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ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2024

Flagellate bacteria-mediated tumour antigen delivery: A novel approach to enhance dendritic cell activation for in situ cancer vaccination.

Wen Xia, Jinhui Wu

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Review in Microbial biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Microbes Saving Lives and Reducing Suffering.Microbial biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Wen XiaState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0009-0004-3305-9495
Jinhui WuState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8809-1290

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In situ vaccination is a therapeutic approach aimed at exploiting tumour antigens available at a tumour site to induce tumour-specific adaptive immune responses. Antigens released from dying tumour cells are assumed to be taken up by activated dendritic cells and presented to T cells that seek out and destroy tumour cells. This process is significantly impeded in the immunosuppressive microenvironment of tumours. There is a growing trend in in situ vaccine strategies that utilize bacteria as natural adjuvants or as factories for cytokines, aiming to enhance the presentation of in situ antigens by antigen-presenting cells. Recently, a novel approach using flagellate bacteria-mediated antigen delivery to activate dendritic cells has been proposed. This method actively facilitates the delivery of intratumoral antigens, improving their presentation for in situ cancer vaccination. Here, we highlight how flagellate bacteria-mediated antigen delivery enhances the immune activation capabilities of in situ vaccines. Meanwhile, we provide perspectives and outlooks on these promising antigen delivery technologies.

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Antigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesDendritic CellsAnimalsAntigen PresentationBacteriaHumansNeoplasmsVaccinationAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccines

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PMID39422491
PMCPMC11487680

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