Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Intratumoral immunotherapy using platelet-cloaked nanoparticles enhances antitumor immunity in solid tumors

  • Baharak Bahmani,
  • Hua Gong,
  • Brian T. Luk,
  • Kristofer J. Haushalter,
  • Ethel DeTeresa,
  • Mark Previti,
  • Jiarong Zhou,
  • Weiwei Gao,
  • Jack D. Bui,
  • Liangfang Zhang,
  • Ronnie H. Fang,
  • Jie Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22311-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The immunostimulatory properties of TLR7/8 agonists, such as resiquimod, have been exploited for cancer immunotherapy. Here, the authors design platelet membrane-cloaked nanoparticles for selective intratumoral delivery of resiquimod, resulting in potent anti-tumor immune response in a range of preclinical solid tumors.