Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

Microneedles for painless transdermal immunotherapeutic applications

H Amani, MA Shahbazi, C D'Amico, F Fontana… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has recently garnered plenty of attention to improve the clinical outcomes in
the treatment of various diseases. However, owing to the dynamic nature of the immune …

The cGAS-STING pathway: a promising immunotherapy target

L Ou, A Zhang, Y Cheng, Y Chen - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With the continuous development of immunotherapy, researchers have paid more attention
to the specific immune regulatory mechanisms of various immune responses in different …

Polymeric microneedles for controlled transdermal drug delivery

P Singh, A Carrier, Y Chen, S Lin, J Wang, S Cui… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymeric microneedle (MN) systems are interesting transdermal drug delivery systems
because of their controlled drug delivery, tunable properties, and ease of patient self …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming challenges in the delivery of STING agonists for cancer immunotherapy: a comprehensive review of strategies and future perspectives

C Huang, N Shao, Y Huang, J Chen, D Wang, G Hu… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) agonists have emerged as promising agents
in the field of cancer immunotherapy, owing to their excellent capacity to activate the innate …

Transdermal delivery for gene therapy

P Singh, I Muhammad, NE Nelson, KTM Tran… - Drug delivery and …, 2022 - Springer
Gene therapy is a critical constituent of treatment approaches for genetic diseases and has
gained tremendous attention. Treating and preventing diseases at the genetic level using …

[HTML][HTML] Microneedle array patches for allergen-specific immunotherapy

JL Paris, LK Vora, MJ Torres, C Mayorga… - Drug Discovery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Allergen immunotherapy is the only approach for inducing long-term immune
tolerance toward allergens.•Skin-based allergen therapy shows promise, given the …

Microneedles coated with peanut allergen enable desensitization of peanut sensitized mice

AK Shakya, RSJ Ingrole, G Joshi, MJ Uddin… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence of peanut allergies has escalated over the last 20 years, yet there are no
FDA approved treatments for peanut allergies. In this study we evaluated the potential of …

Delivery of gold nanoparticle-conjugated M2e influenza vaccine in mice using coated microneedles

LD Nesovic, CJ Roach, G Joshi, HS Gill - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As a prospective influenza vaccination platform, a microneedle patch offers advantages
such as self-administration and reduction of needle-phobia-associated vaccination …

The promise and challenges of cyclic dinucleotides as molecular adjuvants for vaccine development

H Yan, W Chen - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs), originally discovered as bacterial second messengers, play
critical roles in bacterial signal transduction, cellular processes, biofilm formation, and …