Dendritic cells in cancer immunology and immunotherapy

SK Wculek, FJ Cueto, AM Mujal, I Melero… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) are a diverse group of specialized antigen-presenting cells with key
roles in the initiation and regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses. As such …

Delivery technologies for cancer immunotherapy

RS Riley, CH June, R Langer, MJ Mitchell - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has become a powerful clinical strategy for treating cancer. The number of
immunotherapy drug approvals has been increasing, with numerous treatments in clinical …

Intratumoral immunotherapy using platelet-cloaked nanoparticles enhances antitumor immunity in solid tumors

B Bahmani, H Gong, BT Luk, KJ Haushalter… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Intratumoral immunotherapy is an emerging modality for the treatment of solid tumors. Toll-
like receptor (TLR) agonists have shown promise for eliciting immune responses, but …

Immunobiology and immunotherapy of HCC: spotlight on innate and innate-like immune cells

B Ruf, B Heinrich, TF Greten - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Immune-based therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the
systemic treatment of various cancer types. The therapeutic application of monoclonal …

TLR7/8-agonist-loaded nanoparticles promote the polarization of tumour-associated macrophages to enhance cancer immunotherapy

CB Rodell, SP Arlauckas, MF Cuccarese… - Nature biomedical …, 2018 - nature.com
Tumour-associated macrophages are abundant in many cancers, and often display an
immune-suppressive M2-like phenotype that fosters tumour growth and promotes resistance …

Current strategies to target tumor-associated-macrophages to improve anti-tumor immune responses

C Anfray, A Ummarino, F Torres Andon, P Allavena - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Established evidence demonstrates that tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells promote rather than
stop-cancer progression. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are abundantly present at …

Toll‐like receptors: general molecular and structural biology

P Behzadi, HA García-Perdomo… - Journal of Immunology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background/Aim. Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are pivotal biomolecules in the immune system.
Today, we are all aware of the importance of TLRs in bridging innate and adaptive immune …

Cancer cell membrane-coated nanoparticle co-loaded with photosensitizer and toll-like receptor 7 agonist for the enhancement of combined tumor immunotherapy

Y Chen, S Zhi, J Ou, J Gao, L Zheng, M Huang, S Du… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tumor immunotherapy has shown considerable therapeutic potential in the past few years,
but the clinical response rate of immunotherapy is less than 20%. Encountering the high …

Adjuvant physiochemistry and advanced nanotechnology for vaccine development

H Ren, W Jia, Y Xie, M Yu, Y Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vaccines comprising innovative adjuvants are rapidly reaching advanced translational
stages, such as the authorized nanotechnology adjuvants in mRNA vaccines against COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist therapeutics and their delivery approaches: From antiviral formulations to vaccine adjuvants

S Bhagchandani, JA Johnson, DJ Irvine - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Imidazoquinoline derivatives (IMDs) and related compounds function as synthetic agonists
of Toll-like receptors 7 and 8 (TLR7/8) and one is FDA approved for topical antiviral and skin …