Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Yeast-derived nanoparticles remodel the immunosuppressive microenvironment in tumor and tumor-draining lymph nodes to suppress tumor growth

  • Jialu Xu,
  • Qingle Ma,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Ziying Fei,
  • Yifei Sun,
  • Qin Fan,
  • Bo Liu,
  • Jinyu Bai,
  • Yue Yu,
  • Jianhong Chu,
  • Jingrun Chen,
  • Chao Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27750-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Components of the yeast cell wall, including but not limited to β-glucan, have been reported to act as danger signals and promote immune responses. Here the authors report the design and anti-tumor immune responses elicited by yeast cell wall-based nanoparticles in preclinical cancer models.