Targeting tumor-associated macrophages for cancer treatment

M Li, L He, J Zhu, P Zhang, S Liang - Cell & bioscience, 2022 - Springer
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are abundant, nearly accounting for 30–50% of
stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment. TAMs exhibit an immunosuppressive M2-like …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in long-acting drug delivery systems for anticancer drug

C Pacheco, A Baiao, T Ding, W Cui… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of systemic anticancer chemotherapy is intrinsically limited by its toxicity. Whether
dealing with small molecules or biopharmaceuticals, after systemic administration, small …

Intracavity generation of glioma stem cell–specific CAR macrophages primes locoregional immunity for postoperative glioblastoma therapy

C Chen, W Jing, Y Chen, G Wang, M Abdalla… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains incurable despite aggressive implementation of
multimodal treatments after surgical debulking. Almost all patients with GBM relapse within a …

Single-dose injectable nanovaccine-in-hydrogel for robust immunotherapy of large tumors with abscopal effect

F Cheng, T Su, S Zhou, X Liu, S Yang, S Lin, W Guo… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Current cancer immunotherapy [eg, immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)] only benefits small
subsets of patients, largely due to immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). In …

Chemically engineering cells for precision medicine

Y Wang, Z Li, F Mo, TJ Chen-Mayfield, A Saini… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cell-based therapy holds great potential to address unmet medical needs and revolutionize
the healthcare industry, as demonstrated by several therapeutics such as CAR-T cell …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer nanomedicine in preoperative therapeutics: Nanotechnology-enabled neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and phototherapy

X Qu, D Zhou, J Lu, D Qin, J Zhou, HJ Liu - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Surgical resection remains a mainstay in the treatment of malignant solid tumors. However,
the use of neoadjuvant treatments, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, phototherapy …

Nanomedicine embraces cancer radio-immunotherapy: mechanism, design, recent advances, and clinical translation

H Li, Q Luo, H Zhang, X Ma, Z Gu, Q Gong… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer radio-immunotherapy, integrating external/internal radiation therapy with immuno-
oncology treatments, emerges in the current management of cancer. A growing number of …

Enhancing in situ cancer vaccines using delivery technologies

N Gong, MG Alameh, R El-Mayta, L Xue… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
In situ cancer vaccination refers to any approach that exploits tumour antigens available at a
tumour site to induce tumour-specific adaptive immune responses. These approaches hold …

A general biomineralization strategy to synthesize autologous cancer vaccines with cGAS-STING activating capacity for postsurgical immunotherapy

Q Li, Z Dong, Z Cao, H Lei, C Wang, Y Hao, L Feng… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Autologous cancer vaccines constructed by nonproliferative whole tumor cells or tumor
lysates together with appropriate adjuvants represent a promising strategy to suppress …

Extracellular matrix viscosity reprogramming by in situ Au bioreactor-boosted microwavegenetics disables tumor escape in CAR-T immunotherapy

D Wang, M Zhang, G Qiu, C Rong, X Zhu, G Qin… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Incomplete microwave ablation (iMWA) caused by uncontrollable heat diffusion enhances
the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITM), consequently disabling the …