Abstract

Cancer is the second leading cause of death and there is an urgent need to improve cancer management. We have developed an innovative cancer therapy named Synergistic Immuno Photothermal Nanotherapy (SYMPHONY) by combining gold nanostars (GNS)-mediated photothermal ablation with checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. Our previous studies have demonstrated that SYMPHONY photoimmunotherapy not only treats the primary tumor but also dramatically amplifies anticancer immune responses in synergy with checkpoint blockade immunotherapy to treat remote and unresectable cancer metastasis. The SYMPHONY treatment also induces a ‘cancer vaccine’ effect leading to immunologic memory and prevents cancer recurrence in murine animal models. This manuscript provides an overview of our research activities on the SYMPHONY therapy with plasmonic GNS for cancer treatment.

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Title
Plasmonic gold nanostars for synergistic photoimmunotherapy to treat cancer
Author
Liu, Yang 1 ; Chorniak, Ericka 2 ; Ren Odion 3 ; Wiguins Etienne 4 ; Nair, Smita K 5 ; Maccarini, Paolo 6 ; Palmer, Gregory M 7 ; Inman, Brant A 8 ; Vo-Dinh, Tuan 1 

 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA 
 Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA 
 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA 
 Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA 
 Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA; Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA 
 Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA 
 Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA 
 Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA; Division of Urology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA 
Pages
3295-3302
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
ISSN
21928606
e-ISSN
21928614
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2584445712
Copyright
© 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.