Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Q Mei, B Zhao, Q Chu, Z Dai, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of various types of cancers.
However, most of these immunomodulatory strategies focus on harnessing adaptive …

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 …

Photoactivatable nanoagonists chemically programmed for pharmacokinetic tuning and in situ cancer vaccination

J Wan, L Ren, X Li, S He, Y Fu, P Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Immunotherapy holds great promise for the treatment of aggressive and metastatic cancers;
however, currently available immunotherapeutics, such as immune checkpoint blockade …

Carboxymethylated alginate-resiquimod micelles reverse the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and synergistically enhance the chemotherapy and …

J Chen, X Liu, S Zhao, H Chen, T Lu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the intrinsic weak immunogenicity of tumor cells and the quantitatively and
functionally different populations of immune cells, immunosuppression has become the …

Unraveling the complexity of STAT3 in cancer: molecular understanding and drug discovery

Y Hu, Z Dong, K Liu - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2024 - Springer
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcriptional factor involved
in almost all cancer hallmark features including tumor proliferation, metastasis …

The STAT family: Key transcription factors mediating crosstalk between cancer stem cells and tumor immune microenvironment

M Zhu, S Li, X Cao, K Rashid, T Liu - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins compose a family of
transcription factors critical for cancer stem cells (CSCs), and they are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the STAT3 oncogenic pathway: Cancer immunotherapy and drug repurposing

Y Dong, J Chen, Y Chen, S Liu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Immune effector cells in the microenvironment tend to be depleted or remodeled, unable to
perform normal functions, and even promote the malignant characterization of tumors …

Emerging role of RNA sensors in tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy

R Yang, S Yu, T Xu, J Zhang, S Wu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
RNA sensors detect foreign and endogenous RNAs to protect the host by initiating innate
and adaptive immune response. In tumor microenvironment (TME), activation of RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging peptide-based nanovaccines: from design synthesis to defense against cancer and infection

F Xu, Y Yuan, Y Wang, Q Yin - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Peptide-based vaccines, which form one of the most potent vaccine platforms, offer
exclusive advantages over classical vaccines that use whole organisms or proteins …

Nanoparticle-mediated delivery of STAT3 inhibitors in the treatment of lung cancer

Q Feng, K Xiao - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is a common malignancy worldwide, with high morbidity and mortality. Signal
transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an important transcription factor that …