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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2026

A multidomain peptide hydrogel-liposome composite for controlled release of a cyclic dinucleotide in oral cancer.

Joseph W R Swain, Andrea H Molina, Gemalene M Sunga, Danielle Chew-Martinez, Neeraja Dharmaraj, Alejandra Cobos Perez, Arghadip Dey, Ephraim J Vázquez-Rosado, Simon Young, Jeffrey D Hartgerink

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

10 authors.

Joseph W R SwainDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77098, USA.
Andrea H MolinaKatz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
Gemalene M SungaKatz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
Danielle Chew-MartinezDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77098, USA.
Neeraja DharmarajKatz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
Alejandra Cobos PerezKatz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77098, USA.
Arghadip DeyDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77098, USA.
Ephraim J Vázquez-RosadoKatz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA; Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
Simon YoungKatz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, 7500 Cambridge Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
Jeffrey D HartgerinkDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77098, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77098, USA. Electronic address: jdh@rice.edu.

Funding

SynerGel: A Novel Tumor Microenvironment-Modulating Hydrogel for Local ImmunotherapyR01DE030140 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI YOUNG, SIMON · 2021 to 2025
$3.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While immunotherapy is a promising treatment strategy for cancer, the majority of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients treated with single-agent immunotherapy do not respond. Therefore, researchers are investigating combination treatments with immunostimulatory molecules that can maximize anti-tumor responses. Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) are STING agonists that hold promise in combination approaches, but they require frequent intratumoral administration when used in both preclinical models of HNSCC and clinical trials. To reduce administration frequency, we have created a peptide hydrogel-liposome composite system, K

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsHydrogelsMouth NeoplasmsPeptidesAnimalsCell Line, TumorDelayed-Action PreparationsFemaleHumansLiposomesMiceAntineoplastic AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsHydrogelsLiposomesPeptidesImmunotherapyLiposomeOral cancerPeptideSelf-assembly

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PMID41702512
PMCPMC13005698

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