Daniela Mateus, Ana I. Sebastião, Manuela F. Frasco, Mylène A. Carrascal, Amílcar Falcão, Célia M. Gomes, Bruno Neves, Maria G. F. Sales, Maria T. Cruz

Artificial Dendritic Cells: A New Era of Promising Antitumor Immunotherapy

  • Biomaterials
  • Biotechnology
  • General Materials Science
  • General Chemistry

AbstractThe accelerated development of antitumor immunotherapies in recent years has brought immunomodulation into the spotlight. These include immunotherapeutic treatments with dendritic cell (DC)‐based vaccines which can elicit tumor‐specific immune responses and prolong survival. However, this personalized treatment has several drawbacks, including being costly, labor‐intensive, and time consuming. This has sparked interest in producing artificial dendritic cells (aDCs) to open up the possibility of standardized “off‐the‐shelf” protocols and circumvent the cumbersome and expensive personalized medicine. aDCs take advantage of materials that can be designed and tailored for specific clinical applications. Here, an overview of the immunobiology underlying antigen presentation by DCs is provided in an attempt to select the key features to be mimicked and/or improved through the development of aDCs. The inherent properties of aDCs that greatly impact their performance in vivo and, consequently, the fate of the triggered immune response are also outlined.

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