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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Avidity-Based Capture of PD-L1-Expressing Exosomes via Dendrimer-Peptide Conjugates: A Nanoengineered Platform for Enhanced Prediction of Immunotherapy Response.

Jiah Lee, Dongjun Shin, Chae Yeon Son, Hanbit Kang, Jung Hyun Choi, Hyun Sung Park, Seha Bang, Lucia Kim, Tae Hee Lee, Hyuk Soo Eun and 6 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Intracellular PD-L1: Functions, Regulation, and Therapeutic Implications.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Jiah LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Dongjun ShinDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Chae Yeon SonDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Hanbit KangDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Jung Hyun ChoiDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Hyun Sung ParkDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Seha BangDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Lucia KimDepartment of Pathology, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 22332, Republic of Korea.
Tae Hee LeeDepartment of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College, Chang-ui building, 15 Yeongsong-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, 41453, Republic of Korea.
Hyuk Soo EunDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea.
Michael J PoellmannPharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Woo-Jin JeongDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.
Dong Hyung KimDivision of Biomedical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 267 Gajeongno, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea.
Jun Hyeok LimDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 22332, Republic of Korea.
Seungpyo HongPharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
Jiyoon BuDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-5109

Funding

Project 3: Modulation of the head and neck tumor immune microenvironment by targeting the TAM family of receptorsP50CA278595 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI David J Beebe · 2022 to 2026
$12.5M
Korea Health Industry Development Institute RS-2024-00512449Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine RS-2024-00333403Korea Technology & Information Promotion Agency for SMEs RS-2025-02308803Korea Technology & Information Promotion Agency for SMEs RS-2025-02311923Ministry of Science and ICT RS-2024-00416117National Research Council of Science and Technology GTL24021-000National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)NCI NIH HHS P50 CA278595University of Wisconsin (UW) Head & Neck SPORE from National Institutes of Health #P50CA278595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major challenge in immunotherapy is the inability to reliably predict patient responses due to the lack of robust biomarkers. Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-expressing exosomes represent a promising biomarker candidate; however, existing detection platforms lack the sensitivity and specificity required for clinical translation. It is hypothesized that an avidity-based capture strategy utilizing dendrimer-mediated multivalent binding will effectively enhance molecular avidity and improve the selective capture of PD-L1-expressing exosomes. Supporting this hypothesis, atomic force microscopy (AFM) revealed that dendrimer-peptide conjugates synthesized using generation 7 poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (G7-pPDL1) exhibited ≈2.48-fold higher binding avidity than conventional anti-PD-L1 antibodies (aPD-L1), attributed to multivalent interactions. This increased avidity led to enhanced in vitro specificity and enabled 1.55-fold greater sensitivity in capturing PD-L1-expressing exosomes, compared to aPD-L1. Clinical validation using serum samples from patients undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy demonstrated that PD-L1-expressing exosomes captured using the G7-pPD-L1 surface more accurately predicted treatment response and outperformed tissue-based PD-L1 scoring in prognostic value. Additionally, this platform is compatible with existing biosensing technologies and enables real-time exosome detection with a limit of detection as low as 9.6 × 10

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B7-H1 AntigenDendrimersExosomesImmunotherapyPeptidesHumansB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanDendrimersPeptidesavidity‐based capturedendrimer‐peptide conjugatesexosomesimmunotherapymultivalent binding

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PMID40841859
PMCPMC12622428

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