PMID- 36916703 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230407 LR - 20230407 IS - 2040-3372 (Electronic) IS - 2040-3364 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 14 DP - 2023 Apr 6 TI - Biomimetic nanoparticles for DC vaccination: a versatile approach to boost cancer immunotherapy. PG - 6432-6455 LID - 10.1039/d2nr07071e [doi] AB - Cancer immunotherapy, which harnesses the immune system to fight cancer, has begun to make a breakthrough in clinical applications. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the bridge linking innate and adaptive immunity and the trigger of tumor immune response. Considering the cumbersome process and poor efficacy of classic DC vaccines, there has been interest in transferring the field of in vitro-generated DC vaccines to nanovaccines. Conventional nanoparticles have insufficient targeting ability and are easily cleared by the reticuloendothelial system. Biological components have evolved very specific functions, which are difficult to fully reproduce with synthetic materials, making people interested in using the further understanding of biological systems to prepare nanoparticles with new and enhanced functions. Biomimetic nanoparticles are semi-biological or nature-derived delivery systems comprising one or more natural materials, which have a long circulation time in vivo and excellent performance of targeting DCs, and can mimic the antigen-presenting behavior of DCs. In this review, we introduce the classification, design, preparation, and challenges of different biomimetic nanoparticles, and discuss their application in activating DCs in vivo and stimulating T cell antitumor immunity. Incorporating biomimetic nanoparticles into cancer immunotherapy has shown outstanding advantages in precisely coaxing the immune system against cancer. FAU - Meng, Lingyang AU - Meng L AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. FAU - Teng, Zhuang AU - Teng Z AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. FAU - Yang, Shuang AU - Yang S AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. FAU - Wang, Na AU - Wang N AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. FAU - Guan, YingHua AU - Guan Y AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. FAU - Chen, Xiguang AU - Chen X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5802-5364 AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. AD - Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266000, P.R. China. FAU - Liu, Ya AU - Liu Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0750-4979 AD - College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, P.R. China. yaliu@ouc.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230406 PL - England TA - Nanoscale JT - Nanoscale JID - 101525249 RN - 0 (Cancer Vaccines) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Dendritic Cells MH - Biomimetics MH - *Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Immunotherapy MH - Vaccination MH - *Nanoparticles MH - *Cancer Vaccines EDAT- 2023/03/15 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/07 06:41 CRDT- 2023/03/14 08:13 PHST- 2023/04/07 06:41 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/14 08:13 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/d2nr07071e [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nanoscale. 2023 Apr 6;15(14):6432-6455. doi: 10.1039/d2nr07071e.