Engineering macrophages for cancer immunotherapy and drug delivery

Y Xia, L Rao, H Yao, Z Wang, P Ning… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages play an important role in cancer development and metastasis.
Proinflammatory M1 macrophages can phagocytose tumor cells, while anti‐inflammatory M2 …

Type I interferon-mediated tumor immunity and its role in immunotherapy

R Yu, B Zhu, D Chen - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have achieved remarkable clinical responses
in patients with many different types of cancer; however, most patients who receive ICB …

Harnessing anti‐tumor and tumor‐tropism functions of macrophages via nanotechnology for tumor immunotherapy

Y Zheng, Y Han, Q Sun, Z Li - Exploration, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reprogramming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment by modulating
macrophages holds great promise in tumor immunotherapy. As a class of professional …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoemulsions for drug delivery

RJ Wilson, Y Li, G Yang, CX Zhao - Particuology, 2022 - Elsevier
Emulsions are liquid–liquid dispersions with one liquid phase dispersed in the other liquid
phase as small droplets. Nanoemulsions are nano-sized emulsions with sizes ranging from …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-associated macrophages in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: origin, polarization, function, and reprogramming

S Yang, Q Liu, Q Liao - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal malignancy. PDAC is only
cured by surgical resection in its early stage, but there remains a relatively high possibility of …

Nanomaterials in tumor immunotherapy: new strategies and challenges

X Zhu, S Li - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Tumor immunotherapy exerts its anti-tumor effects by stimulating and enhancing immune
responses of the body. It has become another important modality of anti-tumor therapy with …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist therapeutics and their delivery approaches: From antiviral formulations to vaccine adjuvants

S Bhagchandani, JA Johnson, DJ Irvine - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Imidazoquinoline derivatives (IMDs) and related compounds function as synthetic agonists
of Toll-like receptors 7 and 8 (TLR7/8) and one is FDA approved for topical antiviral and skin …

Nano-drug delivery system targeting tumor microenvironment: a prospective strategy for melanoma treatment

M Xu, S Li - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Melanoma, the most aggressive form of cutaneous malignancy arising from melanocytes, is
frequently characterized by metastasis. Despite considerable progress in melanoma …

Recent advances and challenges in cancer immunotherapy

C Peterson, N Denlinger, Y Yang - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immunotherapy helps a person's immune system to target tumor cells.
Recent advances in cancer immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibition …

Macrophage-targeted nanomedicine for chronic diseases immunotherapy

Y Song, Y Huang, F Zhou, J Ding, W Zhou - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Macrophage is the key innate immune effector in first-line defense against the pathogens,
and can be polarized into different phenotypes to regulate a variety of immunological …