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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2021 Mar 24;163:72–101. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.03.010

Table 2:

Progress of nano-and micro-formulation in the improvement of immunotherapy.

Micro and
Nanoformulation
Type Surface
functionalization
Adjuvant Average
Size
Publications,
Patents, and
Clinical trials
Polymeric NPs and MPs PLGA, PLA, PGA, PCL, Chitosan, Polyester, Dextran, PLHMGA, polystyrene PEG, polyhydroxy, PEI, Carboxyl, cancer cell membrane, sulfate, LHRH peptide, Cy5.5 CpG, OVA, anisamide, listeriolysin, α-GalCer, HSPs, montanide 20 mn-5μm 82, 2, 0
Lipid NPs (Liposomes, solid lipid NPs) Phospholipid, cationic lipid, DOTAP, DSPE-PEG, phosphatidylcholine, DOPE, NBD-DOPE Maleimide, PEG, protamine, hyaluronic acid, LHRH peptide, Cy5.5 OVA, CpG, pIC, zymosan, R848, LPS, L-PAM, Pam3CSK4, MPLA, DiC14-amidine, BCG-CWS, HSP 150 nm-1.5 μm 500, 19, 23
Inorganic NPs Gold, iron oxide, zinc oxide, calcium phosphate, QDs, copper sulfide, CNT, Ce6, MOF, UCNPs, aluminum oxide, silica Amino, mannose, dextran, avidin, polydopamine CEA, CpG, GMCSF, 1MT, imiquimod, IDO inhibitors, HSPs, alum 2-50 mn 298, 4, 0
Nanogels Gelatin, chitosan Quaternary amino IL-2, IL-15SA 130-250 mn 15, 0, 0
Dendrimers Succinamic acid dendrimers G4), polyamidoamine dendrimers (G5) DGBA, LHRH peptide, Cy5.5 CpG, PADRE, 58-68 nm 28, 0, 0 21, 0, 0
Cyclodextrins α-CD, β-CD, γ-CD, Succinyl-β, Methacrylate β, HP-β-CD, M-β-CD, SBE-β-CD PEG, Porphyrin,
Micelles PPS, MPEG- OH, PLL-g-PEG, PEI, PCL, PLH–PEG, dextran-grafted-poly (histidine), PGA, LMWH-d- (TOS), PEG-CDM-PEI Cancer cell hybrid membrane, CaCO3-crosslinked, heparin CpG, Poly I:C, M-CSF, IMQ 23 mn 78, 0, 0
Microneedles, Scaffold, Hydrogel, rods Hyaluronic acid, Alginate, PLGA, Chitosan, PVA, silica, gelatin, aluminum hydroxide Melanin, PEI GMCSF, CpG, IL-2, IL-15SA, FLT3L, CCL20 258, 7, 1

Abbreviation: polystyrene nanoparticles (PSNPs), l-dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE), N-(7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl) labeled dioleoyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine (NBD-DOPE), phenylalanine Mustard (L-PAM), monophosphoryl lipid A(MPLA), Bacille Calmette–Guerin cell wall skeleton (BCG-CWS), Carcinoenbryonic antigen (CEA), Poly(amidoamine)(PAMAM), Guanidinobenzoic acid (DGBA), Galactosylceramide (α-GalCer), Guanidinobenzoic acid (DGBA), cytosine-guanine dinucleotides (CpG), PAn DR epitope (PADRE),2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD), Methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD), sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBE-β-CD), Methoxy poly (ethylene glycol) (MPEG- OH), poly(l-histidine)–poly(ethylene glycol) (PLH–PEG), Poly (glutamic acid) (PGA20k), low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)-d-α-tocopheryl succinate (TOS), macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF), polypropylene sulfide (PPS), polycaprolactone (PCL), luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH), 1,2-dioleoyl-3-(trimethylammonium)propane (DOTAP), 1, 2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-Poly (ethylene glycol)(DSPE-PEG), TLR2 ligand Pam 3 CysSerLys 4 (Pam 3 CSK 4), Nt-butyl-N′-tetradecyl-3-tetradecylaminopropionamidine (diC 14-amidine), chlorine e6 (Ce6), Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), Poly(L-lysine)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-g-PEG), 2-propionic-3-methylmaleic anhydride (CDM),