Boosting checkpoint immunotherapy with biomaterials

L Liu, Y Pan, C Zhao, P Huang, X Chen, L Rao - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy has revolutionized the field of cancer
treatment, while low response rates and systemic toxicity limit its clinical outcomes. With the …

Peptides as multifunctional players in cancer therapy

SMP Vadevoo, S Gurung, HS Lee… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Peptides exhibit lower affinity and a shorter half-life in the body than antibodies. Conversely,
peptides demonstrate higher efficiency in tissue penetration and cell internalization than …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-PD-L1 peptide-conjugated prodrug nanoparticles for targeted cancer immunotherapy combining PD-L1 blockade with immunogenic cell death

Y Moon, MK Shim, J Choi, S Yang, J Kim, WS Yun… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Cancer immunotherapy combining immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) with
chemotherapeutic drugs has provided significant clinical advances. However, such …

Ferritin–a multifaceted protein scaffold for biotherapeutics

NK Lee, S Cho, IS Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The ferritin nanocage is an endogenous protein that exists in almost all mammals. Its hollow
spherical structure that naturally stores iron ions has been diversely exploited by …

[HTML][HTML] Ferritin nanocage: A promising and designable multi-module platform for constructing dynamic nanoassembly-based drug nanocarrier

B Zhang, G Tang, J He, X Yan, K Fan - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Ferritin has been widely recognized as an ideal drug delivery vehicle owing to its unique
cage-like structure. Coupled with intrinsic targeting ability and excellent biosafety, ferritin …

Engineering nanomaterial physical characteristics for cancer immunotherapy

DY Lee, K Huntoon, J Lux, BYS Kim… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The physical properties of nanomaterials—such as size, structure, shape, charge,
mechanical strength and hydrophobicity—can directly or indirectly influence immune cell …

Bioactive peptide nanodrugs based on supramolecular assembly for boosting immunogenic cell death‐induced cancer immunotherapy

Y Liu, R Chang, R Xing, X Yan - Small Methods, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunogenic cell death (ICD)‐induced immunotherapy holds promise for complete
elimination and long‐term protective immune responses against cancer by combining direct …

Combinational chemoimmunotherapy for breast cancer by codelivery of doxorubicin and PD-L1 siRNA using a PAMAM-incorporated liposomal nanoplatform

Q Hu, J Yao, X Wang, Y Wang, X Fu, J Ma… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemoimmunotherapy can synergistically enhance the therapeutic effects and decrease the
side effects by a combined method. However, the effective targeted codelivery of various …

Ferritin in cancer therapy: A pleiotropic tumoraffin nanocage‐based transport

G Deng, Y Li, N Liang, P Hu, Y Zhang, L Qiao… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ferritin, a ubiquitously distributed iron storage protein, can specifically target
tumor cells through transferrin receptor 1. Due to its rearrangeable nanocage structure …

Recent advances in nanoparticles-based platforms targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway for cancer treatment

X Yu, C Fang, K Zhang, C Su - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis showed remarkable
improvements in overall response and patient survival, which changed the treatment …