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ReviewCancers2021

Magnetic Nanostructures as Emerging Therapeutic Tools to Boost Anti-Tumour Immunity.

Stefano Persano, Pradip Das, Teresa Pellegrino

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Magnetic nanoparticles as promising materials for the future of medicine.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2026
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  7. Magnetic Hyperthermia in Glioblastoma Multiforme Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  14. Multimodality imaging of nanoparticle-based vaccines: Shedding light on immunology.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology · 2022
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  19. Magnetic Nanoparticles Used in Oncology.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stefano PersanoNanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7013-5977
Pradip DasNanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8898-331X
Teresa PellegrinoNanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.

Funding

European Research Council starting grant 678109H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 843838
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy has shown remarkable results in various cancer types through a range of immunotherapeutic approaches, including chimeric antigen receptor-T cell (CAR-T) therapy, immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), and therapeutic vaccines. Despite the enormous potential of cancer immunotherapy, its application in various clinical settings has been limited by immune evasion and immune suppressive mechanisms occurring locally or systemically, low durable response rates, and severe side effects. In the last decades, the rapid advancement of nanotechnology has been aiming at the development of novel synthetic nanocarriers enabling precise and enhanced delivery of immunotherapeutics, while improving drug stability and effectiveness. Magnetic nanostructured formulations are particularly intriguing because of their easy surface functionalization, low cost, and robust manufacturing procedures, together with their suitability for the implementation of magnetically-guided and heat-based therapeutic strategies. Here, we summarize and discuss the unique features of magnetic-based nanostructures, which can be opportunely designed to potentiate classic immunotherapies, such as therapeutic vaccines, ICB, adoptive cell therapy (ACT), and in situ vaccination. Finally, we focus on how multifunctional magnetic delivery systems can facilitate the anti-tumour therapies relying on multiple immunotherapies and/or other therapeutic modalities. Combinatorial magnetic-based therapies are indeed offering the possibility to overcome current challenges in cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

cancer immunotherapycombinatorial immunotherapyimmune therapeuticsimmunogenic cell deathmagnetic nanostructuressurface chemistryvaccines

Identifiers

PMID34073106
PMCPMC8198238

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