Polymer Micropatches as B-Cell Engagers

S Prakash, N Kumbhojkar, AP Gottlieb… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
B cells, despite their several unique functionalities, remain largely untapped for use as an
adoptive cell therapy and are limited to in vitro use for antibody production. B cells can be …

Semiflexible immunobrushes induce enhanced T cell activation and expansion

R Hammink, J Weiden, D Voerman… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A variety of bioactive materials developed to expand T cells for adoptive transfer into cancer
patients are currently evaluated in the clinic. In most cases, T cell activating biomolecules …

Surface‐Functionalized Microgels as Artificial Antigen‐Presenting Cells to Regulate Expansion of T Cells

J Lou, C Meyer, EB Vitner, K Adu‐Berchie… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial antigen‐presenting cells (aAPCs) are currently used to manufacture T cells for
adoptive therapy in cancer treatment, but a readily tunable and modular system can enable …

Biomimetic dendritic polymeric microspheres induce enhanced T cell activation and expansion for adoptive tumor immunotherapy

H Yang, L Sun, R Chen, Z Xiong, W Yu, Z Liu, H Chen - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
A variety of bioactive materials are currently developed to expand T cells ex vivo for adoptive
T cell immunotherapy, also known as called artificial antigen-presenting cells (aAPCs) …

Semi‐Flexible Immunobrushes Facilitate Effective and Selective Expansion of Antigen‐Specific T Cells

L Gerrits, L Weiss, EM Grad, M Schluck… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) has achieved remarkable results in the treatment of cancer.
Tumor‐antigen specific T cells are the main players in the clearance of cancerous cells, but …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cell-mimicking scaffolds for ex vivo T cell expansion

HS Kim, TC Ho, MJ Willner, MW Becker, HW Kim… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose an ex vivo T cell expansion system that mimics natural antigen-presenting cells
(APCs) for adoptive cell therapy (ACT). Microfiber scaffolds coated with dendritic cell (DC) …

Anticancer Vaccination with Immunogenic Micelles That Capture and Release Pristine CD8+ T-Cell Epitopes and Adjuvants

H Ren, J Li, G Liu, Y Sun, X Yang, Z Jiang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of nanocarriers capable of codelivering antigens and immune-activating
adjuvants is an emerging area of research and is relevant for cancer vaccines that target …

Improving T cell expansion with a soft touch

LH Lambert, GKE Goebrecht, SE De Leo… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Protein-coated microbeads provide a consistent approach for activating and expanding
populations of T cells for immunotherapy but do not fully capture the properties of antigen …

Conjugating micropatches to living cells through membrane intercalation

Y Miao, H Liu, W Cheng, Y Liu, S Kim… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Existing clinical cell therapies, which rely on the use of biological functionalities of living
cells, can be further enhanced by conjugating functional particles to the cells to form cell …

Microparticle surface modifications targeting dendritic cells for non-activating applications

JS Lewis, TD Zaveri, CP Crooks II, BG Keselowsky - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Microparticulate systems for delivery of therapeutics to DCs for immunotherapy have gained
attention recently. However, reports addressing the optimization of DC-targeting …