Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Immunotherapy with engineered bacteria by targeting the STING pathway for anti-tumor immunity

  • Daniel S. Leventhal,
  • Anna Sokolovska,
  • Ning Li,
  • Christopher Plescia,
  • Starsha A. Kolodziej,
  • Carey W. Gallant,
  • Rudy Christmas,
  • Jian-Rong Gao,
  • Michael J. James,
  • Andres Abin-Fuentes,
  • Munira Momin,
  • Christopher Bergeron,
  • Adam Fisher,
  • Paul F. Miller,
  • Kip A. West,
  • Jose M. Lora

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16602-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Synthetic biology can be used to create rationally designed living therapeutics. Here the authors engineer E. coli Nissle to target STING activation in antigen presenting cells for the treatment of solid tumors and demonstrate preclinical activity in murine models.