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ArticleNature biomedical engineering2023

Multi-antigen spherical nucleic acid cancer vaccines.

Michelle H Teplensky, Michael Evangelopoulos, Jasper W Dittmar, Connor M Forsyth, Andrew J Sinegra, Shuya Wang, Chad A Mirkin

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Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
14.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Overcoming Drug Resistance by Paclitaxel Resistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Metal-Phenolic Coatings Enable Universal Design of Spherical Nucleic Acids.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  18. Controlling intracellular processing to enhance spherical nucleic acid immune stimulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  19. Structural immunotherapy: Harnessing chemical design to build powerful next-generation therapeutics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Michelle H Teplensky *Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4664-420X
Michael Evangelopoulos *Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5300-4289
Jasper W DittmarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Connor M ForsythDepartment of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Andrew J SinegraDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Shuya WangInterdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Chad A MirkinDepartment of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. chadnano@northwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6634-7627
Northwestern University · US

Funding

STINGing GBM: A First-in- Man Clinical Trial in Surgical Resectable Recurrent GBMP50CA221747 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Atique U. Ahmed · 2018 to 2026
$21.4M
Chemistry of Life Processes Predoctoral Training ProgramT32GM105538 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI KELLEHER, NEIL L · 2013 to 2022
$2.7M
Innovative Research for Cancer Nanotechnology (IRCN) for Enhancing Melanoma-specific Immune Responses by the Rational Design of Spherical Nucleic AcidsR01CA257926 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CHAD A. MIRKIN, Bin Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
Systemic RNA interference to reactivate p53 tumor suppressionR01CA208783 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MIRKIN, CHAD A., STEGH, ALEXANDER H. · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Cancer Nanotechnology Training ProgramT32CA186897 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WOLOSCHAK, GAYLE E. · 2015 to 2019
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA221747NCI NIH HHS R01 CA208783NCI NIH HHS R01 CA257926NCI NIH HHS T32 CA186897NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM105538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer vaccines must activate multiple immune cell types to be effective against aggressive tumours. Here we report the impact of the structural presentation of two antigenic peptides on immune responses at the transcriptomic, cellular and organismal levels. We used spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticles to investigate how the spatial distribution and placement of two antigen classes affect antigen processing, cytokine production and the induction of memory. Compared with single-antigen SNAs, a single dual-antigen SNA elicited a 30% increase in antigen-specific T cell activation and a two-fold increase in T cell proliferation. Antigen placement within dual-antigen SNAs altered the gene expression of T cells and tumour growth. Specifically, dual-antigen SNAs encapsulating antigens targeting helper T cells and with externally conjugated antigens targeting cytotoxic T cells elevated antitumour genetic pathways, stalling lymphoma tumours in mice. Additionally, when combined with the checkpoint inhibitor anti-programmed-cell-death protein-1 in a mouse model of melanoma, a specific antigen arrangement within dual-antigen SNAs suppressed tumour growth and increased the levels of circulating memory T cells. The structural design of multi-antigen vaccines substantially impacts their efficacy.

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Cancer VaccinesMelanomaNucleic AcidsAnimalsAntigensMiceNucleic Acid-Based VaccinesAntigensCancer VaccinesNucleic Acid-Based VaccinesNucleic Acids

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PMID36717738
PMCPMC10424220
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