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ArticleNature communications2025

Integrating antigen capturing nanoparticles and type 1 conventional dendritic cell therapy for in situ cancer immunization.

Chih-Jia Chao, Endong Zhang, Duong N Trinh, Edidiong Udofa, Hanchen Lin, Caylee Silvers, Jiawei Huo, Shan He, Jingtian Zheng, Xiaoying Cai and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Chih-Jia ChaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Endong ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Duong N TrinhDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Edidiong UdofaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2164-1136
Hanchen LinDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Caylee SilversDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jiawei HuoDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-513X
Shan HeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jingtian ZhengDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Xiaoying CaiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Qing BaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8213-5492
Luyu ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Philana PhanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Sara M ElgendyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-8692
Xiangqian ShiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Joanna E BurdetteDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7271-6847
Steve Seung-Young LeeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-3759
Yu GaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Peng ZhangDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Lou and Jean Malnati Brain Tumor Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-7571
Zongmin ZhaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. zhaozm@uic.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8979-844X

Funding

STINGing GBM: A First-in- Man Clinical Trial in Surgical Resectable Recurrent GBMP50CA221747 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Hui Zhang · 2018 to 2026
$21.4M
Microfluidic Models of Ovarian Cancer Preneoplastic LesionsR01CA240301 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Joanna E Burdette, Jonathan Coppeta · 2019 to 2026
$4.6M
Highly sensitive proteomics method to probe cell heterogeneity at single cell resolutionR35GM133416 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Yu Gao · 2019 to 2026
$2.4M
Integrated three-dimensional (3D) microscopy for a spatial pharmacology atlas of macromolecular drugs in the tissue microenvironmentR35GM142743 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI LEE, STEVE SEUNG-YOUNG · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Nano-therapeutics Reprogramming of Immunosuppressive Myeloid Cells Potentiate Radiotherapy for GlioblastomaR37CA266487 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Peng Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
Multiscale approaches to engineering living cells for nanotherapeutic deliveryR35GM150507 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Zongmin Zhao · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Nanoparticle-coated macrophages for targeted disruption of YAP/TEAD interactions in breast cancer brain metastasisR21CA291723 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ER, EKREM EMRAH, ZHAO, ZONGMIN · 2024 to 2024
$411k
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA221747NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240301NCI NIH HHS R21 CA291723NCI NIH HHS R37 CA266487NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133416NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM142743NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150507U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P50CA221747U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R21CA291723U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R37CA266487U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM150507
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eliciting a robust immune response against tumors is often hampered by the inadequate presence of effective antigen presenting cells and their suboptimal ability to present antigens within the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Here, we report a cascade antigen relay strategy integrating antigen capturing nanoparticles (AC-NPs) and migratory type 1 conventional dendritic cells (cDC1s), named Antigen Capturing nanoparticle Transformed Dendritic Cell therapy (ACT-DC), to facilitate in situ immunization. AC-NPs are engineered to capture antigens directly from the tumor and facilitate their delivery to adoptively transferred migratory cDC1s, enhancing antigen presentation to the lymph nodes and reshaping the tumor microenvironment. Our findings suggest that ACT-DC improves in situ antigen collection, triggers a robust systemic immune response without the need for exogenous antigens, and transforms the tumor environment into a more "immune-hot" state. In multiple tumor models including colon cancer, melanoma, and glioma, ACT-DC in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors eliminates primary tumors in 50-100% of treated mice and effectively rejects two separate tumor rechallenges. Collectively, ACT-DC could provide a broadly effective approach for in situ cancer immunization and tumor microenvironment modulation.

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmDendritic CellsNanoparticlesNeoplasmsAnimalsAntigen PresentationCancer VaccinesCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunizationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor MicroenvironmentAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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PMID40379691
PMCPMC12084569

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