTetanus ToxinTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, NeoplasmTetanus ToxinImmunotherapyMelanoma

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PMID36100311
PMCPMC9472128
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