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Vaccine immunotherapy is paving the way for an effective long-term immune response and targeted destruction of tumor cells and shows promise as a leading strategy in tumor treatment. Nanoparticles are crucial in combining vaccine immunotherapy and photothermal therapy (PTT), generating local tumor thermal ablation, and triggering a powerful antitumor immune response that inhibits tumor recurrence. In this study, we designed a nanovaccine that combined PTT and immunotherapy for tumors using two-dimensional black phosphorus (BP) as a nanoplatform that was modified with maleimide poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-MAL) and coated with tumor antigen proteins (BP-PEG-MAL@antigen). The BP-PEG-MAL@antigen nanovaccines displayed outstanding stability and biocompatibility due to the comodification of PEG and antigen proteins. The nanovaccines induced strong immune responses in vitro and in vivo that effectively inhibited orthotopic and bilateral tumor growth, prolonged survival time, and improved the survival rate of mice. In addition, the nanovaccines generated a long-term immune response and effectively inhibited tumor recurrence.
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Nano Lett
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Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
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Pediatric Respiratory Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, San Marco Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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September 2025
College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, China.
Background: A secondary Pasteurella multocida (Pm) infection following Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (Mo) challenge in sheep results in severe respiratory disease. Scavenger receptor A (SRA) is a key phagocytic receptor on macrophages, which facilitates microbial clearance. However, the role of sheep SRA in Mo-associated secondary Pm infection is less understood.
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Key Laboratory of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology for Cancer Immunotherapy, The Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterials, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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