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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Photodynamic priming with Vitamin D and ALA-based PDT induces intratumoral immune cell recruitment and signaling pathway activation in murine cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Alan S Shen, Sanjay Anand, Cheng-En Cheng, Benjamin Kovacic, Jennifer Powers, C Marcela Diaz-Montero, Tayyaba Hasan, Edward V Maytin

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Alan S ShenCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.
Sanjay AnandCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.
Cheng-En ChengCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.
Benjamin KovacicCenter for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH.
Jennifer PowersCenter for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH.
C Marcela Diaz-MonteroCenter for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH.
Tayyaba HasanWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Edward V MaytinCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.

Funding

Small Molecule Enhancers of Photodynamic Therapy for Skin CancerP01CA084203 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Brian William Pogue · 2001 to 2026
$27.9M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA084203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is effective for early epithelial pre-cancers, yet its efficacy in fully-developed cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is limited by immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. Vitamin D (VitD) has emerged as a potential neoadjuvant to enhance photodynamic priming in several cancers. Here, we investigated how VitD pretreatment modulates local and systemic immune responses to aminolevulinic acid-based PDT in two immunocompetent murine SCC models (chronic UV-induced SCC, and subcutaneously implanted PDVC57B cells). VitD combined with PDT significantly amplified hallmarks of immunogenic cell death, including calreticulin and HMGB1 expression, and increased recruitment of neutrophils, macrophages, dendritic cells, and CD8

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anti-tumor immunityphotodynamic primingphotodynamic therapyskin cancersquamous cell carcinomavitamin D

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PMID41676633
PMCPMC12889683

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