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Improving cancer immunotherapy through nanotechnology

Goldberg, Michael S.·2019·Nature reviews. Cancer

Abstract

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to pioneers in the field of cancer immunotherapy, as the utility of leveraging a patient's coordinated and adaptive immune system to fight the patient's unique tumour has now been validated robustly in the clinic. Still, the proportion of patients who respond to immunotherapy remains modest (~15% objective response rate across indications), as tumours have multiple means of immune evasion. The immune system is spatiotemporally controlled, so therapies that influence the immune system should be spatiotemporally controlled as well, in order to maximize the therapeutic index. Nanoparticles and biomaterials enable one to program the location, pharmacokinetics and co-delivery of immunomodulatory compounds, eliciting responses that cannot be achieved upon administration of such compounds in solution. The convergence of cancer immunotherapy, nanotechnology, bioengineering and drug delivery is opportune, as each of these fields has matured independently to the point that it can now be used to complement the others substantively and rationally, rather than modestly and empirically. As a result, unmet needs increasingly can be addressed with deductive intention. This Review explores how nanotechnology and related approaches are being applied to augmenting both endogenous leukocytes and adoptively transferred ones by informing specificity, influencing localization and improving function.

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Authors
Goldberg, M. S.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
Goldberg, Michael S.
Venue
Nature reviews. Cancer
Published
2019-09-06
Volume
19
Issue
10
Pages
587-602
ISSN
  • 1474-175X (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1768
OpenAlex
W2972159813
Cited by
628
References
142
Citations by year
2026: 44 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 98 · 2022: 114 · 2021: 122 · 2020: 92 · 2019: 10
FWCI
8.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
cancer immunotherapy, nanotechnology, nanoparticles, biomaterials, drug delivery, immune evasion, spatiotemporal control, pharmacokinetics, co-delivery, adoptive immunotherapy, tumor targeting, nanomedicine
MeSH terms
Animals, Biocompatible Materials, Humans, Immune System, Immunologic Factors, Immunotherapy, Leukocytes, Neoplasms, Nucleic Acids, T-Lymphocytes, Drug Delivery Systems, Adoptive Transfer, Nanomedicine, Nanoparticles

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