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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025

Natural carrier systems in cancer vaccines and immunotherapy.

Iman Owliaee, Mohammad Shoushtari, Zhina Karimi, Ali Shojaeian

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Iman OwliaeeDepartment of Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Mohammad ShoushtariDepartment of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Zhina KarimiResearch Center for Molecular Medicine, Institute of Cancer, Avicenna Health Research Institute, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Ali ShojaeianResearch Center for Molecular Medicine, Institute of Cancer, Avicenna Health Research Institute, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1166-385X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer, marked by uncontrolled cell growth, is a leading global cause of death. Conventional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, for all their use, often come with severe side effects. This has really pushed the development of immunotherapies and cancer vaccines, which try to leverage the body's immune system to fight tumors. Effective delivery of therapeutic agents to immune cells or tumors is critical, and natural carriers such as exosomes, archaeosomes, virosomes, and dendritic cells offer promising solutions. These systems excel in biocompatibility, low toxicity, and immune activation compared to synthetic alternatives. This review examines their role in cancer vaccines and immunotherapy, highlighting challenges like production consistency and tumor heterogeneity. Future directions include personalized vaccines and combination therapies, advancing these natural carriers in the fight against cancer.

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Cancer VaccinesDrug CarriersImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsDendritic CellsExosomesHumansCancer VaccinesDrug CarriersarchaeosomesCancerexosomeimmunotherapyvirosome

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PMID40707012
PMCPMC12309555

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