Research interest

Immunotherapeutic nanomedicine

Immunotherapy, which uses the patient’s immune system to fight tumors, shows superior clinical results than conventional treatment. However, since tumors have various means of immune evasion, the proportion of patients responding to immunotherapy remains low or moderate. Therefore, through the convergence of cancer immunotherapy and biomaterials, this research group explores ways to control the immune system spatiotemporally and maximize the therapeutic effect.

Nature 2019; 574; 45

on-going projects

  • Antibody-drug conjugates/polymer-drug conjugates for inhibiting cancer-derived exosomes
  • Immunostimulatory nanoparticles for sonoimmunotherapy
  • Polymeric conjugate for targeted foreignization of cancer
  • Surface-engineered antibodies for enhanced immune-checkpoint therapy
  • Self-assembled nanocomplexes for macrophage polarization

Representative achievements

  • Sulfisoxazole Elicits Robust Antitumour Immune Response Along with Immune Checkpoint Therapy by Inhibiting Exosomal PD-L1. Advanced Science 2021; 9; 2103245
  • Repurposing macitentan with nanoparticle modulates tumor microenvironment to potentiate immune checkpoint blockade Biomaterials 2021;276;121058
  • Recruitment of dendritic cells using ‘find-me’ signaling microparticles for personalized cancer immunotherapy Biomaterials 2022; 282; 121412
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