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ArticleCancers2022

Combination of STING and TLR 7/8 Agonists as Vaccine Adjuvants for Cancer Immunotherapy.

Shubhmita Bhatnagar, Vishnu Revuri, Manan Shah, Peter Larson, Zekun Shao, Daohai Yu, Swayam Prabha, Thomas S Griffith, David Ferguson, Jayanth Panyam

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Therapeutic targeting of the cGAS-STING pathway in human disease.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  15. STING Agonists and How to Reach Their Full Potential in Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shubhmita BhatnagarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2721-9307
Vishnu RevuriDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0442-0945
Manan ShahDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Peter LarsonDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1143-810X
Zekun ShaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Daohai YuCenter for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Lewis-Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Swayam PrabhaFels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine, Lewis-Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6475-5494
Thomas S GriffithDepartment of Urology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7205-9859
David FergusonDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6294-8057
Jayanth PanyamDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
University of Minnesota · USTemple University · USFox Chase Cancer Center · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

TLR7/8 agonist design and delivery for effective anticancer immune responseR01CA260825 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Jayanth Panyam · 2021 to 2026
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS CA260825NCI NIH HHS R01 CA260825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunostimulatory adjuvants that potently activate antigen-presenting cells and (in turn) prime cytotoxic T cells are a key component of anticancer vaccines. In this study, we investigated a multi-adjuvant approach combining a TLR 7/8 agonist (522) and a STING agonist (DMXAA) to promote enhanced antigen cross-presentation, stimulate specific antitumor T-cell responses, and provide improved anticancer efficacy. In vitro experiments using bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) confirmed enhanced activation with the 522-DMXAA combination based on both co-stimulatory molecule expression and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion. The immunization of mice with vaccines comprising both 522 and DMXAA resulted in greater antitumor efficacy in B16F10 melanoma and MB49 bladder tumor models relative to mono-agonist vaccines. Flow cytometry-based analysis of immune cells from immunized mice revealed the significant activation of antigen-presenting cells, increased numbers of activated and Ag-specific CD8+ T cells in the spleen and lymph nodes, modest NK cell activation, and an overall reduction in CD206

Indexed as

cancer immunotherapycancer vaccineDMXAASTINGtoll-like receptors

Identifiers

PMID36551577
PMCPMC9777055
OpenAlexW3158840405

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