The immunostimulatory nature of mRNA lipid nanoparticles

P Sharma, D Hoorn, A Aitha, D Breier, D Peer - Advanced drug delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract mRNA-Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are at the forefront of global medical research.
With the development of mRNA-LNP vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the …

Therapeutic induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance

JE Kenison, NA Stevens, FJ Quintana - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
The development of therapeutic approaches for the induction of robust, long-lasting and
antigen-specific immune tolerance remains an important unmet clinical need for the …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose radiotherapy combined with dual PD-L1 and VEGFA blockade elicits antitumor response in hepatocellular carcinoma mediated by activated …

S Li, K Li, K Wang, H Yu, X Wang, M Shi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Atezolizumab (anti-PD-L1) combined with bevacizumab (anti-VEGFA) is the first-
line immunotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the number of …

Decoding immunogenic cell death from a dendritic cell perspective

S Janssens, S Rennen, P Agostinis - Immunological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic cells (DCs) are myeloid cells bridging the innate and adaptive immune system. By
cross‐presenting tumor‐associated antigens (TAAs) liberated upon spontaneous or therapy …

A lactate-SREBP2 signaling axis drives tolerogenic dendritic cell maturation and promotes cancer progression

MP Plebanek, Y Xue, YV Nguyen, NC DeVito… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Conventional dendritic cells (DCs) are essential mediators of antitumor immunity. As a
result, cancers have developed poorly understood mechanisms to render DCs dysfunctional …

Hybrid LNP prime dendritic cells for nucleotide delivery

R Das, EA Halabi, IR Fredrich, J Oh… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient activation of professional antigen‐presenting cells—such as dendritic cells
(DC)—in tumors and lymph nodes is critical for the design of next‐generation cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Cell shape sensing licenses dendritic cells for homeostatic migration to lymph nodes

Z Alraies, CA Rivera, MG Delgado, D Sanséau… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Immune cells experience large cell shape changes during environmental patrolling because
of the physical constraints that they encounter while migrating through tissues. These cells …

Targeting the dendritic cell-secreted immunoregulatory cytokine CCL22 alleviates radioresistance

J Bugno, L Wang, X Yu, X Cao, J Wang, X Huang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
Purpose: Radiation-mediated immune suppression limits efficacy and is a barrier in cancer
therapy. Radiation induces negative regulators of tumor immunity including regulatory T …

MerTK Induces Dysfunctional Dendritic Cells by Metabolic Reprogramming

EY Zewdie, GM Edwards, DM Hunter… - Cancer Immunology …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Checkpoint inhibitors, specifically anti–PD-1, have shown success in treating metastatic
melanoma; however, some patients develop resistance. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role …

[HTML][HTML] Cystatin from the helminth Ascaris lumbricoides upregulates mevalonate and cholesterol biosynthesis pathways and immunomodulatory genes in human …

N Acevedo, A Lozano, J Zakzuk… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Ascaris lumbricoides cystatin (Al-CPI) prevents the development of allergic
airway inflammation and dextran-induced colitis in mice models. It has been suggested that …