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Targeting the tumor-draining lymph node with adjuvanted nanoparticles reshapes the anti-tumor immune response

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Efthymia Vokali, Melody Swartz, Amanda Waite Lund, Susan Thomas

Accumulating evidence implicates the tumor-draining lymph node (TDLN) in tumor-induced immune escape, as it drains regulatory molecules and leukocytes from the tumor microenvironment. We asked whether targeted delivery of adjuvant to the TDLN, presumably a ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2014

Impaired Humoral Immunity and Tolerance in K14-VEGFR-3-Ig Mice That Lack Dermal Lymphatic Drainage

Melody Swartz, Joseph Rutkowski, Miriella Carmela Pasquier, Susan Thomas

Lymphatic vessels transport interstitial fluid, soluble Ag, and immune cells from peripheral tissues to lymph nodes (LNs), yet the contribution of peripheral lymphatic drainage to adaptive immunity remains poorly understood. We examined immune responses to ...

American Association of Immunologists ; Oxford University Press2012

VEGF-C Promotes Immune Tolerance in B16 Melanomas and Cross-Presentation of Tumor Antigen by Lymph Node Lymphatics

Melody Swartz, Sachiko Hirosue, Amanda Waite Lund, Susan Thomas, Amine Issa, Vidya Raghavan

Tumor expression of the lymphangiogenic factor VEGF-C is correlated with metastasis and poor prognosis, and although VEGF-C enhances transport to the draining lymph node (dLN) and antigen exposure to the adaptive immune system, its role in tumor immunity r ...

Elsevier2012

Size- and charge-dependent non-specific uptake of PEGylated nanoparticles by macrophages

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Susan Thomas

The assessment of macrophage response to nanoparticles is a central component in the evaluation of new nanoparticle designs for future in vivo application. This work investigates which feature, nanoparticle size or charge, is more predictive of non-specifi ...

2012

PEG-b-PPS-b-PEI micelles and PEG-b-PPS/PEG-b-PPS-b-PEI mixed micelles as non-viral vectors for plasmid DNA: Tumor immunotoxicity in B16F10 melanoma

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Eleonora Simeoni, Melody Swartz, Susan Thomas

Cationic micelles formed from poly(ethylene glycol)-bl-poly(propylene sulfide)-bl-poly(ethylene imine) (PEG-b-PPS-b-PEI) and from mixtures of poly(ethylene glycol)-bl-poly(propylene sulfide) (PEG-b-PPS) with PEG-b-PPS-b-PEI were explored as non-viral vecto ...

2011

Materials engineering for immunomodulation

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Melody Swartz, Susan Thomas

The engineering of materials that can modulate the immune system is an emerging field that is developing alongside immunology. For therapeutic ends such as vaccine development, materials are now being engineered to deliver antigens through specific intrace ...

2009

Altered immune responses in mice without initial dermal lymphatics

Melody Swartz, Sachiko Hirosue, Joseph Rutkowski, Susan Thomas

Karger2009