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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 4.

List of nanomaterials driven combinatorial immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer.

Combinatorial agent / Carrier Immunotherapy agent Cancer Model
Chemo-immunotherapy
DOX / Thermoresponsive NPs, Lipoprotein nanodisc, Poly(amidoamine) dendrimer, Mesoporous silica NPs, Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid NPs IFNγ, anti-PD-1Ab, CpG, ATRA, IL-2
CpG, anti-CLA4 Ab, anti-OX40 Ab
B16F10, CT26, 22RV1, B16 melanoma, EL4, A20 lymphomas
PTX / poly(glycolic acid) NPs, Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid NPs; IL-10 siRNA / Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid NPs, RBC coated chitosan nanogel Imiquimod, LPS, CpG, IL-2 B16F10
Cisplatin / Liposomes CpG B16F10
Photothermal-Immunotherapy
Copper sulfide, gold NPs, CNT, ICG, IR7, melanin CpG, GC, GM-CSF, OVA 4T1, EMT6, B16, CT26, EG-7OVA
Polydopamine coated spiky gold NPs DOX CT26
SWCNT, ICG, Bremaclilorin, Ce6 Anti-CTLA-4 Ab, R837, SLPs, OVA, CpG 4T1, CT26, TCI RMAEG7-OVA
Gold nanostar, Pyrolipid, IR700, TBP Anti-PD-L1 Ab MB49, MC38, CT26, 4T1
Gold nanoshell Adoptive T cells B16F10
Temoporfin, Ce6 Anti-GR1 Ab, Anti-CD25 Ab, LCL521 SCCVII, B16F10,
PPa PD-L1 gene silencing B16F10
Photodynamic-Immunotherapy
NCP-pyrolipid Oxaliplatin + anti-PD-L1 Ab CT26, MC38
ZnP-pyrolipid Anti-PD-L1 Ab 4T1 and TUBO
MOF, PpIX, H4TBC IDO inhibitor, 1MT CT26, MC38
UCNPs-Ce6 Imiqimod + anti-CTLA-4 Ab CT26
Radio-immunotherapy
Gold NPs Anti-CD40 Ab
Hf NPs IDO inhibitor
Gene-Immunotherapy
STAT3, IDO, SOCS1 siRNA / Liposome
SOCS1 siRNA, STAT3 siRNA, IL-10 siRNA/ PLGA NPs imiquimod, OVA, EG7-OVA, B cell lymphoma model
TGFβ siRNA/Liposomes CpG, (TRP2) peptide B16F10

Abbreviation: Doxorubicin (DOX), paclitaxel (PTX), all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA), lipopolysaccharide (LPS), carbon nanotubes (CNT), 5,10,15,20-tetra(p-benzoato)porphyrin (TBP), Pyropheophorbide-a (PPa), 5,10,15,20-tetra(p-benzoato)chlorin (H4TBC)