[Scientific Journal cover art] Combination Cancer Immunotherapy: Immunogenic Cell Death Inducing Fluorinated Mitochondria-Disrupting Helical Polypeptide Synergizes with PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade (Adv. Sci. 7/2021)

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Chae-Ok Yun, Yeu-Chun Kim, and their team have developed a novel cancer treatment using endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated immunogenic cell death (ICD) induced by fluorinated mitochondria-disrupting helical polypeptides (MDHPs). These polypeptides destabilize the mitochondrial membrane, leading to increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and subsequent ICD. When combined with anti-Programmed death-ligand 1 antibodies (αPD-L1), which block PD-L1 on tumor cells, this treatment significantly reduces tumor growth by activating cytotoxic T cells.-Scientific Journal cover art design by scapiens

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202170038

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