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ArticleBiomacromolecules2026

Orthogonal Chemistry Enables Precision Nanoparticle Cofunctionalization for Tuning Immune Stimulation and Antigen Presentation.

Alexander J Heiler, Claire A McClain, Samuel N Lucas, Guan Zhen He, M G Finn, Susan N Thomas

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexander J HeilerParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3584-6060
Claire A McClainParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Samuel N LucasParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3281-8398
Guan Zhen HeParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
M G FinnSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8247-3108
Susan N ThomasParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4651-232X

Funding

Research Training Program Plan on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng)T32GM008433 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GARCIA, ANDRES J · 1991 to 2021
$7.1M
Lymph node-targeted multistage chemoimmunotherapy for lymphomaR01CA247484 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI FINN, M.G., THOMAS, SUSAN NAPIER · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
T32 CTEng (Cellular and Tissue Engineering) Training ProgramT32GM145735 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Edward A. Botchwey, Andres J Garcia · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Melanoma immunotherapy targeting sentinel lymph nodesR01CA207619 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI THOMAS, SUSAN NAPIER · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
T32 Research Training Program in ImmunoEngineeringT32EB021962 · NIBIB · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JULIA E BABENSEE · 2017 to 2026
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207619NCI NIH HHS R01 CA247484NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB021962NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008433NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combination therapies are increasingly utilized to treat complex diseases, capitalizing on drug synergies to potentiate overall therapeutic responses and improve patient outcomes. Drug delivery systems improve combination therapy access to tissues and cells of interest, but attempting to coconjugate multiple drugs to the same carrier can limit the precision of drug ratios or release behaviors, making it challenging to optimize the delivery of the individual drug compounds. Here, thiol-disulfide exchange and strain-promoted click chemistry are leveraged in combination with an established polymeric nanoparticle platform to achieve chemistry-defined control over both the conjugation ratio and release behavior of coconjugated moieties. When applied as a subunit vaccine platform, this system enables the modulation of lymph node dendritic cell maturation and antigen presentation. The results presented here thus demonstrate a versatile dual-functional drug delivery platform to overcome existing challenges in combination therapy delivery.

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Antigen PresentationNanoparticlesAnimalsClick ChemistryDendritic CellsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansMiceNanovaccinesPolymersNanovaccinesPolymers

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PMID42236311
PMCPMC13370783

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