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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2026

Potentiation of a Porous Silicon Therapeutic Vaccine in Colorectal Cancer via Oxaliplatin-Mediated Regulation of Myeloid-Driven Immunosuppression.

Yongbin Liu, Busra Akay Hacan, Junjun Zheng, Xueying Ge, Dongfang Yu, Zhe Chen, Yitian Xu, Ning Shao, Haifa Shen, Xuewu Liu and 4 more

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 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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14 authors.

Yongbin LiuCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5211-4278
Busra Akay HacanCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Junjun ZhengCenter for Immunotherapy and Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0334-1890
Xueying GeSchool of Engineering Medicine/ENMED, Texas A&M University and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1551-7531
Dongfang YuCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Zhe ChenCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yitian XuCenter for Immunotherapy and Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ning ShaoCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Haifa ShenCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Xuewu LiuCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Roderic I PettigrewSchool of Engineering Medicine/ENMED, Texas A&M University and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ping-Ying PanCenter for Immunotherapy and Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2971-4221
Shu-Hsia ChenCenter for Immunotherapy and Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Junhua MaiCenter for BioNanoengineering, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8374-4352

Funding

Porous silicon microparticle-based subunit vaccines for SARS-CoV-2R01AI176670 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Tian Wang · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Mechanism of Intratumoral Transport of Particulate DrugsR01CA222959 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CHEN, SHU-HSIA, LIU, XUEWU · 2018 to 2023
$2.3M
Development of new Pt-based ROS storm inducing polymers with tumor specific toxicityR21CA292295 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI MAI, JUNHUA · 2025 to 2025
$403k
Golfers Against Cancer N/ANCI NIH HHS R01 CA222959NCI NIH HHS R01CA222959NCI NIH HHS R21 CA292295NCI NIH HHS R21CA292295NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI176670NIAID NIH HHS R01AI176670PhRMA Foundation N/ARobert A. Welch Foundation BE0023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although immunotherapy has shown great promise in treating various types of cancer, advanced tumors are often refractory due to a highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). We previously engineered a cancer therapeutic vaccine platform, µGCVax, by co-loading tumor antigen peptides, STING and TLR9 agonists into porous silicon microparticles. While effective in models with lower disease burden, its efficacy against advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) was less promising due to the accumulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in TMEs. In this study, we investigated whether µGCVax-based immunotherapy in advanced CRCs could be potentiated via regulating MDSCs to reprogram the TME. In an advanced CT26 murine CRC model, we assessed µGCVax in combination with oxaliplatin, a standard CRC chemotherapeutic with established immunomodulatory effects. We demonstrated that oxaliplatin was preferentially taken up by monocytic MDSCs (M-MDSCs) and effectively reduced their abundance in the bone marrow, blood, spleen, and tumor. Relief of this immunosuppressive TME increased intratumoral infiltration of antigen-specific CD8

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cancer vaccinecolorectal cancer (CRC)myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)oxaliplatin

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PMID42042292
PMCPMC13117512

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