Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

An amphiphilic dendrimer as a light-activable immunological adjuvant for in situ cancer vaccination

  • Yongchao Wang,
  • Ningqiang Gong,
  • Chi Ma,
  • Yuxuan Zhang,
  • Hong Tan,
  • Guangchao Qing,
  • Jimei Zhang,
  • Yufei Wang,
  • Jinjin Wang,
  • Shizhu Chen,
  • Xianlei Li,
  • Qiankun Ni,
  • Yuan Yuan,
  • Yaling Gan,
  • Junge Chen,
  • Fangzhou Li,
  • Jinchao Zhang,
  • Caiwen Ou,
  • Yongxiang Zhao,
  • Xiaoxuan Liu,
  • Xing-Jie Liang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25197-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Immunological adjuvants are a crucial component of cancer vaccines. Here the authors design a light-activable immunological adjuvant, based on hypoxia-responsive amphiphilic dendrimer nanoparticles loaded with a photodynamic agent, promoting anti-tumor immune responses in preclinical cancer models.