Dual-targeted near-infrared photoimmunotherapy for esophageal cancer and cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment

Abstract Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play a significant role in tumor progression within the tumor microenvironment. Previously, we used near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT), a next-generation cancer cell-targeted phototherapy, to establish CAF-targeted NIR-PIT. In this study, we inve...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Sato, Kazuhiro Noma, Toshiaki Ohara, Kento Kawasaki, Masaaki Akai, Teruki Kobayashi, Noriyuki Nishiwaki, Toru Narusaka, Satoshi Komoto, Hajime Kashima, Yuki Katsura, Takuya Kato, Satoru Kikuchi, Hiroshi Tazawa, Shunsuke Kagawa, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Hisataka Kobayashi, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24313-3