Pharmaceutics (Jun 2023)

Biomimetic Cell-Derived Nanoparticles: Emerging Platforms for Cancer Immunotherapy

  • Tingting Hu,
  • Yuezhou Huang,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Chao Shen,
  • Fengbo Wu,
  • Zhiyao He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15071821
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 7
p. 1821

Abstract

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Cancer immunotherapy can significantly prevent tumor growth and metastasis by activating the autoimmune system without destroying normal cells. Although cancer immunotherapy has made some achievements in clinical cancer treatment, it is still restricted by systemic immunotoxicity, immune cell dysfunction, cancer heterogeneity, and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITME). Biomimetic cell-derived nanoparticles are attracting considerable interest due to their better biocompatibility and lower immunogenicity. Moreover, biomimetic cell-derived nanoparticles can achieve different preferred biological effects due to their inherent abundant source cell-relevant functions. This review summarizes the latest developments in biomimetic cell-derived nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy, discusses the applications of each biomimetic system in cancer immunotherapy, and analyzes the challenges for clinical transformation.

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