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ArticleNature nanotechnology2026

Activating a B cell immune response regresses immunologically cold tumours.

Heena Aggarwal, Nimish Gupta, Aniruddha Sengupta, Arindam Sarkar, Sanghamitra Mylavarapu, Ivan S Pires, Tanmoy Saha, Binayak Sarkar, Ashish Kulkarni, Vinay S Mahajan and 8 more

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Heena Aggarwal *Center for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4535-3497
Nimish Gupta *Akamara Therapeutics Inc, New Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-1025
Aniruddha Sengupta *Akamara Therapeutics Inc, New Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5560-0837
Arindam Sarkar *Akamara Therapeutics Inc, New Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5946-2846
Sanghamitra Mylavarapu *Akamara Therapeutics Inc, New Delhi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-095X
Ivan S PiresCenter for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-0027
Tanmoy SahaCenter for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Binayak SarkarCenter for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3366-4851
Ashish KulkarniUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5713-2202
Vinay S MahajanCenter for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0814-2989
Lipika GoyalStanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9777-6221
Aditya BardiaAlyssum Therapeutics Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4885-1157
Richard FahrnerAlyssum Therapeutics Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ermanno GherardiAlyssum Therapeutics Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Raghunath MashelkarAlyssum Therapeutics Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-3112-4774
Patrick Soon-ShiongAlyssum Therapeutics Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Hae Lin JangCenter for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA. hjang@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3923-9732
Shiladitya SenguptaCenter for Engineered Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA. ssengupta2@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-5052

Funding

Combinatorial application of nanoscale technologies to target a novel mechanism of immune evasion by cancer cellsR01CA293908 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Shiladitya Sengupta · 2024 to 2026
$3.5M
Tunneling Nanotube Inhibitors for Cancer ImmunotherapyR01CA276525 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Shiladitya Sengupta · 2023 to 2026
$3.0M
Whitlockite nanoparticle-based immunotherapy for bone metastasisR01CA236702 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI JANG, HAE LIN, SENGUPTA, SHILADITYA · 2019 to 2023
$2.7M
Development of Lipid Nanoparticles for B-cell Mediated ImmunotherapiesK00CA274651 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Ivan Susin Pires · 2025 to 2026
$180k
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) K00CA274651U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA236702U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA276525U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) R01CA293908
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progress in immuno-oncology has been stymied by poorly immunogenic 'cold' tumours and the focus on T cells at the cost of other immune cells. Here we report that AT-1965, a small molecule in a lipid nanoparticle, induces rapid regression of poorly immunogenic tumours with the formation of immune memory through interaction with Cap-specific RNA (nucleoside-2'-O-)-methyltransferase 2 (CMTR2) in cancer cells, triggering an innate inflammatory viral defence response. AT-1965-treated tumours were found to be highly infiltrated with B cells, which are known to act as early responders to viral signatures. Genetic knockout of functional B cells abrogated the anti-tumour efficacy of AT-1965, directly implicating B cells in the anti-tumour outcome. Our results rationalize clinical data showing that patients with high CMTR2 expression in tumours have a poor prognosis and that B cell infiltration is associated with long-term survival in multiple tumour types. The AT-1965 nanomedicine-inspired discovery of CMTR2 as a potential cancer target and B cell recruitment opens a new frontier for immuno-oncology.

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B-LymphocytesNeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceNanoparticles

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