Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Targeted scavenging of extracellular ROS relieves suppressive immunogenic cell death

  • Hongzhang Deng,
  • Weijing Yang,
  • Zijian Zhou,
  • Rui Tian,
  • Lisen Lin,
  • Ying Ma,
  • Jibin Song,
  • Xiaoyuan Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18745-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Reactive oxygen species in the tumour microenvironment can have an immunosuppressive effect. Here, the authors devise a nanoparticle that anchors to the extracellular matrix within tumours and scavenges reactive oxygen species, resulting in an enhanced immune response within the tumour.