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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2025

Enhancing immunotherapy with tumour-responsive nanomaterials.

Stephen W Linderman, Louis DeRidder, Lucía Sanjurjo, Michael B Foote, María José Alonso, Ameya R Kirtane, Robert Langer, Giovanni Traverso

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

48 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Tumor Exposomics: A New Paradigm for Individualized Continuous Exposure Monitoring.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  12. The RNA delivery dilemma-lipid versus polymer nanoparticle platforms.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026
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  18. Tumor-Targeted Delivery Therapy Based on PLGA Nanoparticles.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Stephen W Linderman *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1797-5870
Louis DeRidder *David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7390-1481
Lucía SanjurjoHealth Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-8010
Michael B FooteDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
María José AlonsoCenter for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7187-9567
Ameya R KirtaneDepartment of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Robert LangerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. rlanger@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-0492
Giovanni TraversoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. cgt20@mit.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The targeted delivery of immunotherapies to tumours using tumour-responsive nanomaterials is a promising area of cancer research with the potential to address the limitations of systemic administration such as on-target off-tumour toxicities and a lack of activity owing to the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment (TME). Attempts to address these challenges include the design and functionalization of nanomaterials capable of releasing their cargoes in response to specific TME characteristics, thus facilitating the targeted delivery of immune-checkpoint inhibitors, cytokines, mRNAs, vaccines and, potentially, chimaeric antigen receptors as well as of agents that modulate the extracellular matrix and induce immunogenic cell death. In this Review, we describe these various research efforts in the context of the dynamic properties of the TME, such as pH, reductive conditions, reactive oxygen species, hypoxia, specific enzymes, high levels of ATP and locoregional aspects, which can be leveraged to enhance the specificity and efficacy of nanomaterial-based immunotherapies. Highlighting preclinical successes and ongoing clinical trials, we evaluate the current landscape and potential of these innovative approaches. We also consider future research directions as well as the most important barriers to successful clinical translation, emphasizing the transformative potential of tumour-responsive nanomaterials in overcoming the barriers that limit the activity of traditional immunotherapies, thus improving patient outcomes.

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ImmunotherapyNanostructuresNeoplasmsAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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