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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2025

Targeting GDF15 to enhance immunotherapy efficacy in glioblastoma through tumor microenvironment-responsive CRISPR-Cas9 nanoparticles.

Cheng Zou, Xiao Liu, Weizhong Wang, Lei He, Anan Yin, Zhengcong Cao, Maorong Zhu, Yuxin Wu, Xiaolin Liu, Jiying Ma and 9 more

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. The Role of CRISPR and Its Therapeutic Applications in Glioblastoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Cheng Zou *State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xiao Liu *Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Weizhong Wang *Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Lei HeState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Anan YinDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Zhengcong CaoState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Maorong ZhuState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yuxin WuState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xiaolin LiuState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jiying MaState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yalong HeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Shuning WangState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wangqian ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wei LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Yingqi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jintao GuState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. gujintao@fmmu.edu.cn.
Wei LinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China. linwei@fmmu.edu.cn.
Kuo ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. justy1985@126.com.
Meng LiState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. limeng@fmmu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Defense Biotechnology Fund for Outstanding Young Talents 01-SWKJYCJJ17National Natural Science Foundation of China 82003220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the outstanding clinical success of immunotherapy, its therapeutic efficacy in glioblastoma (GBM) is still limited. To identify critical regulators of GBM immunity, we constructed a mouse single-guide RNA (sgRNA) library corresponding to all disease-related immune genes, and performed an in vivo CRISPR knockout (KO) screen in syngeneic GBM mouse models. We demonstrated that the deletion of GDF15 in GBM cells ameliorated the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) and enhanced the antitumor efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) response. Moreover, we designed unique nanoparticles for efficient encapsulation of CRISPR-Cas9, noninvasive brain delivery and tumor cell targeting, demonstrating an effective and safe strategy for GDF15 gene therapy. The CRISPR-Cas9 nanoparticles, known as ANP

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsCRISPR-Cas SystemsGlioblastomaGrowth Differentiation Factor 15ImmunotherapyNanoparticlesTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsCell Line, TumorGene EditingGenetic TherapyHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsGdf15 protein, mouseGrowth Differentiation Factor 15RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

Identifiers

PMID39979966
PMCPMC11843742

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