Intelligent stimuli-responsive nano immunomodulators for cancer immunotherapy.

Cancer immunotherapy is a revolutionary treatment method in oncology, which uses a human's own immune system against cancer. Many immunomodulators that trigger an immune response have been developed and applied in cancer immunotherapy. However, there is the risk of causing an excessive immune response upon directly injecting common immunomodulators into the human body to trigger an immune response. Therefore, the development of intelligent stimuli-responsive immunomodulators to elicit controlled immune responses in cancer immunotherapy is of great significance. Nanotechnology offers the possibility of designing smart nanomedicine to amplify the antitumor response in a safe and effective manner. Progress relating to intelligent stimuli-responsive nano immunomodulators for cancer immunotherapy is highlighted as a new creative direction in the field. Considering the clinical demand for cancer immunotherapy, we put forward some suggestions for constructing new intelligent stimuli-responsive nano immunomodulators, which will advance the development of cancer immunotherapy. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Citation

Yanhua Li, Xia Zhang, Xiaohan Liu, Wei Pan, Na Li, Bo Tang. Intelligent stimuli-responsive nano immunomodulators for cancer immunotherapy. Chemical science. 2021 Feb 10;12(9):3130-3145

PMID: 34164080

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