Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39439494›Full record

ArticleExploration (Beijing, China)2024

A self-assembled, genetically engineered, irradiated tumor cell debris vaccine.

Yajie Sun, Yan Hu, Yuanyuan Geng, Chao Wan, Yang Liu, Yifei Liao, Xiujuan Shi, Jonathan F Lovell, Kunyu Yang, Honglin Jin

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Article in Exploration (Beijing, China), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Mechanobiological Dynamics-Inspired Mechanomodulatory Biomaterials.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yajie SunCancer Center Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-230X
Yan HuCancer Center Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
Yuanyuan GengCollege of Biomedicine and Health and College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan China.
Chao WanCancer Center Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
Yang LiuKey Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun China.
Yifei LiaoDivision of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA.
Xiujuan ShiCollege of Biomedicine and Health and College of Life Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan China.
Jonathan F LovellDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering State University of New York University at Buffalo Buffalo New York USA.
Kunyu YangCancer Center Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
Honglin JinCancer Center Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-9539

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccine-based therapeutics for cancers face several challenges including lack of immunogenicity and tumor escape pathways for single antigen targets. It has been reported that radiotherapy has an in situ vaccine effect that provides tumor antigens following irradiation, helping to activate antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Herein, a new vaccine approach is developed by combining genetically engineered irradiated tumor cell debris (RTD) and hyaluronic acid (HA), termed HA@RTD. A cancer cell line is developed that overexpresses granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). A hydrogel was developed by covalent conjugation of HA with RTD proteins that acted as a potent vaccine system, the effects which were probed with T cell receptor sequencing. The engineered vaccine activated antitumor immunity responses and prevented tumor growth in mice even with a single immunization. HA@RTD vaccine efficacy was also assessed in therapeutic settings with established tumors and in combination with immune checkpoint blockade.

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anti‐PD‐1cancer immunotherapycancer vaccinegenetically modified tumor membranehydrogellung cancerradiated tumor cell debris

Identifiers

PMID39439494
PMCPMC11491297

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