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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

Uncoupling Type I Interferon Benefits From Inflammatory Toxicity: Transformer-Prioritized Precision Agonists for Potent and Safer Cancer Immunotherapy.

Xuefei Guo, Yang Zhao, Xianle Rong, Xingyu Chen, Xiao Wang, Tianyi Liu, Yunfei Xie, Yushu Zou, Pingsen Zhao, Qiang Liu and 1 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

11 authors.

Xuefei GuoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Yuebei People's Hospital Affiliated to Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9590-8235
Yang ZhaoInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1282-8975
Xianle RongCenter of Basic Molecular Science (CBMS), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xingyu ChenInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Xiao WangInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Tianyi LiuInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Yunfei XieInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Yushu ZouInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
Pingsen ZhaoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Yuebei People's Hospital Affiliated to Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-3664
Qiang LiuCenter of Basic Molecular Science (CBMS), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8402-029X
Fuping YouInstitute of Systems Biomedicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2026M791529National Natural Science Foundation of China 31570891National Natural Science Foundation of China 31872736National Natural Science Foundation of China 32022028National Natural Science Foundation of China 81991505National Natural Science Foundation of China 82201928National Natural Science Foundation of China 82350710801Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2025A1515010579Peking University Health Science Center Joint Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics KEJIAOSHEN(2021)17Shaoguan Municipal Science and Technology Program, China 211102114530659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paclitaxel (PTX) chemotherapy is constrained by an "immunomodulatory paradox," where antitumor Type I Interferon (IFN-I) activation is coupled with detrimental pro-inflammatory cascades. To address this challenge, we developed Deep Learning for Innate Immunity Modulatory Potential (DLINP), a Transformer-based framework designed to identify precision immunomodulators that uncouple IFN-I induction from deleterious inflammatory signaling. Screening 123 million entities identified Co68-an organometallic PNP-pincer complex-as a dual-functional agent with superior potency to conventional taxanes. In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) models, Co68 elicited robust antitumor responses that exceeded those of the gold-standard STING agonist DMXAA. Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics revealed that Co68 selectively re-engineered the myeloid compartment, reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages toward an interferon-stimulated gene (ISG)-high phenotype while quenching the pro-inflammatory IL1β-PGE2 feedback loop. This reconfiguration converted "cold" tumor microenvironments into "hot" landscapes, enhancing NK and CD8

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inflammatory responseinnate immunity responseNF‐Κbpancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)phosphines‐nitrogen‐phosphines (PNP)‐pincer ligandsSTAT1TLR4Transformer

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PMID42635620
PMCPMC13502280

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