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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2024

Dual depletion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells and tumor cells with self-assembled gemcitabine-celecoxib nano-twin drug for cancer chemoimmunotherapy.

Xiaojie Zhang, Qiangwei Liang, Yongjin Cao, Ting Yang, Min An, Zihan Liu, Jiayu Yang, Yanhua Liu

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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  8. Celecoxib in oncology: targeting the COX-2/PGEFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
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  12. [Myeloid-derived suppressor cells as important factors and potential targets for breast cancer progression].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xiaojie Zhang *Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Qiangwei Liang *Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Yongjin CaoDepartment of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, Wuxi Taihu University, Wuxi, 214064, China.
Ting YangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Min AnDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Zihan LiuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Jiayu YangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Yanhua LiuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China. lyanhua1214@126.com.

Funding

the Key Research and Invention Program of Ningxia NO. 2021BEG02039the National Nature Science Foundation of China NO. 82260699the Nature Science Foundation of Ningxia NO. 2022AAC02035the Science and Technology Leading Talents of Ningxia NO. 2022GKLRLX011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) have played a significant role in facilitating tumor immune escape and inducing an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Eliminating MDSCs and tumor cells remains a major challenge in cancer immunotherapy. A novel approach has been developed using gemcitabine-celecoxib twin drug-based nano-assembled carrier-free nanoparticles (GEM-CXB NPs) for dual depletion of MDSCs and tumor cells in breast cancer chemoimmunotherapy. The GEM-CXB NPs exhibit prolonged blood circulation, leading to the preferential accumulation and co-release of GEM and CXB in tumors. This promotes synergistic chemotherapeutic activity by the proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction against 4T1 tumor cells. In addition, it enhances tumor immunogenicity by immunogenic cell death induction and MDSC-induced immunosuppression alleviation through the depletion of MDSCs. These mechanisms synergistically activate the antitumor immune function of cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells, inhibit the proliferation of regulatory T cells, and promote the M2 to M1 phenotype repolarization of tumor-associated macrophages, considerably enhancing the overall antitumor and anti-metastasis efficacy in BALB/c mice bearing 4T1 tumors. The simplified engineering of GEM-CXB NPs, with their dual depletion strategy targeting immunosuppressive cells and tumor cells, represents an advanced concept in cancer chemoimmunotherapy.

Indexed as

DeoxycytidineGemcitabineImmunotherapyMice, Inbred BALB CMyeloid-Derived Suppressor CellsNanoparticlesAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleMiceTumor MicroenvironmentDeoxycytidineGemcitabineBreast cancerChemoimmunotherapyCOX-2/PGE2 pathwayGemcitabine-celecoxibMyeloid-derived suppressor cellsNano-twin drug

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PMID38849938
PMCPMC11161946

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