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ReviewJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2026

Exosome-based vaccines in cancer immunotherapy: antitumor mechanisms, engineering strategies, and challenges.

Huanling Zhou, Yuanxin Shi, Yueyue Wang, Guohui Bai

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Review in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Huanling ZhouKey Laboratory of Oral Disease Research of the Education Department of Guizhou Province, School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China.
Yuanxin ShiKey Laboratory of Oral Disease Research of the Education Department of Guizhou Province, School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China.
Yueyue WangKey Laboratory of Oral Disease Research of the Education Department of Guizhou Province, School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China.
Guohui BaiKey Laboratory of Oral Disease Research of the Education Department of Guizhou Province, School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China. baiguohui1228@126.com.

Funding

Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 82160181TheZunyi Municipal Science and Technology Plan No. Zunshi Kehé HZ [2024] No. 343
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosome-based vaccines hold significant promise in cancer immunotherapy, yet their native forms face inherent challenges, including imprecise targeting, suboptimal immunogenicity, and poor controllability of antigen loading. This review posits that engineering is pivotal to transforming exosomes from passive carriers into active, programmable therapeutic platforms. We systematically dissect the multifaceted antitumor mechanisms of exosomes and critically evaluate how various engineering strategies (e.g., physical loading, genetic modification, membrane functionalization) are designed to address these specific biological bottlenecks, thereby establishing a coherent "biological limitation-engineering solution" framework. Building on this foundation, we assess their application potential and ongoing challenges in areas such as personalized neoantigen vaccines.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesExosomesImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmHumansAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesExosomesImmune responseTumorsVaccines

Identifiers

PMID41843206
PMCPMC12996485

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