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ArticleOncogene2024

Functional evaluation of dendritic cells and extracellular vesicles as immunotherapy for breast cancer.

Feng Lyu, Kerui Wu, Shih-Ying Wu, Ravindra Pramod Deshpande, Abhishek Tyagi, Isabella Ruiz, Sindhu Yalavarthi, Kounosuke Watabe

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Article in Oncogene, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Towards liquid biopsy-based analysis of antitumour immunity.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026
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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.

Feng Lyu *Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Kerui Wu *Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Shih-Ying WuDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Ravindra Pramod DeshpandeDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Abhishek TyagiDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0155-2099
Isabella RuizDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Sindhu YalavarthiDepartment of Nanoscience, The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27401, USA.
Kounosuke WatabeDepartment of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA. kwatabe@wakehealth.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7441-6322
Wake Forest University · USUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro · USHenan Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Roles of hyaluronic acid in cancer stem cell nicheR01CA173499 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
Roles of long-non-coding RNA, XIST, in brain metastasis of breast cancerR01CA205067 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
Role of inflammation and microRNA network in brain metastasis of breast cancerR01CA185650 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Translational Oncology Training ProgramT32CA247819 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PARDEE, TIMOTHY SEBASTIAN, WATABE, KOUNOSUKE · 2020 to 2024
$1.4M
Nicotine promotes perineural brain metastasis by activating GABAergic neuronsK99CA276895 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WU, SHIH-YING · 2023 to 2024
$218k
Department of Defense W81XWH2110075NCI NIH HHS K99 CA276895NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS P30CA012197NCI NIH HHS R01 CA173499NCI NIH HHS R01 CA185650NCI NIH HHS R01CA185650NCI NIH HHS R01 CA205067NCI NIH HHS RO1CA173499NCI NIH HHS T32 CA247819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) play critical roles in recognizing and presenting antigens to T cells. They secrete dendritic cell-derived extracellular vesicles (DC-sEVs), which could mimic the function of DCs. Therefore, we explore the possibility of using DC-sEVs as a potential personalized vaccine in this study. We compared the efficacy of DCs and DC-sEVs on stimulating the immune system to target breast cancer cells and found that DC-sEVs had significantly more MHC molecules on the surface when compared to the parental DCs. In our in vivo and in vitro testing, Dc-sEVs showed significant advantages over DCs, regarding efficacy, safety, storage, and potential delivery advantages. DC-sEVs were able to suppress the growth of immune-cold breast tumors, while DCs failed to do so. These results indicate the strong potential utility of DC-sEVs as a personalized immunotherapy for breast cancer.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsExtracellular VesiclesDendritic CellsFemaleHumansImmunotherapyT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID38030790
PMCPMC11792917
OpenAlexW4389133393

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