Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

[HTML][HTML] Mn-based cGAS-STING activation for tumor therapy

A Huang, W Zhou - Chinese Journal of Cancer Research, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunotherapy has efficiently revolutionized the treatment of human neoplastic diseases.
However, the overall responsive rate of current immunotherapy is still unsatisfactory …

Multifunctional nanoparticle potentiates the in situ vaccination effect of radiation therapy and enhances response to immune checkpoint blockade

Y Zhang, RN Sriramaneni, PA Clark… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Radiation therapy (RT) activates an in situ vaccine effect when combined with immune
checkpoint blockade (ICB), yet this effect may be limited because RT does not fully optimize …

STING agonist-containing microparticles improve seasonal influenza vaccine efficacy and durability in ferrets over standard adjuvant

MD Gallovic, RD Junkins, AM Sandor, ES Pena… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current pandemic highlights the need for effective vaccines against respiratory viruses.
An ideal vaccine should induce robust and long-lasting responses with high manufacturing …

A nanovaccine for enhancing cellular immunity via cytosolic co-delivery of antigen and polyIC RNA

CS Carson, KW Becker, KM Garland… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional approaches to cancer vaccines elicit weak CD8+ T cell responses and have
largely failed to meet clinical expectations. This is in part due to inefficient antigen cross …

The role of cGAS in epithelial dysregulation in inflammatory bowel disease and gastrointestinal malignancies

A Ramos, N Bizri, E Novak, K Mollen… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The gastrointestinal tract is lined by an epithelial monolayer responsible for selective
permeability and absorption, as well as protection against harmful luminal contents …

Engineering endosomolytic nanocarriers of diverse morphologies using confined im**ement jet mixing

HM Pagendarm, PT Stone, BR Kimmel, JJ Baljon… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The clinical translation of many biomolecular therapeutics has been hindered by
undesirable pharmacokinetic (PK) properties, inadequate membrane permeability, poor …

The Current state of neoadjuvant therapy in resectable advanced stage melanoma

O Bushara, J Tidwell, JR Wester, J Miura - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The current standard of care for locally advanced melanoma is surgery first
followed by systemic therapy. However, there is growing evidence that neoadjuvant therapy …

Beta-Glucan from S. cerevisiae Protected AOM-Induced Colon Cancer in cGAS-Deficient Mice Partly through Dectin-1-Manipulated Macrophage Cell Energy

S Binmama, CP Dang, P Visitchanakun… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although the impacts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on cancers are mentioned, data on its
use in mice with cyclic GMP-AMP synthase deficiency (cGAS-/-) are even rarer. Here, 12 …

The battle between the innate immune cGAS-STING signaling pathway and human herpesvirus infection

X **, W Wang, X Zhao, W Jiang, Q Shao… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The incidence of human herpesvirus (HHVs) is gradually increasing and has affected a wide
range of population. HHVs can result in serious consequences such as tumors, neonatal …