Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

A nanounit strategy reverses immune suppression of exosomal PD-L1 and is associated with enhanced ferroptosis

  • Guohao Wang,
  • Lisi Xie,
  • Bei Li,
  • Wei Sang,
  • Jie Yan,
  • Jie Li,
  • Hao Tian,
  • Wenxi Li,
  • Zhan Zhang,
  • Ye Tian,
  • Yunlu Dai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25990-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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PD-L1 is frequently expressed on the surface of cancer cells and can be excreted from cancer cells in exosomes. Here, the authors generate a nanotherapy that combines an inhibitor of exosome production and an inducer of ferroptosis, enhancing the response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy.