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Publications

Recent Articles

Wired Magazine Article: A Common Plant Virus Is an Unlikely Ally in the War on Cancer

Key Publications

Ranked in Biomaterials Science Most Popular 30 Articles in 2020:

Shukla S., Wang C., Beiss V., Cai H., Washington T., Murray A., Gong X., Zhao Z., Masarapu H., Zlotnik A., Fiering S., and Steinmetz N.F. (2020) The unique potency of Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) in situ cancer vaccine. Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8, 5489-5503.

Shukla S., Wang C., Beiss V., Steinmetz N.F. (2020) Antibody Response against Cowpea Mosaic Viral Nanoparticles Improves In Situ Vaccine Efficacy in Ovarian Cancer. ACS Nano. 2020 March 24; 14(3): 2994–3003.

Duval K.E.A., Wagner R.J., Beiss V., Fiering S.N., Steinmetz N.F., Hoopes P.J. (2020) Cowpea Mosaic Virus Nanoparticle Enhancement of Hypofractionated Radiation in a B16 Murine Melanoma Model. Frontiers in Oncology 10:594614.

Murray A., Sheen M., Veliz F., Fiering S., Steinmetz N.F. (2020) In Situ Vaccination of Tumors Using Plant Viral Nanoparticles. Methods Mol Biol. 2019 ; 2000: 111–124.  

Chung Y.H., Cai H., Steinmetz N.F., (2020) Viral nanoparticles for drug delivery, imaging, immunotherapy, and theranostic applications. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 156 (2020) 214–235

Albakri M., Veliz F.A., Fiering S.N., Steinmetz N.F., Sieg S.F. (2020) Endosomal toll-like receptors play a key role in activation of primary human monocytes by cowpea mosaic virus. Immunology. 2020 Feb; 159(2): 183–192.

Wang C. and Steinmetz N.F. (2020) A Combination of Cowpea mosaic virus and Immune Checkpoint Therapy Synergistically Improves Therapeutic Efficacy in Three Tumor Models. Advanced Functional Materials, 04 May 2020.

Cai H., Wang C., Shukla S., Steinmetz N.F. (2019) Cowpea Mosaic Virus Immunotherapy Combined with Cyclophosphamide Reduces Breast Cancer Tumor Burden and Inhibits Lung Metastasis. Adv. Sci. 2019, 1802281. PMID: 31453050, PMCID: PMC6702650.

Wang C., Steinmetz N.F. (2019) CD47 Blockade and Cowpea Mosaic Virus Nanoparticle In Situ Vaccination Triggers Phagocytosis and Tumor Killing. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2019 Apr; 8(8): e1801288.

Wang C., Beiss V., Steinmetz N.F. (2019) Cowpea Mosaic Virus Nanoparticles and Empty Virus-Like Particles Show Distinct but Overlapping Immunostimulatory Properties. Journal of Virology 2019 Nov 1; 93(21): e00129-19.

Wang C., Fiering S., Steinmetz N.F. (2019) Cowpea Mosaic Virus Promotes Anti-Tumor Activity and Immune Memory in a Mouse Ovarian Tumor Model. Advanced Therapeutics. 1900003.

Cai H., Shukla S., Wang C., Masarapu H., Steinmetz N.F., (2019) Heterologous Prime-Boost Enhances the Antitumor Immune Response Elicited by Plant-Virus-Based Cancer Vaccine. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019 April 24; 141(16): 6509–651

Fogle A.K., Steinmetz N.F., et al (2019) Plant Virus-Like Particle In Situ Vaccine for Intracranial Glioma Immunotherapy. Cancers 2019, 11, 515

Lee K.L., Steimetz N.F. et al (2017) Combination of Plant Virus Nanoparticle-Based in Situ Vaccination with Chemotherapy Potentiates Antitumor Response. Nano Lett. 2017 Jul 12; 17(7): 4019–4028.

Shukla S., Steinmetz N.F., (2016) Emerging nanotechnologies for cancer immunotherapy. Experimental Biology and Medicine 2016; 241: 1116–1126.

Lizotte, H, Wen, A.M., Sheen, M.R., Fields, J., Rojanasopondist, P., Steinmetz, N.F., Fiering, S.(2016) In situ vaccination with cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles suppresses metastatic cancer. Nature Nanotechnology, 11, 295-303.

Hoopes P.J., Wagner R.J.,Duval K., Kang K., Gladstone D.J., Moodie K.L., Crary-Burney M., Ariaspulido H., Veliz F.A.*, Steinmetz N.F.#, Fiering S.# (2018) Treatment of canine oral melanoma with nanotechnology-based immunotherapy and radiation. Mol Pharm., 15, 3717-3722. PMID: 29613803, PMCID: PMC6296751.

Stump C.T., Steinmetz N.F., Fiering S.N. (2021) Remission-Stage Ovarian Cancer Cell Vaccine with Cowpea Mosaic Virus Adjuvant Prevents Tumor Growth. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Feb; 13(4): 627.

Shin M.D.#, Shukla S.#, Chung Y. H., Beiss V., Chan S. K., Ortega-Rivera O. A., Wirth D. M., Chen A., Sack M., Pokorski J. K., Steinmetz N.F. (2020) COVID-19 vaccine development and a potential nanomaterial path forward. Nature Nanotechnology, 15, 646-655. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0737-y.

Lee P.W., Shukla S., Wallat J.D., Danda C., Steinmetz N.F., Maia J., Pokorski J.K. (2017) Biodegradable Viral Nanoparticle/Polymer Implants Prepared via Melt-Processing. ACS Nano, 11,8777-8789.

Grants

Mosaic’s IO and VAX technology has been developed over the past ten years by the Principal Investigators and Co-Founders of Mosaic: Drs. Steinmetz, Pokorski, and Fiering. The technology development has been supported through numerous federal research grants, including NIH, NSF, and CDMRP as well as private foundations, such as the American Cancer Society, Susan G Komen, and American Heart Association totaling $21 Million.