Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Syringeable immunotherapeutic nanogel reshapes tumor microenvironment and prevents tumor metastasis and recurrence

  • Chanyoung Song,
  • Hathaichanok Phuengkham,
  • Young Seob Kim,
  • Van Vuong Dinh,
  • Inho Lee,
  • Il Woo Shin,
  • Hong Sik Shin,
  • Seung Mo Jin,
  • Soong Ho Um,
  • Hyunseung Lee,
  • Kwan Soo Hong,
  • Seon-Mi Jin,
  • Eunji Lee,
  • Tae Heung Kang,
  • Yeong-Min Park,
  • Yong Taik Lim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11730-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The limited efficacy of current immunotherapy suggests low antigen-specific T cells and immunosuppressive factors in tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, the authors develop a syringeable immunomodulatory multi-domain nanogel that can reprogram the TME and induce enhanced cancer immunotherapy.