Cancer vaccines: Building a bridge over troubled waters

MLC Sellars, CJ Wu, EF Fritsch - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cancer vaccines aim to direct the immune system to eradicate cancer cells. Here we review
the essential immunologic concepts underpinning natural immunity and highlight the …

Combinatorial physical methods for cellular therapy: towards the future of cellular analysis?

P Chakrabarty, K Illath, S Kar, M Nagai… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The physical energy activated techniques for cellular delivery and analysis is one of the
most rapidly expanding research areas for a variety of biological and biomedical …

Biophysical Control of the Glioblastoma Immunosuppressive Microenvironment: Opportunities for Immunotherapy

L Teer, K Yaddanapudi, J Chen - Bioengineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
GBM is the most aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer with a dismal
prognosis. Current GBM treatments have not improved patient survival, due to the propensity …

Engineered red blood cells (activating antigen carriers) drive potent T cell responses and tumor regression in mice

K Blagovic, CK Smith, A Ramakrishnan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Activation of T cell responses is essential for effective tumor clearance; however, inducing
targeted, potent antigen presentation to stimulate T cell responses remains challenging. We …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical stimulation on a microfluidic device to highly enhance small extracellular vesicle secretion of mesenchymal stem cells

R Hao, S Hu, H Zhang, X Chen, Z Yu, J Ren, H Guo… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are recognized as promising detection biomarkers and
attractive delivery vehicles, showing great potential in diagnosis and treatment of diseases …

Phase 1 study to determine the safety and dosing of autologous PBMCs modified to present HPV16 antigens (SQZ-PBMC-HPV) in HLA-A* 02+ patients with HPV16+ …

A Jimeno, J Baranda, WT Iams, JC Park, M Mita… - Investigational new …, 2023 - Springer
We conducted a dose escalation Phase 1 study of autologous PBMCs loaded by microfluidic
squeezing (Cell Squeeze® technology) with HPV16 E6 and E7 antigens (SQZ-PBMC-HPV) …

Development of a microfluidic cell transfection device into gene-edited CAR T cell manufacturing workflow

T Yu, N Jhita, P Shankles, A Fedanov, N Kramer… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Genetic reprogramming of immune cells to recognize and target tumor cells offers a
possibility of long-term cure. Cell therapies, however, lack simple and affordable …

Recapitulating the Cancer‐Immunity Cycle on a Chip

Y Lee, J Min, S Kim, W Park, J Ko… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The cancer‐immunity cycle is a fundamental framework for understanding how the immune
system interacts with cancer cells, balancing T cell recognition and elimination of tumors …

Immunomechanobiology: Engineering the Activation and Function of Immune Cells with the Mechanical Signal of Fluid Shear Stress

NS Sarna, NM Curry, E Aalaei… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Immunomechanobiology, the study of how physical forces influence the behavior and
function of immune cells, is a rapidly growing area of research. It is becoming increasingly …

Human Papillomavirus–Directed Therapeutics for Human Papillomavirus–Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer

JS Campbell, SI Pai - The Cancer Journal, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Despite the availability of prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, there is a
growing incidence of HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HPV …