Plant viruses as adjuvants for next-generation vaccines and immunotherapy

N Nikitin, Y Vasiliev, A Kovalenko, E Ryabchevskaya… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vaccines are the cornerstone of infectious disease control and prevention. The outbreak of
SARS-CoV-2 has confirmed the urgent need for a new approach to the design of novel …

Multifunctional plant virus nanoparticles for targeting breast cancer tumors

M Shahgolzari, H Dianat-Moghadam, A Yavari… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer treatment using plant-virus-based nanoparticles (PVNPs) has achieved
considerable success in preclinical studies. PVNP-based breast cancer therapies include …

[HTML][HTML] In situ vaccination with cowpea mosaic virus elicits systemic antitumor immunity and potentiates immune checkpoint blockade

C Mao, V Beiss, GW Ho, J Fields… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In situ vaccination (ISV) is a cancer immunotherapy strategy in which
immunostimulatory reagents are introduced directly into a tumor to stimulate antitumor …

In vivo fate of cowpea mosaic virus in situ vaccine: biodistribution and clearance

JF Affonso de Oliveira, SK Chan, AO Omole… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) is a nucleoprotein nanoparticle that functions as a highly
potent immunomodulator when administered intratumorally and is used as an in situ …

Plant Virus Nanoparticles Combat Cancer

M Shahgolzari, S Venkataraman, A Osano, PA Akpa… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant virus nanoparticles (PVNPs) have garnered considerable interest as a promising
nanotechnology approach to combat cancer. Owing to their biocompatibility, stability, and …

Inactivated cowpea mosaic virus for in situ vaccination: differential efficacy of formalin vs UV-inactivated formulations

E Jung, C Mao, M Bhatia, EC Koellhoffer… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) has been developed as a promising nanoplatform technology
for cancer immunotherapy; when applied as in situ vaccine, CPMV exhibits potent, systemic …

Injectable hydrogel containing cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles prevents colon cancer growth

CI Nkanga, NF Steinmetz - ACS biomaterials science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite advances in laparoscopic surgery combined with neoadjuvant and adjuvant
therapy, colon cancer management remains challenging in oncology. Recurrence of …

Synergistic combination therapy using cowpea mosaic virus intratumoral immunotherapy and Lag-3 checkpoint blockade

S Karan, E Jung, C Boone, NF Steinmetz - Cancer Immunology …, 2024 - Springer
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) for cancer can yield dramatic clinical responses; however,
these may only be observed in a minority of patients. These responses can be further limited …

Molecular Circuits of Immune Sensing and Response to Oncolytic Virotherapy

DK Bhatt, T Daemen - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Oncolytic virotherapy is a promising immunotherapy approach for cancer treatment that
utilizes viruses to preferentially infect and eliminate cancer cells while stimulating the …

Plant Viral Vectors: Important Tools for Biologics Production

A Kulshreshtha, KK Mandadi - Applications of Plant Molecular Farming, 2024 - Springer
Plants have enormous potential for producing a wide range of biologics and therapeutics.
Compared to bacterial and mammalian systems, production in plants is faster, inexpensive …