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ArticleAdvanced therapeutics2025

Mechanical interactions impact the functions of immune cells and their application in immunoengineering.

Yu-Chang Chen, Nghi M Tran, Kyle H Vining

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Article in Advanced therapeutics, 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

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Targeting the Barriers Driving Immune Exclusion.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yu-Chang ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Nghi M TranDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Kyle H ViningDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Funding

Targeting mechanical regulation of monocyte fate in head and neck cancer.R00DE030084 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI VINING, KYLE HOLMBERG · 2022 to 2024
$747k
NIDCR NIH HHS R00 DE030084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune cells experience a wide range of modes and magnitudes of mechanical forces as they infiltrate tissues and physically interact with other cells. Biophysical forces influence cell phenotypes through mechanosensing of the cytoskeleton, cell adhesion, catch and slip bonds, and mechanically gated ion channels. As a result, different mechanical environments impact the function and expression of immune cell receptors, which subsequently affects local and systemic immune responses. Mechanical coupling of immune cell receptors can be exploited in immuno-engineering applications such as adoptive cell transfer and artificial antigen-presenting cells through biomaterial systems with tunable mechanical properties that regulate receptor expression and cell activation. This review covers immune cell receptors in the adaptive and innate immune system that respond to mechanical forces and their potential to be applied for advancing current immunotherapies.

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BiomaterialsBiomechanical forcesExtracellular matrixImmune mechanobiologyImmunotherapyStiffnessViscoelasticity

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PMID40881797
PMCPMC12381685

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