Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

T cell-independent eradication of experimental glioma by intravenous TLR7/8-agonist-loaded nanoparticles

  • Verena Turco,
  • Kira Pfleiderer,
  • Jessica Hunger,
  • Natalie K. Horvat,
  • Kianush Karimian-Jazi,
  • Katharina Schregel,
  • Manuel Fischer,
  • Gianluca Brugnara,
  • Kristine Jähne,
  • Volker Sturm,
  • Yannik Streibel,
  • Duy Nguyen,
  • Sandro Altamura,
  • Dennis A. Agardy,
  • Shreya S. Soni,
  • Abdulrahman Alsasa,
  • Theresa Bunse,
  • Matthias Schlesner,
  • Martina U. Muckenthaler,
  • Ralph Weissleder,
  • Wolfgang Wick,
  • Sabine Heiland,
  • Philipp Vollmuth,
  • Martin Bendszus,
  • Christopher B. Rodell,
  • Michael O. Breckwoldt,
  • Michael Platten

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36321-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive, and also the most common, brain tumour type in adults. Here, the authors generate a nanoparticle encapsulating the TLR7/8 agonist, R848, which induces tumour regression in mice by reprogramming myeloid cells independently of T and NK cells.