The issue of heterogeneity of MSC-based advanced therapy medicinal products–a review

AB Česnik, U Švajger - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mesenchymal stromal stem cells (MSCs) possess a remarkable potential for numerous
clinical applications due to their unique properties including self-renewal …

Nanoparticle-based immunoengineering strategies for enhancing cancer immunotherapy

BTN Dang, TK Kwon, S Lee, JH Jeong… - Journal of Controlled …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy is a groundbreaking strategy that has revolutionized the field of
oncology compared to other therapeutic strategies, such as surgery, chemotherapy, or …

Nanodrugs targeting T cells in tumor therapy

M Haist, V Mailänder, M Bros - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In contrast to conventional anti-tumor agents, nano-carriers allow co-delivery of distinct
drugs in a cell type-specific manner. So far, many nanodrug-based immunotherapeutic …

Leveraging biomaterials for enhancing T cell immunotherapy

Z Liao, W Zhang, H Zheng, Y Wang, J Yu, H Li… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamic roles of T cells in the immune system to recognize and destroy the infected or
mutated cells render T cell therapy a prospective treatment for a variety of diseases …

Nanomaterials to improve cancer immunotherapy based on ex vivo engineered T cells and NK cells

B Han, Y Song, J Park, J Doh - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent clinical successes of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy have led the
booming of developments in cancer immunotherapy utilizing ex vivo engineered immune …

Optimizing an immunomodulatory potency assay for Mesenchymal Stromal Cell

SB Hansen, LD Højgaard, J Kastrup… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The expeditious progress of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) for therapeutic intervention
calls for means to compare differences in potency of cell products. The differences may be …

Structure and applications of PIC-based polymers and hydrogels

K Liu, J Vandaele, H Yuan, KG Blank… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2024 - cell.com
Over the last decade, water-soluble polyisocyanopeptides (PICs) have emerged as a new
class of biomimetic polymers. Analogous to biopolymers, PICs exhibit a semi-flexible nature; …

Targeting intracellular and extracellular receptors with nano-to-macroscale biomaterials to activate immune cells

B Wang, H Cui, F Kiessling, T Lammers… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Activation of immune cells is an essential process in innate and adaptive immunity. A high
number of immune cell activation pathways have been discovered, which are stimulated via …

Biomaterials to enhance adoptive cell therapy

N Eckman, A Nejatfard, R Cavet… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) harnesses the capabilities of immune cells to fight complex
diseases such as cancer. Treatment with adoptive transfer of engineered cells has led to …

Elastic microstructures: combining biochemical, mechanical, and topographical cues for the effective activation and proliferation of cytotoxic T cells

A Pandey, M Iraqi, E Toledo… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ex vivo activation and proliferation of cytotoxic T cells are critical steps in adoptive
immunotherapy. Today, T cells are activated by stimulation with antibody-coated magnetic …