Hanqing Yu1
Siyu Chen
Yulin Yue- 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- 2School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
Currently, tumor treatment research still focuses on the cancer cells themselves, but the fact that the immune system plays an important role in inhibiting tumor development cannot be ignored. The activation of the immune system depends on the difference between self and non-self. Unfortunately, cancer is characterized by genetic changes in the host cells that lead to uncontrolled cell proliferation and evade immune surveillance. Cancer immunotherapy aims to coordinate a patient’s immune system to target, fight, and destroy cancer cells without destroying the normal cells. Nevertheless, antitumor immunity driven by the autoimmune system alone may be inadequate for treatment. The development of drug delivery systems (DDS) based on nanoparticles can not only promote immunotherapy but also improve the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (ITM), which provides promising strategies for cancer treatment. However, conventional nano drug delivery systems (NDDS) are subject to several limitations in clinical transformation, such as immunogenicity and the potential toxicity risks of the carrier materials, premature drug leakage at off-target sites during circulation and drug load content. In order to address these limitations, this paper reviews the trends and progress of biomimetic NDDS and discusses the applications of each biomimetic system in tumor immunotherapy. Furthermore, we review the various combination immunotherapies based on biomimetic NDDS and key considerations for clinical transformation.
1 Introduction
Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide and the second leading cause of death in the world (Castle et al., 2021; Soerjomataram and Bray, 2021; Xi and Xu, 2021). An estimated 4 million newly diagnosed cancer cases and 3 million cancer deaths occurred in China in 2020 (Soerjomataram and Bray, 2021; Xia et al., 2022). Cancer is being treated with conventional therapies, including surgery, chemotherapy, and localized radiation therapy (Chhatre et al., 2021; Najafi et al., 2021; Wang and Tepper, 2021). However, cancer metastasis and recurrence lead to treatment failure (Ganesh and Massague, 2021). Cancer is a systemic disease, and long-term inflammation is a hallmark of cancer (Haskins et al., 2020; Markus et al., 2021). Whether this inflammation triggers or supports tumor growth depends on the immune environment (Ganesh and Massague, 2021).
The advent of immunotherapy has changed the paradigm of cancer treatment (Rey-Cardenas et al., 2021). Immunotherapy mainly improves the antitumor immune response and produces fewer off-target effects than chemotherapy and other drugs that directly kill the cancer cells (Zeng and Pu, 2020a; Esfahani et al., 2020; Duan and Luo, 2021). In immunotherapy, drugs are used directly to activate or promote the activation of the immune system to attack the cancer cells through natural mechanisms (Riley et al., 2019; Mortezaee and Najafi, 2021). Immune cells are involved in or associated with the immune response, and mainly include lymphocytes, mononuclear macrophages, dendritic cells, granulocytes, hematopoietic stem cells, etc., (Conceicao-Silva et al., 2021). Depending on their functional, immune cells are characterized as antigen-specific lymphocytes, antigen-presenting cells and other cells involved in the immune response (Shao et al., 2018). Antigen-specific lymphocytes, including T and B lymphocytes, play a central role in the immune response (Chen and Shen, 2020). The main function of T cells is to mediate adaptive cellular immunity, and they differentiate into effector Th1 cells and effector T cells. At the meanwhile, T cells facilitate the auxiliary adaptive humoral immunity, differentiating into the helper T cell 2 and helper B cell. Furthermore, the helper B cell will further activate, proliferate, differentiate to produce the antibody (Nandi et al., 2020). In addition, antigen-presenting cells include mononuclear macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer cells, and granulocytes. Mononuclear macrophages are mainly responsible for phagocytosis, while releasing lysosomal enzymes, TNF-α and other factors to kill tumor cells and virus-infected cells (Peng and Fadeel, 2022). In addition to antigen presentation, dendritic cells also have the function of inducing T cell differentiation, establishing self-tolerance, regulating immunity and maintaining immune memory. Natural killer cells could counteract the infection, while possess antitumor effects by directly contacting with tumor cells or by binding specific IgG of tumor cells based on the antibody-dependent and cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) effects (Gauthier et al., 2021). Therefore, immunotherapy is considered a promising strategy for treating or curing certain types of cancer. In addition, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy (CAR-T therapy) has been shown to be effective in leukemia patients (Feins et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2020a). For example, in 2010, sipuleucel-T was approved for the treatment of prostate cancer (Cheever and Higano, 2011). In 2011, the checkpoint inhibitor ipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4), was approved for use with in advanced melanoma (Mullard, 2013). In addition, modulation of the immune system in existing patients by immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as anti-CTLA4, anti-PD-1, and anti-PDL-1 and CAR-T therapy have been developed and approved for clinical use (Yue et al., 2019; Waldman et al., 2020). These immunotherapies fall into several categories including checkpoint inhibitors, lymphocyte-activating cytokines, CAR-T cells, and other cell therapies (Riley et al., 2019). However, the clinical efficacy of immunotherapy for solid tumors is not satisfactory. The main reason is the difficulties in cell therapy of solid tumors, such as the heterogeneity of different solid tumor types, the lack of unique tumor-associated antigens as CAR-T targets, the inability of T cells to effectively localize to tumor sites, the insufficient persistence of CAR-T cells, and the complicated microenvironment in tumors that have inhibitory effects on immunity (Leko and Rosenberg, 2020; Morotti et al., 2021).
In addition, most cellular immunotherapies have been used primarily in patients with advanced cancer; so, response rates for the less advanced disease have yet to be fully determined (Sangro et al., 2021). However, existing cancer immunotherapies are inadequate because cancer antigens are not usually efficiently delivered to immune cells (Liang et al., 2021). Unlike lymphoma, solid tumors evade anticancer immunity by forming an tumor microenvironment (TME) (Park et al., 2018; Giraldo et al., 2019; Montironi et al., 2021). An established tumor is a complex tissue composed of not only tumor cells, but also stromal cells, inflammatory cells, vasculature, and extracellular matrix (ECM), all of which collectively are defined as TME (Foray et al., 2020). TME is where immune suppression and immune enhancement meet, but usually immune suppression dominates. Successful tumor control by immunotherapy requires activation of the immune system, expansion of effector cells, infiltration of activated effector cells into tumor tissue, and destruction of tumor cells (Wei et al., 2020). However, TME often hinders the sensitization of effector lymphocytes, reduces their infiltrating ability, and inhibits infiltrating effector cells, thus leading to the impairment of the antitumor effect of the body. Therefore, the further development of more extensive and effective immunotherapy strategies requires a deeper understanding of the immune relationship between tumors and their hosts (Sharma and Allison, 2015; Daver et al., 2021). There are several strategies that enable tumor cells to evade an immune response, and it is encouraging that some of these strategies have been successfully targeted to produce a durable antitumor immune response. First, cancer antigens must be efficiently transmitted to immune cells, especially antigen-presenting cells (APCs) (Liu et al., 2021a; Su et al., 2022). Second, inhibitory signaling pathways (called immune “checkpoints”) (Alemohammad et al., 2022) that limit the activation of immune cells can be suppressed, and this approach has been shown to induce the regression of melanoma and other types of cancer (Naimi et al., 2022). Finally, immunogenic cell death (ICD) inducers that initiate antitumor immune responses have shown great potential to reverse the ITM into immunoreactive tumors (Kepp et al., 2011; Jiang et al., 2021a). However, a key challenge in cancer immunotherapy remains the controllable regulation of the immune system, as these treatments suffer from severe adverse effects, including autoimmunity and nonspecific inflammation (Kolb et al., 2018; Phuengkham et al., 2019; Li et al., 2021a). Understanding how to improve the response efficiency of various immunotherapies is key to improving efficacy and managing these adverse effects. Currently, NDDS have demonstrated benefits in cancer treatment and management through good pharmacokinetics, precise targeting, and reduced side effects and drug resistance (Kumar et al., 2021; Xie et al., 2021).
To address the limitations of current cancer treatments, this article reviews cancer immunotherapy strategies based on biomimetic nanodrug delivery systems (BNDDS), ranging from antigen/adjuvant delivery vehicles to compounds and their combinations targeting tumor antigen-specific T lymphocytes. In recent years, BNDDS have attracted great attention due to their potential applications in drug delivery Figure 1. Bionics refers to the extraction, isolation and purification of endogenous substances directly from humans, animals or microorganisms, or the synthesis of products similarly with structure and function to endogenous substances. The ultimate goal of these strategies is to reproduce the natural action pathways of biological structures in living organisms (Li et al., 2021b). These DDS can effectively improve the efficacy of immunotherapy and reduce toxic and side effects. In addition, we also discuss these advances, as well as the opportunities and challenges of integrating drug delivery technologies into cancer immunotherapy, and critically analyze the prospects of these emerging fields. Although bionic nanomedicine delivery technology has shown promising results in the field of immunization, the technology is still in its infancy. So far, these nanoscale therapies are still in the laboratory (Liu et al., 2021b). Based on the above-mentioned biomimetic materials from different sources, we summarize several key technical challenges in the preparation of these biomimetic nanomedicine delivery. First, membrane modification technology is not mature. The complexity and low reproducibility of the preparation process limit the scale of the preparation (Zhang et al., 2021a). Second, although a variety of modification strategies have been developed, reaction parameters, such as the conditions of preparation and the intrinsic environment, vary in different batches of experiments, lacking a necessary criterion. When modifying cell membranes, we must recognize that they are part of living entities (Zaman et al., 2021). In functionalization, appropriate reaction conditions should be controlled to avoid damaging cell activity. However, there is no judgment basis to select these conditions to improve the modification efficiency. Third, despite of the evaluation of membrane potential, the judging method to confirm the successful membrane modification is very limited (Caglar et al., 2019). In addition, Forth, particle size detection and morphology observation of the small modified molecules are difficult to be distinguished. Western blot analysis can only distinguish between the composition of modified and original membranes. Fifth, it is whether the activity of cell membrane is difficult to assess after modification (Wang et al., 2022a). Although gold nanoparticle antibody labeling can identify the direction of membrane coating, the process is complicated. It is of great urgent to design a new approach to visualize the membrane modification process (Akcapinar et al., 2021). Finally, the stability of the membrane is difficult to ensure in this engineering process. Predictably, the modification process interferes with surface activity and blocks membrane proteins. During prolonged reaction and preservation, viral and pyrogen contaminations are unavoidable, and membrane proteins often become denatured by the underlying immune response. As shown in Table 1, we summarize several typical classes of immunotherapies based on BNDDS.
FIGURE 1. Biomimetic nanoparticles for tumor immunotherapy.
TABLE 1. Summary of cell membrane-based biomimetic nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy.
2 Mechanisms of cancer immunotherapy
A tumor is still considered as one of the most common and serious diseases, which directly damages human health (Wu et al., 2019; Britt et al., 2020). Compared with traditional chemotherapy (Ihrig et al., 2020), immunotherapy (Hegde and Chen, 2020) may induce a stronger sustained antitumor immune response in patients with advanced malignant tumors (Yu et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2020b). Cancer immunotherapy is considered a treatment that aims to restore the immune system’s ability to recognize and reject cancer by removing tumor cells through the cancer–immune cycle (Carlberg and Velleuer, 2022; Finck et al., 2022; Lang et al., 2022; Tian et al., 2022). When cancer cells die through apoptosis or necrosis, tumor cell surface antigens are captured by APCs (eg, dendritic cells) (Zhang et al., 2022a; Zhang et al., 2022b). These dendritic cells, which carry cancer antigens, will migrate to the lymph nodes and provide the basis for stimulating T cell activation (Garris and Luke, 2020; Zhivaki et al., 2020; Kwiecien et al., 2021). These activated tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes will then infiltrate the tumor site and recognize tumor cells by interacting with T cell receptors (Cordell et al., 2022; De Sanctis et al., 2022). Ultimately, effector T cells kill cancer cells by inducing apoptosis, thereby releasing additional cancer antigens to further enhance the immune response (Liu and Sun, 2021). Currently, cancer immunotherapy techniques targeting different strategies have been developed, involving cancer vaccines (Guo et al., 2019), immune checkpoint block (ICB) (Tang et al., 2021), adoptive cell transfer (ACT) (Zhang et al., 2019), MAbs therapy (Francis et al., 2020), and cytokine therapy (Momin et al., 2019).
Cancer vaccines can be divided into cells, viral vectors, or molecules (peptides, DNA, or RNA) (Maiorano et al., 2021). Cellular vaccines are developed using autologous patient-derived tumor cells or cells derived from allogeneic tumor cell lines (Tomasicchio et al., 2019). Common cellular vaccines are divided into whole cell vaccines and dendritic cell vaccines (Wang et al., 2020a). A DNA or RNA vaccine is a gene that can be transfected and expressed in APC using genes encoding tumor antigens (Jahanafrooz et al., 2020). Physiologically, these antigens are further processed and presented to initiate a strong and viable antitumor immune response. The most important aspects of DNA vaccination are the selection or design of effective plasmid vectors and effective delivery systems and monitoring of the immune response after vaccination (Hobernik and Bros, 2018; Eusebio et al., 2021).
Immune checkpoint therapy is a cluster of therapies that modulate the activity of T cells to improve the immune response against tumors (Fritz and Lenardo, 2019). Currently, inhibition of immune checkpoint blocking signals to regulate T cell activity and enhance its anti-tumor effect is a hot topic in oncology therapy. For example, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4), PD-1, and PD-L1 are used ligand antagonists and other drugs interfere with immune checkpoints, which can directly stimulate the activation of cytotoxic T cells to initiate antitumor immunity and mediate sustained tumor suppression (Sadreddini et al., 2019).
Among these, CTLA-4 is highly expressed on the surface of activated T cells and binds to CD80 or CD86, inhibiting T cells from entering S phase from the G1 phase, and thus downregulating or terminating the T cell response (Gaynor et al., 2022). CTLA-4 produces a strong inhibitory signal that terminates T cell proliferation and activation of T cells. In addition, the PD-1 immunomodulatory system is likely with CTLA-4, but significant differences exist. Similarly, the CTLA-4 and PD-1 are expressed on the surface of TCR-activated T cells, but not on native and memory T cells. Unlike CTLA-4, PD-1 expression on the surface of activated T cells requires transcriptional activation, and therefore its expression is delayed by 6 h–12 h compared to CTLA-4 (Willsmore et al., 2021). However, immune checkpoint inhibitors still face challenges that need to be addressed. A major drawback of current immune checkpoint inhibitors is the lack of response to certain cancers, such as glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer, which may be attributed to their inherently low immunogenicity.
ACTs use a patient’s natural T cells, or natural killer cells, to detect and eliminate fast-growing tumors (Perrin et al., 2020). The first ACT was developed in 2002 (Dudley et al., 2002). These therapies have received a lot of attention in oncology over the past two decades. Among them, ACTs include tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, engineered TCR therapy, CAR T therapy, and natural killer cell (NK) therapy (Jiang et al., 2019; Sukari et al., 2019; Titov et al., 2021). The main treatment steps for ACTs are as follows: First, T cells from patients are collected for ACT treatment, and then the cells are genetically engineered to produce chimeric antigen receptors on their surfaces. The cells are copied for two to three weeks until enough cells are injected into the patient’s body’s bloodstream (Dudley et al., 2010; Besser et al., 2013).
MAbs, as effective antitumor tools, have significantly advanced cancer therapy because of their targeting specificity and virtually no “off-target” effects compared to most small molecule drugs (Nasiri et al., 2018; Zhao et al., 2020b; Gu et al., 2021). In recent years, immunotherapy has been widely used in the clinical treatment of tumor diseases and has shown remarkable therapeutic potential (Gurunathan et al., 2021). Although immune checkpoint blockers have been shown to be effective against many types of advanced cancer, the overall patient response rate is still less than 30% (Carlino et al., 2021; Lommerts et al., 2021). This is mainly due to the immunomodulatory interactions between tumor cells and the ITM (Ma et al., 2022), which jointly mediate the immune tolerance of a tumor and, correspondingly, affect the positive response to immunotherapy (Kyu Shim et al., 2022). Thus, there is an urgent need to improve current cancer immunotherapies.
Cytokines are secreted by various of cell types and are regulators of cell activity (Konjevic et al., 2019). Cytokines are key signaling proteins in TME and have pleiotropic properties. In terms of tumor promotion, TGF-β, IL-1β, and CXCL12 can promote the survival and proliferation of tumor cells, TNF and IL-6 can cause the disorder of cytokine regulation and promote tumor inflammation, IL-10, IL-4, and TGF-β can be expressed, TNF, IL-6, and various chemokines can also promote angiogenesis (Zhou et al., 2021). Since the mixture of cytokines present in the tumor microenvironment shapes host immunity, therapeutic manipulation of the cytokine environment constitutes a strategy for stimulating protective responses.
Interferon-α, which produces anti-tumor effects in several hematological malignancies and solid tumors (Chen et al., 2019a). In malignant melanoma, randomized clinical trials have confirmed that interferon-α reduces the risk of recurrence after surgical resection of local lymph node metastases (Khammari et al., 2020). The mechanisms underlying the anti-tumor activity of IFN-α are not fully understood, but may include direct effects on tumor cells in addition to immune stimulation. Systemic administration of other cytokines may result in modest clinical benefit. Finally, although granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and erythropoietin do not directly target tumors, they are widely used to improve the hematotoxicity of progressive cancer and cytotoxic therapies (Scharf et al., 2020). Systemic cytokine administration has achieved only modest therapeutic benefits, but the efficacy of cytokine therapy has been poorly, and many adverse reactions have resulted in intolerance in some patients, and the clinical progress on cytokine therapy has been limited.
3 Nanoparticles
With the development of nanotechnology, various nanoparticle structures have been used as carriers to deliver therapeutic drugs or imaging tags to the site of tumor growth (Chung et al., 2020; Raj et al., 2021; Ye et al., 2021). These nanomaterials can not only carry a wide range of molecular drugs but also stabilize their biological activity (Yang et al., 2019) and increase their solubility in biological fluids (Guerrini et al., 2018). Over the past decade, several nanoparticle-based compounds have been approved to deliver packaged or coupled therapeutics (Kumar et al., 2021; Wang et al., 2022b). Initially, these nano drug delivery vectors were used to prevent drug degradation and promote enrichment at the tumor site, thereby extending the half-life of the drug (Wang et al., 2021; Xia et al., 2021). The design of these first-generation nano drug delivery vectors was based on the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effects of peripheral blood vessels in tumor tissue (Jain et al., 2015; Edgar and Wang, 2017; Souri et al., 2022). In addition, the tumor is characterized by dysfunctional lymphatic drainage, which helps nanoparticles remain in the tumor long enough to allow local nanoparticles to decompose and drugs to be released near the tumor cells (Wang and Thanou, 2010; Ali et al., 2021). However, the EPR effects vary by tumor type due to differences in vascular anatomy and permeability (Fang et al., 2020). Therefore, EPR-dependent passive targeting is inefficient and often leads to unpredictable clinical outcomes, especially in the context of metastatic cancer (Jia et al., 2017). One of the major challenges in specifically targeting cancer and tumors is that defective cells are often very similar in character to the healthy tissue around them (Wang and Thanou, 2010). To differentiate these cells, researchers use chemical/physical methods in different surface modification of nanoparticle targeting ligands (Thomsen and Klok, 2021) [antibodies (Arslan et al., 2021), antibody fragments (Marques et al., 2020), proteins (Yoo et al., 2019), small molecules (Jahangirian et al., 2019), the aptamer (Fu and Xiang, 2020) and peptides (Gao et al., 2021a), etc.]. These ligands should have excessive expression of receptors on specific cancer cells but normal or minimum expression in the normal healthy cells (Wang et al., 2022c). At the same time, these ligand molecules should have a high affinity for their homologous receptors and the innate ability to induce receptor-mediated endocytosis.
In addition, the size, shape, surface charge, and material properties of nanoparticles play a key role in drug half-life and biological distribution (Huang et al., 2022; Souri et al., 2022). Among them, the size and surface properties are key to the biological fate of NPs, as these parameters prevent them from being absorbed by mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) (Liu et al., 2022a; Khan et al., 2022; Mills et al., 2022). A high curvature (resulting in a small size, < 100 nm) and/or a hydrophilic surface (as opposed to the hydrophobic surface of conventional nanoparticles) are needed to reduce opsonization reactions and subsequent clearance by macrophages (Couvreur and Vauthier, 2006; Ren et al., 2022). For example, Yu Zhang et al. reported a supramolecular assembled programmable nanodrug (PIAN) as an in situ cancer vaccine to stimulate multiple steps of the immune activation process and induce a powerful antitumor immune response (Zhang et al., 2021b). Supramolecular components produce complex structures from simple modules and are suitable for the preparation of nanostructures to meet the multifunctional requirements of cancer immunotherapy (Huang et al., 2020). In this study, the authors selected a supramolecular host–guest interaction for the one-step preparation of PIAN. This optimized PIAN led to a succession of multiple steps after being injected into the body, starting with partial enrichment of tumor tissue after intravenous injection; PIAN dissociation and release of PPCD (which mediates tumor cell killing and antigen release) and CpG/PAMAM (which mediates antigen capture and transfer to tumor-draining lymph nodes) were then promoted by high levels of reactive oxygen in the tumor microenvironment (TME), leading to antigen-presenting cell activation, antigen presentation, and a strong antitumor immune response. Meanwhile, the study also found that PIAN in combination with anti-PD-L1 antibodies had a synergistic effect on tumor growth.
3.1 Biomimetic nanoparticles for tumor immunotherapy
Biomimetic nanoparticles are nanoparticles/microparticles extracted from living organisms and composed of endogenous membrane fragments (e.g., cell membrane, extracellular vesicles) and exogenous substances (Muller et al., 2016; Niculescu and Grumezescu, 2022). Among various nanocarriers, cell membranes are mainly derived from cancer cells, neutrophils, natural killer cells, macrophages, red blood cells, and platelets (Dash et al., 2020; Oroojalian et al., 2021; Lei et al., 2022). Hybrid membranes that combine the functions of multiple cell types also fall into this category due to the functional limitations of single cell types (Chen et al., 2020). In addition to the intact membrane, cells can also secrete exosomes and microvesicles. According to previous reports, the preparation of cell membrane materials with different cell types was as follows. First, the source cells were washed three times in Hank’s Balanced salt solution. Secondly, the cells were suspended in hypotonic lysis buffer and lysed by sonication and centrifugation. Eventually, the collected precipitate is cell membrane material (Liu et al., 2021b). These biological vectors inherit structural and functional complexity from the original donor and act as natural substances to reduce unnecessary immune responses and avoid direct elimination (Pan et al., 2021).
3.2 Bionic NDDS based on biomacromolecule
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is a naturally occurring nanoparticle that is biocompatible, nonimmunogenic, and fully biodegradable (Ma et al., 2018; Iqbal et al., 2021). These endogenous particles can circulate over long periods of time and transport lipids and proteins from donor cells to recipient cells. Due to its inherent targeting properties, HDL is considered a promising DDS. Among them, apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a polymorphic protein, including ApoE4, ApoE3, and ApoE2 (Marais et al., 2021). It is noteworthy that ApoE3 is the most dominant ApoE subtype found in healthy people and is used to construct HDL nanoparticles (Chernick et al., 2020). Recently, Wang et al. designed a tumor-penetrating lipoprotein that used naturally occurring HDL as a multifunctional nanoplatform for amplifying fluorescence imaging to guide the codon activation of ICG and small interfering RNA targeted HIF-1α (siHIF) in photogene therapy (Wang et al., 2022d). They designed a multimodal permeable HDL fused to the permeable peptide tLyP-1 to simultaneously improve the encapsulation efficiency of ICG and siRNA. The photosensitizer (ICG) was encapsulated in the hydrophobic core of the nanocarrier, and the cholesterol-conjugated siRNA (Chol-siHIF) was fully embedded in the phospholipid monolayer, prevented from enzymatic degradation, enabling the nanoparticles to be used for effective optogenetic therapy. The tLyP-1 peptide contains a C-terminal rule (CendR)-like sequence that binds to the NRP-1 receptor on tumor neovascular endothelial cells (Zhu et al., 2018), facilitating drug diffusion into extravascular tumors and penetration into deep tumors. In addition, HDL nanoparticles can not only effectively cross the blood-brain barrier and carry payloads to gliomas in situ, but also modulate the TME, thereby inhibiting tumor growth (Iqbal et al., 2021). Similarly, Zhou et al. (2020) developed a biomimetic nanoparticle modified with ApoE3 for efficient vaccine delivery to DC to enhance cancer immunotherapy by leveraging enhanced antigen presentation in DC for micropinocytosis. In 2021, Li et al. (2021c) demonstrated that phospholipid nanoparticles (PL1) efficiently delivered mRNA (CD137 or OX40) to T cells in vitro and in vivo. In multiple tumor models, the combination of PL1-OX40 mRNA and anti-OX40 antibody exhibited significantly increased antitumor activity compared to the anti-OX40 antibody alone. Moreover, this treatment significantly improved the immunotherapy effect of anti-PD-1 + anti-CTLA-4 antibodies. According to mechanism studies, PL1-OX40 mRNA can induce the activation of various immune cells, including T cells and dendritic cells (DCS). This study provided a platform for delivering costimulatory receptor mRNA to immune cells to enhance antitumor immunity.
3.3 NDDS based on cancer cells
Checkpoint block-based immunotherapy has shown unprecedented efficacy in cancer treatment, but its clinical implementation is limited by the low rate of host antitumor response (Jing et al., 2015). Recent studies have found that some chemotherapeutic drug-mediated tumor eradication can activate the immune system, and this enhanced immune response may further improve treatment efficiency through a synergistic mechanism (He et al., 2016; Luo et al., 2019). Yao et al. (2022) constructed a synergistic antitumor platform (designated BMS/RA@CC liposome) using CT26 cancer cell biomimetic nanoparticles combined with chemotherapeutic agents (RAV) and PD-1/PD-L1 blocking inhibitors (BMS-202) to significantly enhance antitumor immunity Figure 2. Meanwhile, this study mainly used cyclic peptide RA-V as a chemotherapeutic drug to directly kill tumor cells (Xu et al., 2021), and BMS-202 as an anti-PD drug to induce anti-tumor immune responses (Mikhail et al., 2022), and was co-encapsulated in a pH-sensitive nanosystems. In addition, the BMS/RA@CC liposomes could selectively target CT26 cells by taking advantage of the homologous adhesion inherent in tumor cells. These experiments showed that BMS/RA@CC liposomes achieved an immune response induced by the PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, PD-L1 downregulation, and apoptosis induced by Ra-V. The system combines the film camouflage effect of tumor cells and takes advantage of chemotherapy and checkpoint blockade immunotherapy to systematically create an immunogenic TME and improve the therapeutic effect on hypoxic tumor cells.
FIGURE 2. NDDS based on tumor membrane camouflage for hypoxic tumor chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Copyright Year 2022, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (Yao et al., 2022).
3.4 Bionic NDDS based on immune cells
Immune responses depend on communication and recognition between immune cells and between immune cells and other cells (Tavasolian et al., 2021). Immune cell recognition is based on their cell surface markers (Li et al., 2019). Due to these specific surface markers, immune cell membranes have unique functions and play special roles in adjuvant drug delivery, especially in tumor cell recognition and anti-tumor immunity Figure 3. For example, Chen et al. (2021) reported a tumor-associated macrophage membrane (TAMM) derived from primary tumors with a unique antigen homing affinity and immune compatibility. NaYF4:Yb, Er@NaYF4 conjugated with Rose Bengal (NPR) @TAMM (NPR@TAMM) could enhance the biocompatibility of nanoparticles and avoid the elimination of nanoparticles from the reticuloendothelial system. In addition, TAMM has a homing effect and immune compatibility, which can specifically drive the accumulation of nanoparticles in TME and competitively inhibit the interaction between TMA and tumor cells, thereby inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis (Hou et al., 2022). These advantages make TAMM very suitable as a potential immunotherapeutic agent, and its clinical efficacy will be more prominent when used in combination with other types of treatments such as PDT. The NPR@TAMM and near-infrared (NIR) groups showed an effective inhibitory effect on the growth of untreated distant tumors, suggesting that the NPR@TAMM treatment enhanced immunotherapy by eliciting a consistent distant effect. NPR@TAMM without the NIR group had a slight remote effect because PDT did not induce ICD. Furthermore, Deng et al. (2018) found that NK cell membranes could induce tumor-specific immune responses by targeting cancer cells and inducing polarization of M1 macrophages. They extruded the extracted NK cell membrane onto polymer nanoparticles loaded with the photosensitizer 4,4′,4′′,4′′′-(porphine-5,10,15,20-tetrayl) tetrakis (benzoic acid) (TCPP). The NK cell membranes enable NK-NPs to induce proinflammatory M1-macrophage polarization in tumors, leading to cell membrane immunotherapy. Nk-NPs can induce damage-associated molecular patterns (CRT exposure, ATP secretion, and HMGB1 release) in dying tumor cells through PDT-induced ICD, thereby enhancing the effect of NK cell membrane immunotherapy. Specifically, immunogenic PDT enhances NK cell membrane immunotherapy and significantly improves the infiltration of the effector T cells (CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells) in tumors, thereby effectively inhibiting both primary and distal tumors.
FIGURE 3. NDDS based on T cell membrane camouflage for immunotherapy.
In order to overcome the limitations of current cancer treatments, Kang et al. prepared biomimetic nanoparticles using poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) NPs coated on the T membrane of the EL4 cell line (TCMNP) (Kang et al., 2020). Its advantages lie in the fact that the EL4 cell line expresses various plasma membrane proteins as stably as the primary T cells, and TCMNPs can exert antitumor functions through proteins loaded in the core of PLGA nanoparticles and anticancer drugs. Similar to cytotoxic T cells, TCMNPs primarily target tumors through T cell membrane-derived proteins, killing cancer cells by releasing anticancer molecules and inducing Fas ligand-mediated apoptosis. Differently, TCMNPs can also eliminate TGF-β1 and PD-L1 on tumor cells by removing TGF-β1 and PD-L1. The results of Kang et al. showed that TCMNPs not only had a higher therapeutic effect than immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma but also showed a good antitumor effect in lung cancer.
3.5 Bionic NDDS based on platelets
Platelets (PLT) are circulatory guards in the blood stream and have chemotactic effects on damaged vasculature and tumor tissue. Recent studies have shown that PLT membranes can be used as biomimetic coatings Figure 4, (Jiang et al., 2020; Dziendzikowska et al., 2021). Plasma membranes derived from human platelets have a variety of proteins, glycoproteins, and lipids and possess platelet-like properties, such as the ability to avoid macrophage recognition, capture of circulating tumor cells, and homing to inflammatory sites (Dziendzikowska et al., 2021). Bahmani et al. reported the development of a PLTs-membrane coated nanoparticle (PNP) specifically designed for intratumoral delivery of resiquimod (R848) to treat solid tumors (Bahmani et al., 2021). R848 acts as an agonist of TLR7 to stimulate dendritic cell activation and subsequent T cell initiation, leading to tumor-specific T cell immune response and immunity. Studies have shown that PNP loaded with R848 (PNP-R848) remains longer at the tumor site and improves cell interactions in the TME. This enables the drug to exhibit a significant biological activity when administered intratumorally, even at a low dose of R848, which would otherwise be ineffective for systemic administration. In this study, the authors found that biomimetic PLT-derived membranes can effectively increase the interaction of PNP-R848 with various cells in the TME and improve the bioavailability of R848. Therefore, this platelet-based biomimetic drug delivery system can significantly reduce the required dose of R848 while maintaining its therapeutic potential.
FIGURE 4. Magnetic nanoparticles coated with platelets for immunotherapy of iron-enriched cancer. Copyright Year 2020, Small (Jiang et al., 2020).
Meanwhile, Jiang et al. found that loading sulfasalazine (SAS) into magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4) and masking it with a platelet membrane (Fe3O4-SAS@PLT) could improve the treatment of tumors (Jiang et al., 2020). The platelet membrane coating imparts the ability of Fe3O4-SAS@PLT to evade and target tumor metastasis. Fe3O4-SAS@PLT may accumulate at the tumor site after intravenous injection. Iron Fe3O4@PLT mediated iron death induced an effective immune response that significantly promoted PD-1 blocking therapy in a mouse model of metastatic 4T1 tumors. Meanwhile, proteomic analysis was performed to elucidate the mechanism by which Fe3O4-SAS@PLT mediated iron death enhanced the antitumor immune response. This is a biomimetic magnetic nanoplatform (Fe3O4-SAS@PLT) to enhance effective iron death sensitivity and improve cancer immunotherapy. In addition, it has been found that Fe3O4-SAS@PLT could not only effectively trigger the iron death of tumor cells by inhibiting the Xc− transport pathway of the glutamate–cystine reverse transport system (Yuan et al., 2021) but could also induce an effective immune response and enhance the therapeutic effect of PD. The combination of Fe3O4-SAS@PLT-mediated iron death with immunotherapy effectively inhibited the growth of metastatic tumors compared to monotherapy. In addition, proteomic analysis showed that Fe3O4-SAS@PLT-mediated iron death could repolarize macrophages from immunosuppressive M2 phenotype to antitumor M1 phenotype. In conclusion, iron death mediated by Fe3O4-SAS@PLT can enhance systemic antitumor immunity along with the repolarization of tumor-associated macrophages, providing a new approach for clinically applicable collaborative immunotherapy of cancer. Due to the excellent biocompatibility and biosafety of Fe3O4-SAS@PLT nanoparticles, the main component in the design, this treatment approach is expected to play a role in the fight against cancer.
3.6 Bionic NDDS based on erythrocyte membrane
The erythrocyte membrane (EM) is highly biocompatible and has native functional proteins of the original cell (Gao et al., 2017). Currently, EM has been used to decorate nanoparticles to hide them for long periods of time, extending the half-life of nanoparticles in the body (Liu et al., 2021c). For example, Liang et al. (2019) prepared a bionic black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) preparation for in situ induction of apoptosis in triple negative breast cancer cells. Meanwhile, a near-infrared (NIR) laser was used to stimulate the immune system to eliminate residual and metastatic cancer cells.
EM has been investigated as a suitable drug carrier for cancer treatment due to its essential biocompatibility and non-immunogenicity (Javed et al., 2021; Srivastava et al., 2022). At the same time, proteins, polysaccharides, and other rich “self-markers” play a key role in suppressing immune attack (Qin et al., 2020). However, single EM coated nanoparticles only have a long cycle time and lack active tumor targeting ability. According to the findings, cancer cell membrane (CM)-coated nanoparticles can improve the ability to target tumor tissues through the homologous binding ability of intercellular tumor and membrane proteins (Fan et al., 2021). Therefore, EM/CM hybrid membrane-coated nanoparticles have both immune camouflage ability and tumor targeting ability. Xiong et al. (2021) designed a hybrid membrane (IEM) composed of a mouse derived ID8 ovarian cancer cell membrane (ID8-CM) and CM. Then, IEM was coated on indocyanine green (ICG)-loaded magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4-ICG@IRM) for synergistic photothermal immunotherapy of ovarian cancer. Due to the basic properties of the CD47 protein on red blood cells, these carefully synthesized nanoparticles are different from bare Fe3O4-ICG NPs or ID8-CM-coated NPs (Fe3O4-ICG@ID8-CM), can significantly prolong the cycle time, and because cancer cells express surface adhesion molecules with homologous adhesion domains, they can actively target ID8 tumors. In addition, tumor antigens on IRM can also induce an antitumor immune response when Fe3O4-ICG@IRM is phagocytized by the spleen or lymph nodes. Meanwhile, Fe3O4-ICG@IRM NPs not only showed excellent PTT and an in vivo tumor temperature close to 60°C, but they could also further release whole cell tumor antigen through hyperthermo-induced tumor necrosis, enhancing antitumor immunotherapy. Similarly, Wang et al. (2020b) designed a novel pH-responsive copolymer micelle (dextran grafted poly (histiacid) copolymer) disguised as a CM/EM hybrid membrane to be prepared for the targeted delivery of selective CSF-1R inhibitors: BLZ-945 (abbreviated DH@ECM) to TAMs to consume TAMs. The prepared DH@ECM had good particle size (∼190 nm) and good immune camouflage and tumor homology targeting properties when injected intravenously into the blood system. DH@ECM had pH response characteristics and a unique “membrane escape effect” in the acidic TME, and promoted TAMs recognition and internalization through glucan-CD206 receptor-specific interactions. The experimental results indicate the therapeutic potential of DH@ECM in tumor immunotherapy.
4 Conclusion
In recent years, immunotherapy has shown good clinical effects, but the low response rate and off-target side effects hinder its wide application. The latest progress made in nanotechnology is expected to improve the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy (Gao et al., 2021b). However, concerns about the efficiency of cancer nanodrugs, the complex TME, patient heterogeneity, and systemic immunotoxicity have driven interest in developing more new methods (Landesman-Milo and Peer, 2016; Raza et al., 2021). Therefore, this paper summarized the latest progress of the biomimetic NDDS in improving immunotherapy and focused on the biomimetic nano technology derived from cell membranes and its application in cancer immunotherapy. The construction of BNDDS mainly uses membrane coatings from different cells to provide a simple method to introduce multiple functions into the same nanoparticles without complex synthesis technology. The bionic system includes EM, platelets, cancer cells, immune cells, and various microbes (Liu et al., 2022b). Membrane coatings provide unique properties such as increased blood circulation, RES escape, and the tumor-specific targeting of NPs (Oroojalian et al., 2021). Biomimetic NPs can enhance immune responses and easily target antigen-presenting cells, thereby effectively inhibiting tumor growth.
Although most reports emphasize the advantages of BNDDS, such DDS also have various limitations. For example, cell membrane coating technology still faces obstacles such as limited therapeutic effect in practical application, mainly due to the complex preparation process and relatively low production (Mitchell et al., 2021). Therefore, more research is needed to improve the performance of the biomimetic NDDS. This includes that in the process of scale-up production, uneven or incomplete coverage of the cell membrane on nanoparticles should be avoided to prevent unnecessary side effects in blood circulation (Sevencan et al., 2020). The repeatability of the manufacturing process and the preservation of functional surface proteins are critical, requiring additional monitoring and control measures (Zeng and Pu, 2020b). Therefore, more pioneering work is needed to address these issues in order to better understand how they work and pave the way for immunotherapy to develop more effective bionic DDSs with minimal side effects.
Currently, the rapid development of nanotechnology provides a new direction for improving the efficacy of clinical standard models. Cancer immunotherapy has shown efficacy in many cancer types (Chen et al., 2019b). However, only a few patients showed a positive response. To expand their applications, the use of BNDDS represents an attractive strategy to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapeutic agents by targeting and increasing their accumulation in tumor tissues. Recently, novel bio-inspired platforms have emerged to further improve nanomedicine delivery systems for cancer immunotherapy. Membrane coatings from cells of different origins provide a simple way to introduce multiple functionalities onto the same nanoparticle without complex synthesis techniques. As described here, various nanomaterials, including different biomimetic nanomaterials, play a unique role in improving the delivery of anti-cancer drugs. The simpler nanomaterials that can be developed, the greater their potential for clinical translation. Therefore, biomimetic nanoparticles with simple composition and mature production properties have the best potential to realize marketable nanodrugs.
BNDDS are biological vectors inspired by various cell membranes that inherit intrinsic properties of the source cells, including immune escape and tumor tropism (Luo et al., 2021). Theoretically, these vectors could be biocompatible with targeted delivery, long duration of action, and appropriate low side effects with diversified functional modifications. Because carriers are complex entities produced by living organisms, the transition of BNDDS from laboratory to clinical applications is hindered by multiple obstacles and synthesis. Most BNDDS are currently in the laboratory stage due to various technical and practical limitations (Fang et al., 2018; Chen et al., 2019c; Feng et al., 2019). Clinical applications of these drug delivery systems mainly include stability, volume production, safety and efficacy challenges (Madheswaran et al., 2019). One is the instability of BNDDS. The size, shape, composition, physical and chemical properties of nanoparticles vary with modifications and different sources, which can significantly affect their performance. In addition, long-term instabilities, as well as their difficulty in preservation and easy inactivation, hinder large-scale production of nanoparticles. Second, complex preparation methods make it difficult to achieve large-scale production, which limits the clinical transformation of BNDDS. More intelligent and efficient extraction and encapsulation methods are urgently needed to obtain biocompatible vectors with high purity, plasticity and repeatability. On one hand, manufacturing technologies are still in their infancy, involving immature separation, purification methods, low yields, improper modifications, and lack of efficiency in loading and delivering therapeutic payloads. Multiple purification methods such as filtration, hyper centrifugation and targeted ligand modification may adversely affect the quality and quantity of the finished product. In order to generate versatile nanoparticles, specific membrane decorations will inevitably be required, which may increase the risk of adverse side effects. For example, excess immune membrane-coated nanoparticles may promote inflammatory responses through interacting with the immune system, resulting in the release of pathogenic agents. Third, the biosecurity and bioactive effects of BNDDS in humans are still unclear. Translating these tissue-specific, non-toxic, non-immunogenic delivery technologies into clinical practice requires comprehensive in-vivo studies to estimate possible side effects and therapeutic effects. Therefore, the local and systemic toxicity of nanosystems to normal organs and tissues should be carefully studied and evaluated. However, despite these challenges, researchers continue to advance the design of BNDDS and expand their applications.
Author contributions
Conceptualization, HY and YY; writing-original draft preparation, HY and MW; literature searching, HY and SC; figures preparation, MW and MS; writing-review and editing, all authors; funding acquisition, YY.
Funding
This study was supported by grant from the Nanjing Science and Technology Commission (No. YKK19105), and grants from the Nanjing Medical University (Nos. NMUB20210073, NMUB20210083).
Acknowledgments
We thank all the members of our laboratory for their continuous support of this project.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Publisher’s note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
References
Akcapinar, R., Garipcan, B., Goodarzi, V., and Uzun, L. (2021). Designing of various biosensor devices for determination of apoptosis: A comprehensive review. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 578, 42–62. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.08.089
Alemohammad, H., Najafzadeh, B., Asadzadeh, Z., Baghbanzadeh, A., Ghorbaninezhad, F., Najafzadeh, A., et al. (2022). The importance of immune checkpoints in immune monitoring: A future paradigm shift in the treatment of cancer. Biomed. Pharmacother. 146, 112516. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112516
Ali, E. S., Sharker, S. M., Islam, M. T., Khan, I. N., Shaw, S., Rahman, M. A., et al. (2021). Targeting cancer cells with nanotherapeutics and nanodiagnostics: Current status and future perspectives. Semin. Cancer Biol. 69, 52–68. doi:10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.01.011
Arslan, F. B., Ozturk Atar, K., and Calis, S. (2021). Antibody-mediated drug delivery. Int. J. Pharm. X. 596, 120268. doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120268
Bahmani, B., Gong, H., Luk, B. T., Haushalter, K. J., DeTeresa, E., Previti, M., et al. (2021). Intratumoral immunotherapy using platelet-cloaked nanoparticles enhances antitumor immunity in solid tumors. Nat. Commun. 12 (1), 1999. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22311-z
Besser, M. J., Shapira-Frommer, R., Itzhaki, O., Treves, A. J., Zippel, D. B., Levy, D., et al. (2013). Adoptive transfer of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in patients with metastatic melanoma: Intent-to-treat analysis and efficacy after failure to prior immunotherapies. Clin. Cancer Res. 19 (17), 4792–4800. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-13-0380
Britt, K. L., Cuzick, J., and Phillips, K. A. (2020). Key steps for effective breast cancer prevention. Nat. Rev. Cancer 20 (8), 417–436. doi:10.1038/s41568-020-0266-x
Caglar, M., Pandya, R., Xiao, J., Foster, S. K., Divitini, G., Chen, R. Y. S., et al. (2019). All-optical detection of neuronal membrane depolarization in live cells using colloidal quantum dots. Nano Lett. 19 (12), 8539–8549. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03026
Carlberg, C., and Velleuer, E. (2022). Cancer immunology Mol. Immunol. Heidelberg, Germany Springer, 197–213.
Carlino, M. S., Larkin, J., and Long, G. V. (2021). Immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma. Lancet 398 (10304), 1002–1014. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01206-x
Castle, P. E., Einstein, M. H., and Sahasrabuddhe, V. V. (2021). Cervical cancer prevention and control in women living with human immunodeficiency virus. Ca. A Cancer J. Clin. 71 (6), 505–526. doi:10.3322/caac.21696
Cheever, M. A., and Higano, C. S. (2011). PROVENGE (Sipuleucel-T) in prostate cancer: The first FDA-approved therapeutic cancer vaccine. Clin. Cancer Res. 17 (11), 3520–3526. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-3126
Chen, C., Song, M., Du, Y., Yu, Y., Li, C., Han, Y., et al. (2021). Tumor-associated-macrophage-membrane-coated nanoparticles for improved photodynamic immunotherapy. Nano Lett. 21 (13), 5522–5531. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00818
Chen, D., Wu, J., Jin, D., Wang, B., and Cao, H. (2019). Fecal microbiota transplantation in cancer management: Current status and perspectives. Int. J. Cancer 145 (8), 2021–2031. doi:10.1002/ijc.32003
Chen, H. Y., Deng, J., Wang, Y., Wu, C. Q., Li, X., and Dai, H. W. (2020). Hybrid cell membrane-coated nanoparticles: A multifunctional biomimetic platform for cancer diagnosis and therapy. Acta Biomater. 112, 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2020.05.028
Chen, L., and Shen, Z. (2020). Tissue-resident memory T cells and their biological characteristics in the recurrence of inflammatory skin disorders. Cell. Mol. Immunol. 17 (1), 64–75. doi:10.1038/s41423-019-0291-4
Chen, Z., Wang, Z., and Gu, Z. (2019). Bioinspired and biomimetic nanomedicines. Acc. Chem. Res. 52 (5), 1255–1264. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00079
Chen, Z., Yang, Y., Liu, L. L., and Lundqvist, A. (2019). Strategies to augment natural killer (NK) cell activity against solid tumors. Cancers (Basel) 11 (7), 1040. doi:10.3390/cancers11071040
Chernick, D., Zhong, R., and Li, L. (2020). The role of HDL and HDL mimetic peptides as potential therapeutics for alzheimer's disease. Biomolecules 10 (9), 1276. doi:10.3390/biom10091276
Chhatre, S., Vachani, A., Allison, R. R., and Jayadevappa, R. (2021). Survival outcomes with photodynamic therapy, chemotherapy and radiation in patients with stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. Cancers 13 (4), 803. doi:10.3390/cancers13040803
Chung, Y. H., Cai, H., and Steinmetz, N. F. (2020). Viral nanoparticles for drug delivery, imaging, immunotherapy, and theranostic applications. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 156, 214–235. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2020.06.024
Conceicao-Silva, F., Reis, C. S. M., De Luca, P. M., Leite-Silva, J., Santiago, M. A., Morrot, A., et al. (2021). The immune system throws its traps: Cells and their extracellular traps in disease and protection. Cells 10 (8), 1891. doi:10.3390/cells10081891
Cordell, E. C., Alghamri, M. S., Castro, M. G., and Gutmann, D. H. (2022). T lymphocytes as dynamic regulators of glioma pathobiology. Neuro. Oncol. 24, 1647–1657. doi:10.1093/neuonc/noac055
Couvreur, P., and Vauthier, C. (2006). Nanotechnology: Intelligent design to treat complex disease. Pharm. Res. 23 (7), 1417–1450. doi:10.1007/s11095-006-0284-8
Dash, P., Piras, A. M., and Dash, M. (2020). Cell membrane coated nanocarriers - an efficient biomimetic platform for targeted therapy. J. Control. Release 327, 546–570. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.09.012
Daver, N., Alotaibi, A. S., Bucklein, V., and Subklewe, M. (2021). T-cell-based immunotherapy of acute myeloid leukemia: Current concepts and future developments. Leukemia 35 (7), 1843–1863. doi:10.1038/s41375-021-01253-x
De Sanctis, F., Lamolinara, A., Boschi, F., Musiu, C., Caligola, S., Trovato, R., et al. (2022). Interrupting the nitrosative stress fuels tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in pancreatic cancer. J. Immunother. Cancer 10 (1), e003549. doi:10.1136/jitc-2021-003549
Deng, G., Sun, Z., Li, S., Peng, X., Li, W., Zhou, L., et al. (2018). Cell-membrane immunotherapy based on natural killer cell membrane coated nanoparticles for the effective inhibition of primary and abscopal tumor growth. ACS Nano 12 (12), 12096–12108. doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b05292
Duan, Z., and Luo, Y. (2021). Targeting macrophages in cancer immunotherapy. Signal Transduct. Target. Ther. 6 (1), 127. doi:10.1038/s41392-021-00506-6
Dudley, M. E., Gross, C. A., Langhan, M. M., Garcia, M. R., Sherry, R. M., Yang, J. C., et al. (2010). CD8+ enriched "young" tumor infiltrating lymphocytes can mediate regression of metastatic melanoma. Clin. Cancer Res. 16 (24), 6122–6131. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-1297
Dudley, M. E., Wunderlich, J. R., Robbins, P. F., Yang, J. C., Hwu, P., Schwartzentruber, D. J., et al. (2002). Cancer regression and autoimmunity in patients after clonal repopulation with antitumor lymphocytes. Science 298 (5594), 850–854. doi:10.1126/science.1076514
Dziendzikowska, K., Wesierska, M., Gromadzka-Ostrowska, J., Wilczak, J., Oczkowski, M., Meczynska-Wielgosz, S., et al. (2021). Silver nanoparticles impair cognitive functions and modify the hippocampal level of neurotransmitters in a coating-dependent manner. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22 (23), 12706. doi:10.3390/ijms222312706
Edgar, J. Y. C., and Wang, H. (2017). Introduction for design of nanoparticle based drug delivery systems. Curr. Pharm. Des. 23 (14), 2108–2112. doi:10.2174/1381612822666161025154003
Esfahani, K., Roudaia, L., Buhlaiga, N., Del Rincon, S. V., Papneja, N., and Miller, W. H. (2020). A review of cancer immunotherapy: From the past, to the present, to the future. Curr. Oncol. 27, S87–S97. doi:10.3747/co.27.5223
Eusebio, D., Neves, A. R., Costa, D., Biswas, S., Alves, G., Cui, Z., et al. (2021). Methods to improve the immunogenicity of plasmid DNA vaccines. Drug Discov. Today 26 (11), 2575–2592. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2021.06.008
Fan, Y., Cui, Y., Hao, W., Chen, M., Liu, Q., Wang, Y., et al. (2021). Carrier-free highly drug-loaded biomimetic nanosuspensions encapsulated by cancer cell membrane based on homology and active targeting for the treatment of glioma. Bioact. Mat. 6 (12), 4402–4414. doi:10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.04.027
Fang, J., Islam, W., and Maeda, H. (2020). Exploiting the dynamics of the EPR effect and strategies to improve the therapeutic effects of nanomedicines by using EPR effect enhancers. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 157, 142–160. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2020.06.005
Fang, R. H., Kroll, A. V., Gao, W., and Zhang, L. (2018). Cell membrane coating nanotechnology. Adv. Mat. 30 (23), 1706759–e1706759. doi:10.1002/adma.201706759
Feins, S., Kong, W., Williams, E. F., Milone, M. C., and Fraietta, J. A. (2019). An introduction to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy for human cancer. Am. J. Hematol. 94 (S1), S3–S9. S3-S9. doi:10.1002/ajh.25418
Feng, X., Xu, W., Li, Z., Song, W., Ding, J., and Chen, X. (2019). Immunomodulatory nanosystems. Adv. Sci. (Weinh). 6 (17), 1900101. doi:10.1002/advs.201900101
Finck, A. V., Blanchard, T., Roselle, C. P., Golinelli, G., and June, C. H. (2022). Engineered cellular immunotherapies in cancer and beyond. Nat. Med. 28 (4), 678–689. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-01765-8
Foray, C., Barca, C., Backhaus, P., Schelhaas, S., Winkeler, A., Viel, T., et al. (2020). Multimodal molecular imaging of the tumour microenvironment. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 1225, 71–87. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35727-6_5
Francis, D. M., Manspeaker, M. P., Schudel, A., Sestito, L. F., O'Melia, M. J., Kissick, H. T., et al. (2020). Blockade of immune checkpoints in lymph nodes through locoregional delivery augments cancer immunotherapy. Sci. Transl. Med. 12 (563), eaay3575. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aay3575
Fritz, J. M., and Lenardo, M. J. (2019). Development of immune checkpoint therapy for cancer. J. Exp. Med. 216 (6), 1244–1254. doi:10.1084/jem.20182395
Fu, Z., and Xiang, J. (2020). Aptamer-Functionalized nanoparticles in targeted delivery and cancer therapy. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21 (23), 9123. doi:10.3390/ijms21239123
Ganesh, K., and Massague, J. (2021). Targeting metastatic cancer. Nat. Med. 27 (1), 34–44. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-01195-4
Gao, M., Liang, C., Song, X., Chen, Q., Jin, Q., Wang, C., et al. (2017). Erythrocyte-membrane-enveloped perfluorocarbon as nanoscale Artificial red blood cells to relieve tumor hypoxia and enhance cancer radiotherapy. Adv. Mat. 29 (35), 1701429. doi:10.1002/adma.201701429
Gao, S., Yang, X., Xu, J., Qiu, N., and Zhai, G. (2021). Nanotechnology for boosting cancer immunotherapy and remodeling tumor microenvironment: The horizons in cancer treatment. ACS Nano 15, 12567–12603. doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c02103
Gao, X., Li, L., Cai, X., Huang, Q., Xiao, J., and Cheng, Y. (2021). Targeting nanoparticles for diagnosis and therapy of bone tumors: Opportunities and challenges. Biomaterials 265, 120404. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120404
Garris, C. S., and Luke, J. J. (2020). Dendritic cells, the T-cell-inflamed tumor microenvironment, and immunotherapy treatment response. Clin. Cancer Res. 26 (15), 3901–3907. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-1321
Gauthier, M., Laroye, C., Bensoussan, D., Boura, C., and Decot, V. (2021). Natural Killer cells and monoclonal antibodies: Two partners for successful antibody dependent cytotoxicity against tumor cells. Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 160, 103261. doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2021.103261
Gaynor, N., Crown, J., and Collins, D. M. (2022). Immune checkpoint inhibitors: Key trials and an emerging role in breast cancer. Semin. Cancer Biol. 79, 44–57. doi:10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.06.016
Giraldo, N. A., Sanchez-Salas, R., Peske, J. D., Vano, Y., Becht, E., Petitprez, F., et al. (2019). The clinical role of the TME in solid cancer. Br. J. Cancer 120 (1), 45–53. doi:10.1038/s41416-018-0327-z
Gu, W., Meng, F., Haag, R., and Zhong, Z. (2021). Actively targeted nanomedicines for precision cancer therapy: Concept, construction, challenges and clinical translation. J. Control. Release 329, 676–695. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.10.003
Guerrini, L., Alvarez-Puebla, R. A., and Pazos-Perez, N. (2018). Surface modifications of nanoparticles for stability in biological fluids. Mater. (Basel) 11 (7), 1154. doi:10.3390/ma11071154
Guo, Y. Y., Wang, D., Song, Q. L., Wu, T. T., Zhuang, X. T., Bao, Y. L., et al. (2015). Erythrocyte membrane-enveloped polymeric nanoparticles as nanovaccine for induction of antitumor immunity against melanoma. Acs Nano 9 (7), 6918–6933. doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b01042
Guo, Z. S., Lu, B., Guo, Z., Giehl, E., Feist, M., Dai, E., et al. (2019). Vaccinia virus-mediated cancer immunotherapy: Cancer vaccines and oncolytics. J. Immunother. Cancer 7 (1), 6. doi:10.1186/s40425-018-0495-7
Gurunathan, S., Qasim, M., Kang, M. H., and Kim, J. H. (2021). Role and therapeutic potential of melatonin in various type of cancers. Onco. Targets. Ther. 14, 2019–2052. doi:10.2147/ott.s298512
Han, X., Shen, S., Fan, Q., Chen, G., Archibong, E., Dotti, G., et al. (2019). Red blood cell-derived nanoerythrosome for antigen delivery with enhanced cancer immunotherapy. Sci. Adv. 5 (10), eaaw6870. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw6870
Haskins, C. P., Champ, C. E., Miller, R., and Vyfhuis, M. A. L. (2020). Nutrition in cancer: Evidence and equality. Adv. Radiat. Oncol. 5 (5), 817–823. doi:10.1016/j.adro.2020.05.008
He, C., Tang, Z., Tian, H., and Chen, X. (2016). Co-delivery of chemotherapeutics and proteins for synergistic therapy. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 98, 64–76. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2015.10.021
Hegde, P. S., and Chen, D. S. (2020). Top 10 challenges in cancer immunotherapy. Immunity 52 (1), 17–35. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2019.12.011
Hobernik, D., and Bros, M. (2018). DNA vaccines-how far from clinical use? Int. J. Mol. Sci. 19 (11), 3605. doi:10.3390/ijms19113605
Hou, L., Gong, X., Yang, J., Zhang, H., Yang, W., and Chen, X. (2022). Hybrid-membrane-decorated prussian blue for effective cancer immunotherapy via tumor-associated macrophages polarization and hypoxia relief. Adv. Mat. 34 (14), 2200389–e2200389. doi:10.1002/adma.202200389
Huang, H., Lou, Z., Zheng, S., Wu, J., Yao, Q., Chen, R., et al. (2022). Intra-articular drug delivery systems for osteoarthritis therapy: Shifting from sustained release to enhancing penetration into cartilage. Drug Deliv. (Lond). 29 (1), 767–791. doi:10.1080/10717544.2022.2048130
Huang, Z., Song, W., and Chen, X. (2020). Supramolecular self-assembled nanostructures for cancer immunotherapy. Front. Chem. 8, 380. doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.00380
Ihrig, A., Richter, J., Grullich, C., Apostolidis, L., Horak, P., Villalobos, M., et al. (2020). Patient expectations are better for immunotherapy than traditional chemotherapy for cancer. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 146 (12), 3189–3198. doi:10.1007/s00432-020-03336-1
Iqbal, H., Yang, T., Li, T., Zhang, M., Ke, H., Ding, D., et al. (2021). Serum protein-based nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and treatment. J. Control. Release 329, 997–1022. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.10.030
Jahanafrooz, Z., Baradaran, B., Mosafer, J., Hashemzaei, M., Rezaei, T., Mokhtarzadeh, A., et al. (2020). Comparison of DNA and mRNA vaccines against cancer. Drug Discov. Today 25 (3), 552–560. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2019.12.003
Jahangirian, H., Kalantari, K., Izadiyan, Z., Rafiee-Moghaddam, R., Shameli, K., and Webster, T. J. (2019). <p>A review of small molecules and drug delivery applications using gold and iron nanoparticles</p>. Int. J. Nanomedicine 14, 1633–1657. doi:10.2147/ijn.s184723
Jain, V., Jain, S., and Mahajan, S. C. (2015). Nanomedicines based drug delivery systems for anti-cancer targeting and treatment. Curr. Drug Deliv. 12 (2), 177–191. doi:10.2174/1567201811666140822112516
Javed, S., Alshehri, S., Shoaib, A., Ahsan, W., Sultan, M. H., Alqahtani, S. S., et al. (2021). Chronicles of nanoerythrosomes: An erythrocyte-based biomimetic smart drug delivery system as a therapeutic and diagnostic tool in cancer therapy. Pharmaceutics 13 (3), 368. doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics13030368
Jia, Y., Omri, A., Krishnan, L., and McCluskie, M. J. (2017). Potential applications of nanoparticles in cancer immunotherapy. Hum. Vaccin. Immunother. 13 (1), 63–74. doi:10.1080/21645515.2016.1245251
Jiang, C., Wang, X., Teng, B., Wang, Z., Li, F., Zhao, Y., et al. (2021). Peptide-targeted high-density lipoprotein nanoparticles for combinatorial treatment against metastatic breast cancer. ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces 13 (30), 35248–35265. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c02074
Jiang, M., Zeng, J., Zhao, L., Zhang, M., Ma, J., Guan, X., et al. (2021). Chemotherapeutic drug-induced immunogenic cell death for nanomedicine-based cancer chemo-immunotherapy. Nanoscale 13 (41), 17218–17235. doi:10.1039/d1nr05512g
Jiang, Q., Wang, K., Zhang, X., Ouyang, B., Liu, H., Pang, Z., et al. (2020). Cancer immunotherapy: Platelet membrane‐camouflaged magnetic nanoparticles for ferroptosis‐enhanced cancer immunotherapy (small 22/2020). Small 16 (22), 2070119–e2001704. doi:10.1002/smll.202070119
Jiang, X., Xu, J., Liu, M., Xing, H., Wang, Z., Huang, L., et al. (2019). Adoptive CD8(+) T cell therapy against cancer:Challenges and opportunities. Cancer Lett. 462, 23–32. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2019.07.017
Jing, W., Gershan, J. A., Weber, J., Tlomak, D., McOlash, L., Sabatos-Peyton, C., et al. (2015). Combined immune checkpoint protein blockade and low dose whole body irradiation as immunotherapy for myeloma. J. Immunother. Cancer 3 (1), 2. doi:10.1186/s40425-014-0043-z
Kang, M., Hong, J., Jung, M., Kwon, S. P., Song, S. Y., Kim, H. Y., et al. (2020). T-Cell-Mimicking nanoparticles for cancer immunotherapy. Adv. Mat. 32 (39), 2003368–e2003368. doi:10.1002/adma.202003368
Kepp, O., Galluzzi, L., Martins, I., Schlemmer, F., Adjemian, S., Michaud, M., et al. (2011). Molecular determinants of immunogenic cell death elicited by anticancer chemotherapy. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 30 (1), 61–69. doi:10.1007/s10555-011-9273-4
Khammari, A., Nguyen, J. M., Leccia, M. T., Guillot, B., Saiagh, S., Pandolfino, M. C., et al. (2020). Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes as adjuvant treatment in stage III melanoma patients with only one invaded lymph node after complete resection: Results from a multicentre, randomized clinical phase III trial. Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 69 (8), 1663–1672. doi:10.1007/s00262-020-02572-1
Khan, S., Sharifi, M., Gleghorn, J. P., Babadaei, M. M. N., Bloukh, S. H., Edis, Z., et al. (2022). Artificial engineering of the protein corona at bio-nano interfaces for improved cancer-targeted nanotherapy. J. Control. Release 348, 127–147. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.05.055
Kolb, N. A., Trevino, C. R., Waheed, W., Sobhani, F., Landry, K. K., Thomas, A. A., et al. (2018). Neuromuscular complications of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Muscle Nerve 58, 10–22. doi:10.1002/mus.26070
Konjevic, G. M., Vuletic, A. M., Mirjacic Martinovic, K. M., Larsen, A. K., and Jurisic, V. B. (2019). The role of cytokines in the regulation of NK cells in the tumor environment. Cytokine 117, 30–40. doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2019.02.001
Kumar, N., Fazal, S., Miyako, E., Matsumura, K., and Rajan, R. (2021). Avengers against cancer: A new era of nano-biomaterial-based therapeutics. Mat. TodayKidlingt. 51, 317–349. doi:10.1016/j.mattod.2021.09.020
Kwiecien, I., Rutkowska, E., Raniszewska, A., Rzepecki, P., and Domagala-Kulawik, J. (2021). Modulation of the immune response by heterogeneous monocytes and dendritic cells in lung cancer. World J. Clin. Oncol. 12 (11), 966–982. doi:10.5306/wjco.v12.i11.966
Kyu Shim, M., Yang, S., Sun, I. C., and Kim, K. (2022). Tumor-activated carrier-free prodrug nanoparticles for targeted cancer Immunotherapy: Preclinical evidence for safe and effective drug delivery. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 183, 114177. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114177
Landesman-Milo, D., and Peer, D. (2016). Transforming nanomedicines from lab scale production to novel clinical modality. Bioconjug. Chem. 27 (4), 855–862. doi:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00607
Lang, F., Schrors, B., Lower, M., Tureci, O., and Sahin, U. (2022). Identification of neoantigens for individualized therapeutic cancer vaccines. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 21 (4), 261–282. doi:10.1038/s41573-021-00387-y
Lei, W., Yang, C., Wu, Y., Ru, G., He, X., Tong, X., et al. (2022). Nanocarriers surface engineered with cell membranes for cancer targeted chemotherapy. J. Nanobiotechnology 20 (1), 45. doi:10.1186/s12951-022-01251-w
Leko, V., and Rosenberg, S. A. (2020). Identifying and targeting human tumor antigens for T cell-based immunotherapy of solid tumors. Cancer Cell 38 (4), 454–472. doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2020.07.013
Li, A., Zhao, J., Fu, J., Cai, J., and Zhang, P. (2021). Recent advances of biomimetic nano-systems in the diagnosis and treatment of tumor. Asian J. Pharm. Sci. 16 (2), 161–174. doi:10.1016/j.ajps.2019.08.001
Li, D., Li, X., Zhou, W. L., Huang, Y., Liang, X., Jiang, L., et al. (2019). Genetically engineered T cells for cancer immunotherapy. Signal Transduct. Target. Ther. 4, 35. doi:10.1038/s41392-019-0070-9
Li, J., Ai, Y., Wang, L., Bu, P., Sharkey, C. C., Wu, Q., et al. (2016). Targeted drug delivery to circulating tumor cells via platelet membrane-functionalized particles. Biomaterials 76, 52–65. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.10.046
Li, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, C., Yan, J., Hou, X., Du, S., et al. (2021). Biomimetic nanoparticles deliver mRNAs encoding costimulatory receptors and enhance T cell mediated cancer immunotherapy. Nat. Commun. 12 (1), 7264. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27434-x
Li, Z. T., Wang, Y. X., Ding, Y. Y., Repp, L., Kwon, G. S., and Hu, Q. Y. (2021). Cell-based delivery systems: Emerging carriers for immunotherapy. Adv. Funct. Mat. 31 (23), 2100088. doi:10.1002/adfm.202100088
Liang, J. L., Luo, G. F., Chen, W. H., and Zhang, X. Z. (2021). Recent advances in engineered materials for immunotherapy-involved combination cancer therapy. Adv. Mat. 33 (31), 2007630–e2007630. doi:10.1002/adma.202007630
Liang, X., Ye, X., Wang, C., Xing, C., Miao, Q., Xie, Z., et al. (2019). Photothermal cancer immunotherapy by erythrocyte membrane-coated black phosphorus formulation. J. Control. Release 296, 150–161. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.01.027
Liu, C. M., Chen, G. B., Chen, H. H., Zhang, J. B., Li, H. Z., Sheng, M. X., et al. (2019). Cancer cell membrane-cloaked mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a pH-sensitive gatekeeper for cancer treatment. Colloids Surfaces B Biointerfaces 175, 477–486. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.12.038
Liu, G., Zhu, M., Zhao, X., and Nie, G. (2021). Nanotechnology-empowered vaccine delivery for enhancing CD8(+) T cells-mediated cellular immunity. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 176, 113889. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2021.113889
Liu, H., Miao, Z., and Zha, Z. (2022). Cell membrane-coated nanoparticles for immunotherapy. Chin. Chem. Lett. 33 (4), 1673–1680. doi:10.1016/j.cclet.2021.10.057
Liu, J., Guo, M., and Chen, C. (2022). Nano-bio interactions: A major principle in the dynamic biological processes of nano-assemblies. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 186, 114318. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114318
Liu, L., Bai, X., Martikainen, M. V., Karlund, A., Roponen, M., Xu, W., et al. (2021). Cell membrane coating integrity affects the internalization mechanism of biomimetic nanoparticles. Nat. Commun. 12 (1), 5726. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26052-x
Liu, W., Yan, Q., Xia, C., Wang, X., Kumar, A., Wang, Y., et al. (2021). Recent advances in cell membrane coated metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for tumor therapy. J. Mat. Chem. B 9 (22), 4459–4474. doi:10.1039/d1tb00453k
Liu, Y. T., and Sun, Z. J. (2021). Turning cold tumors into hot tumors by improving T-cell infiltration. Theranostics 11 (11), 5365–5386. doi:10.7150/thno.58390
Lommerts, J. E., Bekkenk, M. W., and Luiten, R. M. (2021). Vitiligo induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma patients: An expert opinion. Expert Opin. Drug Saf. 20 (8), 883–888. doi:10.1080/14740338.2021.1915279
Luo, G. F., Chen, W. H., Zeng, X., and Zhang, X. Z. (2021). Cell primitive-based biomimetic functional materials for enhanced cancer therapy. Chem. Soc. Rev. 50 (2), 945–985. doi:10.1039/d0cs00152j
Luo, Q., Zhang, L., Luo, C., and Jiang, M. (2019). Emerging strategies in cancer therapy combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy. Cancer Lett. 454, 191–203. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2019.04.017
Ma, X., Li, S. J., Liu, Y., Zhang, T., Xue, P., Kang, Y., et al. (2022). Bioengineered nanogels for cancer immunotherapy. Chem. Soc. Rev. 51 (12), 5136–5174. doi:10.1039/d2cs00247g
Ma, X., Song, Q., and Gao, X. (2018). Reconstituted high-density lipoproteins: Novel biomimetic nanocarriers for drug delivery. Acta Pharm. Sin. B 8 (1), 51–63. doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2017.11.006
Madheswaran, T., Kandasamy, M., Bose, R. J., and Karuppagounder, V. (2019). Current potential and challenges in the advances of liquid crystalline nanoparticles as drug delivery systems. Drug Discov. Today 24 (7), 1405–1412. doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2019.05.004
Maiorano, B. A., Schinzari, G., Ciardiello, D., Rodriquenz, M. G., Cisternino, A., Tortora, G., et al. (2021). Cancer vaccines for genitourinary tumors: Recent progresses and future possibilities. Vaccines (Basel) 9 (6), 623. doi:10.3390/vaccines9060623
Marais, A. D. (2021). Apolipoprotein E and atherosclerosis. Curr. Atheroscler. Rep. 23 (7), 34. doi:10.1007/s11883-021-00933-4
Markus, M., Abendroth, A., Noureddine, R., Paul, A., Breitenbuecher, S., Virchow, I., et al. (2021). Combined systemic inflammation score (SIS) correlates with prognosis in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. 147 (2), 579–591. doi:10.1007/s00432-020-03361-0
Marques, A. C., Costa, P. J., Velho, S., and Amaral, M. H. (2020). Functionalizing nanoparticles with cancer-targeting antibodies: A comparison of strategies. J. Control. Release 320, 180–200. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.01.035
Mikhail, A. S., Mauda-Havakuk, M., Negussie, A. H., Hong, N., Hawken, N. M., Carlson, C. J., et al. (2022). Evaluation of immune-modulating drugs for use in drug-eluting microsphere transarterial embolization. Int. J. Pharm. X. 616, 121466. doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121466
Mills, J. A., Liu, F., Jarrett, T. R., Fletcher, N. L., and Thurecht, K. J. (2022). Nanoparticle based medicines: Approaches for evading and manipulating the mononuclear phagocyte system and potential for clinical translation. Biomater. Sci. 10 (12), 3029–3053. doi:10.1039/d2bm00181k
Mitchell, M. J., Billingsley, M. M., Haley, R. M., Wechsler, M. E., Peppas, N. A., and Langer, R. (2021). Engineering precision nanoparticles for drug delivery. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 20 (2), 101–124. doi:10.1038/s41573-020-0090-8
Momin, N., Mehta, N. K., Bennett, N. R., Ma, L., Palmeri, J. R., Chinn, M. M., et al. (2019). Anchoring of intratumorally administered cytokines to collagen safely potentiates systemic cancer immunotherapy. Sci. Transl. Med. 11 (498), eaaw2614. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw2614
Montironi, C., Munoz-Pinedo, C., and Eldering, E. (2021). Hematopoietic versus solid cancers and T cell dysfunction: Looking for similarities and distinctions. Cancers (Basel) 13 (2), 284. doi:10.3390/cancers13020284
Morotti, M., Albukhari, A., Alsaadi, A., Artibani, M., Brenton, J. D., Curbishley, S. M., et al. (2021). Promises and challenges of adoptive T-cell therapies for solid tumours. Br. J. Cancer 124 (11), 1759–1776. doi:10.1038/s41416-021-01353-6
Mortezaee, K., and Najafi, M. (2021). Immune system in cancer radiotherapy: Resistance mechanisms and therapy perspectives. Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 157, 103180. doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2020.103180
Mullard, A. (2013). New checkpoint inhibitors ride the immunotherapy tsunami. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 12 (7), 489–492. doi:10.1038/nrd4066
Muller, W. E., Neufurth, M., Tolba, E., Wang, S., Geurtsen, W., Feng, Q., et al. (2016). A biomimetic approach to ameliorate dental hypersensitivity by amorphous polyphosphate microparticles. Dent. Mat. 32 (6), 775–783. doi:10.1016/j.dental.2016.03.027
Naimi, A., Mohammed, R. N., Raji, A., Chupradit, S., Yumashev, A. V., Suksatan, W., et al. (2022). Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons. Cell Commun. Signal. 20 (1), 44. doi:10.1186/s12964-022-00854-y
Najafi, M., Majidpoor, J., Toolee, H., and Mortezaee, K. (2021). The current knowledge concerning solid cancer and therapy. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol. 35 (11), e22900. doi:10.1002/jbt.22900
Nandi, D., Pathak, S., Verma, T., Singh, M., Chattopadhyay, A., Thakur, S., et al. (2020). T cell costimulation, checkpoint inhibitors and anti-tumor therapy. J. Biosci. 45, 50. doi:10.1007/s12038-020-0020-2
Nasiri, H., Valedkarimi, Z., Aghebati-Maleki, L., and Majidi, J. (2018). Antibody-drug conjugates: Promising and efficient tools for targeted cancer therapy. J. Cell. Physiol. 233 (9), 6441–6457. doi:10.1002/jcp.26435
Niculescu, A. G., and Grumezescu, A. M. (2022). Novel tumor-targeting nanoparticles for cancer treatment-A review. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23 (9), 5253. doi:10.3390/ijms23095253
Oroojalian, F., Beygi, M., Baradaran, B., Mokhtarzadeh, A., and Shahbazi, M. A. (2021). Immune cell membrane-coated biomimetic nanoparticles for targeted cancer therapy. Small 17 (12), 2006484–e2006484. doi:10.1002/smll.202006484
Pan, H., Zheng, M., Ma, A., Liu, L., and Cai, L. (2021). Cell/bacteria-based bioactive materials for cancer immune modulation and precision therapy. Adv. Mat. 33 (50), 2100241–e2100241. doi:10.1002/adma.202100241
Park, W., Heo, Y. J., and Han, D. K. (2018). New opportunities for nanoparticles in cancer immunotherapy. Biomater. Res. 22, 24. doi:10.1186/s40824-018-0133-y
Peng, G., and Fadeel, B. (2022). Understanding the bidirectional interactions between two-dimensional materials, microorganisms, and the immune system. Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 188, 114422. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114422
Perrin, J., Capitao, M., Mougin-Degraef, M., Guerard, F., Faivre-Chauvet, A., Rbah-Vidal, L., et al. (2020). Cell tracking in cancer immunotherapy. Front. Med. 7, 34. doi:10.3389/fmed.2020.00034
Phuengkham, H., Ren, L., Shin, I. W., and Lim, Y. T. (2019). Nanoengineered immune niches for reprogramming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and enhancing cancer immunotherapy. Adv. Mat. 31 (34), 1803322–e1803322. doi:10.1002/adma.201803322
Qin, M., Du, G., and Sun, X. (2020). Biomimetic cell-derived nanocarriers for modulating immune responses. Biomater. Sci. 8 (2), 530–543. doi:10.1039/c9bm01444f
Raj, S., Khurana, S., Choudhari, R., Kesari, K. K., Kamal, M. A., Garg, N., et al. (2021). Specific targeting cancer cells with nanoparticles and drug delivery in cancer therapy. Semin. Cancer Biol. 69, 166–177. doi:10.1016/j.semcancer.2019.11.002
Rao, L., Yu, G. T., Meng, Q. F., Bu, L. L., Tian, R., Lin, L. S., et al. (2019). Cancer cell membrane‐coated nanoparticles for personalized therapy in patient‐derived xenograft models. Adv. Funct. Mat. 29 (51), 1905671. doi:10.1002/adfm.201905671
Raza, F., Zafar, H., Zhang, S., Kamal, Z., Su, J., Yuan, W. E., et al. (2021). Recent advances in cell membrane-derived biomimetic nanotechnology for cancer immunotherapy. Adv. Healthc. Mat. 10 (6), 2002081–e2002081. doi:10.1002/adhm.202002081
Ren, J., Andrikopoulos, N., Velonia, K., Tang, H., Cai, R., Ding, F., et al. (2022). Chemical and biophysical signatures of the protein corona in nanomedicine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 9184–9205. doi:10.1021/jacs.2c02277
Rey-Cardenas, M., Guerrero-Ramos, F., Lista, A. G. D., Carretero-Gonzalez, A., Bote, H., Herrera-Juarez, M., et al. (2021). Recent advances in neoadjuvant immunotherapy for urothelial bladder cancer: What to expect in the near future. Cancer Treat. Rev. 93, 102142. doi:10.1016/j.ctrv.2020.102142
Riley, R. S., June, C. H., Langer, R., and Mitchell, M. J. (2019). Delivery technologies for cancer immunotherapy. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 18 (3), 175–196. doi:10.1038/s41573-018-0006-z
Sadreddini, S., Baradaran, B., Aghebati-Maleki, A., Sadreddini, S., Shanehbandi, D., Fotouhi, A., et al. (2019). Immune checkpoint blockade opens a new way to cancer immunotherapy. J. Cell. Physiol. 234 (6), 8541–8549. doi:10.1002/jcp.27816
Sangro, B., Sarobe, P., Hervas-Stubbs, S., and Melero, I. (2021). Advances in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat. Rev. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 18 (8), 525–543. doi:10.1038/s41575-021-00438-0
Scharf, P., Broering, M. F., Oliveira da Rocha, G. H., and Farsky, S. H. P. (2020). Cellular and molecular mechanisms of environmental pollutants on hematopoiesis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21 (19), 6996. doi:10.3390/ijms21196996
Sevencan, C., McCoy, R. S. A., Ravisankar, P., Liu, M., Govindarajan, S., Zhu, J., et al. (2020). Cell membrane nanotherapeutics: From synthesis to applications emerging tools for personalized cancer therapy. Adv. Ther. (Weinh). 3 (3), 1900201. doi:10.1002/adtp.201900201
Shao, J., Xu, Q., Su, S., Wei, J., Meng, F., Chen, F., et al. (2018). Artificial antigen-presenting cells are superior to dendritic cells at inducing antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Cell. Immunol. 334, 78–86. doi:10.1016/j.cellimm.2018.10.002
Sharma, P., and Allison, J. P. (2015). The future of immune checkpoint therapy. Science 348 (6230), 56–61. doi:10.1126/science.aaa8172
Soerjomataram, I., and Bray, F. (2021). Planning for tomorrow: Global cancer incidence and the role of prevention 2020–2070. Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. 18 (10), 663–672. doi:10.1038/s41571-021-00514-z
Souri, M., Soltani, M., Kashkooli, F. M., and Shahvandi, M. K. (2022). Engineered strategies to enhance tumor penetration of drug-loaded nanoparticles. J. Control. Release 341, 227–246. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.11.024
Srivastava, A., Rathore, S., Munshi, A., and Ramesh, R. (2022). Organically derived exosomes as carriers of anticancer drugs and imaging agents for cancer treatment. Semin. Cancer Biol.23 doi:10.1016/j.semcancer.2022.02.020
Su, T., Cheng, F., Qi, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, S., Mei, L., et al. (2022). Responsive multivesicular polymeric nanovaccines that codeliver STING agonists and neoantigens for combination tumor immunotherapy. Adv. Sci. 9, e2201895. doi:10.1002/advs.202201895
Sukari, A., Abdallah, N., and Nagasaka, M. (2019). Unleash the power of the mighty T cells-basis of adoptive cellular therapy. Crit. Rev. Oncol. Hematol. 136, 1–12. doi:10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.01.015
Tang, L., Zheng, Y., Melo, M. B., Mabardi, L., Castano, A. P., Xie, Y. Q., et al. (2018). Enhancing T cell therapy through TCR-signaling-responsive nanoparticle drug delivery. Nat. Biotechnol. 36 (8), 707–716. doi:10.1038/nbt.4181
Tang, T., Huang, X., Zhang, G., Hong, Z., Bai, X., and Liang, T. (2021). Advantages of targeting the tumor immune microenvironment over blocking immune checkpoint in cancer immunotherapy. Signal Transduct. Target. Ther. 6 (1), 72. doi:10.1038/s41392-020-00449-4
Tavasolian, F., Hosseini, A. Z., Rashidi, M., Soudi, S., Abdollahi, E., Momtazi-Borojeni, A. A., et al. (2021). The impact of immune cell-derived exosomes on immune response initiation and immune system function. Curr. Pharm. Des. 27 (2), 197–205. doi:10.2174/1381612826666201207221819
Thomsen, T., and Klok, H. A. (2021). Chemical cell surface modification and analysis of nanoparticle-modified living cells. ACS Appl. Bio Mat. 4 (3), 2293–2306. doi:10.1021/acsabm.0c01619
Tian, Y., Xie, D., and Yang, L. (2022). Engineering strategies to enhance oncolytic viruses in cancer immunotherapy. Signal Transduct. Target. Ther. 7 (1), 117. doi:10.1038/s41392-022-00951-x
Titov, A., Zmievskaya, E., Ganeeva, I., Valiullina, A., Petukhov, A., Rakhmatullina, A., et al. (2021). Adoptive immunotherapy beyond CAR T-cells. Cancers (Basel) 13 (4), 743. doi:10.3390/cancers13040743
Tomasicchio, M., Semple, L., Esmail, A., Meldau, R., Randall, P., Pooran, A., et al. (2019). An autologous dendritic cell vaccine polarizes a Th-1 response which is tumoricidal to patient-derived breast cancer cells. Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 68 (1), 71–83. doi:10.1007/s00262-018-2238-5
Waldman, A. D., Fritz, J. M., and Lenardo, M. J. (2020). A guide to cancer immunotherapy: from T cell basic science to clinical practice. Nat. Rev. Immunol. 20 (11), 651–668. doi:10.1038/s41577-020-0306-5
Wang, J. J., Ni, Q. K., Wang, Y. F., Zhang, Y. X., He, H. Y., Gao, D. W., et al. (2021). Nanoscale drug delivery systems for controllable drug behaviors by multi-stage barrier penetration. J. Control. Release 331, 282–295. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.08.045
Wang, K., and Tepper, J. E. (2021). Radiation therapy-associated toxicity: Etiology, management, and prevention. Ca. A Cancer J. Clin. 71 (5), 437–454. doi:10.3322/caac.21689
Wang, M., and Thanou, M. (2010). Targeting nanoparticles to cancer. Pharmacol. Res. 62 (2), 90–99. doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2010.03.005
Wang, Q. T., Nie, Y., Sun, S. N., Lin, T., Han, R. J., Jiang, J., et al. (2020). Tumor-associated antigen-based personalized dendritic cell vaccine in solid tumor patients. Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 69 (7), 1375–1387. doi:10.1007/s00262-020-02496-w
Wang, R., Wang, X., Li, J., Di, L., Zhou, J., and Ding, Y. (2022). Lipoprotein-biomimetic nanostructure enables tumor-targeted penetration delivery for enhanced photo-gene therapy towards glioma. Bioact. Mat. 13, 286–299. doi:10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.10.039
Wang, S., Cheng, K., Chen, K., Xu, C., Ma, P., Dang, G., et al. (2022). Nanoparticle-based medicines in clinical cancer therapy. Nano Today 45, 101512. doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2022.101512
Wang, T., Subramanian, C., Yu, M., White, P. T., Kuai, R., Sanchez, J., et al. (2019). Mimetic sHDL nanoparticles: A novel drug-delivery strategy to target triple-negative breast cancer. Surgery 166 (6), 1168–1175. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2019.06.010
Wang, X., Wu, C., Liu, S., and Peng, D. (2022). Combinatorial therapeutic strategies for enhanced delivery of therapeutics to brain cancer cells through nanocarriers: Current trends and future perspectives. Drug Deliv. (Lond). 29 (1), 1370–1383. doi:10.1080/10717544.2022.2069881
Wang, Y., Luan, Z., Zhao, C., Bai, C., and Yang, K. (2020). Target delivery selective CSF-1R inhibitor to tumor-associated macrophages via erythrocyte-cancer cell hybrid membrane camouflaged pH-responsive copolymer micelle for cancer immunotherapy. Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 142, 105136. doi:10.1016/j.ejps.2019.105136
Wang, Z., Zhang, M., Chi, S., Zhu, M., Wang, C., and Liu, Z. (2022). Brain tumor cell membrane-coated lanthanide-doped nanoparticles for NIR-IIb luminescence imaging and surgical navigation of glioma. Adv. Healthc. Mat. 11 (16), 2200521–e2200521. doi:10.1002/adhm.202200521
Wei, R., Liu, S., Zhang, S., Min, L., and Zhu, S. (2020). Cellular and extracellular components in tumor microenvironment and their application in early diagnosis of cancers. Anal. Cell. Pathol. 2020, 1–13. doi:10.1155/2020/6283796doi:6283796
Willsmore, Z. N., Coumbe, B. G. T., Crescioli, S., Reci, S., Gupta, A., Harris, R. J., et al. (2021). Combined anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 checkpoint blockade: Treatment of melanoma and immune mechanisms of action. Eur. J. Immunol. 51 (3), 544–556. doi:10.1002/eji.202048747
Wu, D., Shou, X., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Wu, G., Wu, D., et al. (2021). Cell membrane-encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles for enhancing natural killer cell-mediated cancer immunotherapy. Nanomedicine Nanotechnol. Biol. Med. 32, 102333. doi:10.1016/j.nano.2020.102333
Wu, L., Saxena, S., Awaji, M., and Singh, R. K. (2019). Tumor-associated neutrophils in cancer: Going pro. Cancers (Basel) 11 (4), 564. doi:10.3390/cancers11040564
Xi, Y., and Xu, P. (2021). Global colorectal cancer burden in 2020 and projections to 2040. Transl. Oncol. 14 (10), 101174. doi:10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101174
Xia, C., Dong, X., Li, H., Cao, M., Sun, D., He, S., et al. (2022). Cancer statistics in China and United States, 2022: Profiles, trends, and determinants. Chin. Med. J. 135 (05), 584–590. doi:10.1097/cm9.0000000000002108
Xia, W. T., Tao, Z. X., Zhu, B., Zhang, W. X., Liu, C., Chen, S. Y., et al. (2021). Targeted delivery of drugs and genes using polymer nanocarriers for cancer therapy. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22 (17), 9118. doi:10.3390/ijms22179118
Xie, P., Wang, Y., Wei, D., Zhang, L., Zhang, B., Xiao, H., et al. (2021). Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems with platinum drugs for overcoming cancer drug resistance. J. Mat. Chem. B 9 (26), 5173–5194. doi:10.1039/d1tb00753j
Xie, W., Deng, W. W., Zan, M., Rao, L., Yu, G. T., Zhu, D. M., et al. (2019). Cancer cell membrane camouflaged nanoparticles to realize starvation therapy together with checkpoint blockades for enhancing cancer therapy. ACS Nano 13 (3), 2849–2857. doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b03788
Xiong, J., Wu, M., Chen, J., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Fan, G., et al. (2021). Cancer-erythrocyte hybrid membrane-camouflaged magnetic nanoparticles with enhanced photothermal-immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. ACS Nano 15 (12), 19756–19770. doi:10.1021/acsnano.1c07180
Xu, Y., Yao, Y., Wang, L., Chen, H., and Tan, N. (2021). Hyaluronic acid coated liposomes Co-delivery of natural cyclic peptide RA-XII and mitochondrial targeted photosensitizer for highly selective precise combined treatment of colon cancer. Int. J. Nanomedicine 16, 4929–4942. doi:10.2147/ijn.s311577
Yaman, S., Ramachandramoorthy, H., Oter, G., Zhukova, D., Nguyen, T., Sabnani, M. K., et al. (2020). Melanoma peptide MHC specific TCR expressing T-cell membrane camouflaged PLGA nanoparticles for treatment of melanoma skin cancer. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 8, 943. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2020.00943
Yang, G., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Wilson, R., Hui, Y., Yu, L., et al. (2019). Bioinspired core-shell nanoparticles for hydrophobic drug delivery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 58 (40), 14495–14502. doi:10.1002/ange.201908357
Yang, R., Xu, J., Xu, L., Sun, X., Chen, Q., Zhao, Y., et al. (2018). Cancer cell membrane-coated adjuvant nanoparticles with mannose modification for effective anticancer vaccination. ACS Nano 12 (6), 5121–5129. doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b09041
Yao, Y., Chen, H., and Tan, N. (2022). Cancer-cell-biomimetic nanoparticles systemically eliminate hypoxia tumors by synergistic chemotherapy and checkpoint blockade immunotherapy. Acta Pharm. Sin. B 12 (4), 2103–2119. doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2021.10.010
Ye, Z., Liang, L., Lu, H., Shen, Y., Zhou, W., and Li, Y. (2021). Nanotechnology-employed bacteria-based delivery strategy for enhanced anticancer therapy. Int. J. Nanomedicine 16, 8069–8086. doi:10.2147/ijn.s329855
Yoo, J., Park, C., Yi, G., Lee, D., and Koo, H. (2019). Active targeting strategies using biological ligands for nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Cancers (Basel) 11 (5), 640. doi:10.3390/cancers11050640
Yu, W. D., Sun, G., Li, J., Xu, J., and Wang, X. (2019). Mechanisms and therapeutic potentials of cancer immunotherapy in combination with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. Cancer Lett. 452, 66–70. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2019.02.048
Yuan, H., Pratte, J., and Giardina, C. (2021). Ferroptosis and its potential as a therapeutic target. Biochem. Pharmacol. 186, 114486. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114486
Yue, P., Harper, T., Bacot, S. M., Chowdhury, M., Lee, S., Akue, A., et al. (2019). BRAF and MEK inhibitors differentially affect nivolumab-induced T cell activation by modulating the TCR and AKT signaling pathways. Oncoimmunology 8 (1), e1512456. doi:10.1080/2162402x.2018.1512456
Zaman, S., Huang, L., Douka, A. I., Yang, H., You, B., and Xia, B. Y. (2021). Oxygen reduction electrocatalysts toward practical fuel cells: Progress and perspectives. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 60 (33), 17976–17996. doi:10.1002/ange.202016977
Zeng, Z. L., and Pu, K. Y. (2020). Improving cancer immunotherapy by cell membrane-camouflaged nanoparticles. Adv. Funct. Mat. 30 (43), 2004397. doi:10.1002/adfm.202004397
Zeng, Z., and Pu, K. (2020). Improving cancer immunotherapy by cell membrane‐camouflaged nanoparticles. Adv. Funct. Mat. 30 (43), 2004397. doi:10.1002/adfm.202004397
Zhang, L., Du, J., Song, Q., Zhang, C., and Wu, X. (2022). A novel in situ dendritic cell vaccine triggered by Rose bengal enhances adaptive antitumour immunity. J. Immunol. Res. 2022, doi:11788741–17. doi:10.1155/2022/1178874
Zhang, L. X., Sun, X. M., Jia, Y. B., Liu, X. G., Dong, M. D., Xu, Z. P., et al. (2020). Nanovaccine's rapid induction of anti-tumor immunity significantly improves malignant cancer immunotherapy. Nano Today 35, 100923. doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100923
Zhang, M., Cheng, S., Jin, Y., Zhang, N., and Wang, Y. (2021). Membrane engineering of cell membrane biomimetic nanoparticles for nanoscale therapeutics. Clin. Transl. Med. 11 (2), e292. doi:10.1002/ctm2.292
Zhang, R., Zhang, Z., Liu, Z., Wei, D., Wu, X., Bian, H., et al. (2019). Adoptive cell transfer therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Front. Med. 13 (1), 3–11. doi:10.1007/s11684-019-0684-x
Zhang, X., Li, J. J., and Lu, P. H. (2020). Advances in the development of chimeric antigen receptor-T-cell therapy in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Chin. Med. J. 133 (4), 474–482. doi:10.1097/cm9.0000000000000638
Zhang, Y., Gao, X., Yan, B., Wen, N., Lee, W. S. V., Liang, X. J., et al. (2022). Enhancement of CD8(+) T-cell-mediated tumor immunotherapy via magnetic hyperthermia. ChemMedChem 17 (2), e202100656. doi:10.1002/cmdc.202100656
Zhang, Y., Ma, S., Liu, X., Xu, Y., Zhao, J., Si, X., et al. (2021). Supramolecular assembled programmable nanomedicine as in situ cancer vaccine for cancer immunotherapy. Adv. Mat. 33 (7), 2007293–e2007293. doi:10.1002/adma.202007293
Zhao, P., Wang, M., Chen, M., Chen, Z., Peng, X., Zhou, F., et al. (2020). Programming cell pyroptosis with biomimetic nanoparticles for solid tumor immunotherapy. Biomaterials 254, 120142. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120142
Zhao, Z., Ukidve, A., Kim, J., and Mitragotri, S. (2020). Targeting strategies for tissue-specific drug delivery. Cell 181 (1), 151–167. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2020.02.001
Zheng, C., Zhang, W., Wang, J., Zhai, Y., Xiong, F., Cai, Y., et al. (2022). Lenvatinib- and vadimezan-loaded synthetic high-density lipoprotein for combinational immunochemotherapy of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Acta Pharm. Sin. B 12, 3726–3738. doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2022.02.021
Zhivaki, D., Borriello, F., Chow, O. A., Doran, B., Fleming, I., Theisen, D. J., et al. (2020). Inflammasomes within hyperactive murine dendritic cells stimulate long-lived T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity. Cell Rep. 33 (7), 108381. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108381
Zhou, J., Zhang, S., and Guo, C., Crosstalk between macrophages and natural killer cells in the tumor microenvironment, Int. Immunopharmacol. 101(Pt 108374, doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2021.108374
Zhou, S., Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Liu, S., Xu, M., Jiang, T., et al. (2020). Engineering ApoE3-incorporated biomimetic nanoparticle for efficient vaccine delivery to dendritic cells via macropinocytosis to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Biomaterials 235, 119795. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119795
Keywords: tumor microenvironment, cell membrane, biomimetic nanoparticles, immunotherapy, nano drug delivery systems
Citation: Yu H, Wu M, Chen S, Song M and Yue Y (2022) Biomimetic nanoparticles for tumor immunotherapy. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 10:989881. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.989881
Received: 09 July 2022; Accepted: 26 October 2022;
Published: 09 November 2022.
Edited by:
Rajasekar Nagarajan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United StatesReviewed by:
Fernando Soto, Stanford University, United StatesFrancesca Gatto, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy
Copyright © 2022 Yu, Wu, Chen, Song and Yue. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Yulin Yue, yuelillin@163.com