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ArticleNPJ vaccines2025

GMMA decorated with mucin 1 Tn/STn mimetics elicit specific antibodies response and inhibit tumor growth.

Elisa Pesce, Andrea Sodini, Elena Palmieri, Silvia Valensin, Cristina Tinti, Marco Rossi, Antonella De Rosa, Marco Fragai, Francesco Papi, Chiara Cordiglieri and 4 more

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2025. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Elisa Pesce *INGM, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare 'Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi' and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Andrea Sodini *Department of Chemistry, DICUS, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3,13, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Florence, 50019, Italy.
Elena Palmieri *GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health S.r.l. (GVGH), 53100, Siena, Italy.
Silvia ValensinLaboratory Animal Research Unit (LARU), Fondazione Life Sciences, via Fiorentina, 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Cristina TintiLaboratory Animal Research Unit (LARU), Fondazione Life Sciences, via Fiorentina, 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Marco RossiHyper Antibody Research & Development Lab (HARD Lab), Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences, via Fiorentina, 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Antonella De RosaLaboratory Animal Research Unit (LARU), Fondazione Life Sciences, via Fiorentina, 1, 53100, Siena, Italy.
Marco FragaiDepartment of Chemistry, DICUS, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3,13, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Florence, 50019, Italy.
Francesco PapiDepartment of Chemistry, DICUS, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3,13, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Florence, 50019, Italy.
Chiara CordiglieriINGM, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare 'Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi' and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Francesco BertiGSK, 53100, Siena, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-5644
Renata GrifantiniINGM, Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare 'Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi' and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122, Milan, Italy. grifantini@ingm.org.
Francesca MicoliGSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health S.r.l. (GVGH), 53100, Siena, Italy. francesca.x.micoli@gsk.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8243-3181
Cristina NativiDepartment of Chemistry, DICUS, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3,13, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Florence, 50019, Italy. cristina.nativi@unifi.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbohydrate-based therapeutic vaccines are actively pursued as targeted immunotherapy to treat cancer. Aberrant glycosylation is indeed of paramount importance in tumors, leading to the formation of "neo-epitopes", known as tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs), crucial in cancer onset, development and spread. Accordingly, the over-simplified mucin-type O-glycans Tn and STn have been confirmed among the most promising candidates for the development of cancer vaccines. In this work, we first propose genetically manipulated bacteria outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), namely GMMA, as a vaccine formulation platform to display glycan antigens. GMMA were glycosylated with multiple copies of structurally locked Tn mimetic or STn mimetic as cancer vaccine prototypes. These constructs, in non-adjuvanted formulations, showed sounding immunogenic properties in vivo and impressive efficacy in a mouse model of aggressive triple-negative breast cancer. This example of tailor-made therapeutic vaccine might revolutionize the approach to cancer therapy.

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PMCPMC12000591

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