posted on 2023-04-04, 02:04authored byDavid C. Florian, Natalie E. Bennett, Mateusz Odziomek, Jessalyn J. Baljon, Mohamed Wehbe, Alyssa R. Merkel, Melissa A. Fischer, Michael R. Savona, Julie A. Rhoades, Scott A. Guelcher, John T. Wilson
Supplementary Figure 5: TRAP+ Osteoclasts in treated versus untreated tibiae.
Funding
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Susan G. Komen (SGK)
EIF | Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C)
Incyte (Incyte Corp)
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ARTICLE ABSTRACT
Bone metastases are difficult to treat due to the inaccessibility of the bone marrow compartment and the immunosuppressive microenvironment that protects resident stem cells. Packaging a STING agonist into a nanoparticle that enables systemic administration and drug accumulation at tumor sites overcomes both barriers to stymie metastatic breast cancer growth.