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Hydrogels for Cancer Immunotherapy: Strategies From Construction to Application.
Xiaohua Chen1,2, Shan Wu2, Yueyang Zhang1
1Department of Pharmacy Personalized Drug Therapy Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital School of Medicine University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu Sichuan Province China.
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|February 5, 2026
Summary
Intelligent hydrogels offer a promising platform for cancer immunotherapy by enabling controlled drug delivery and immune modulation. This review categorizes hydrogel strategies to overcome challenges in tumor immunotherapy, guiding future research.
Area of Science:
- Biomaterials Science
- Immunology
- Oncology
Background:
- Cancer immunotherapy aims to activate the body's immune response against tumors.
- Despite successes, challenges like targeting, delivery, tumor microenvironment (TME) suppression, and drug resistance persist.
- Intelligent hydrogels present a novel biomaterial platform to address these immunotherapy limitations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review and categorize current hydrogel construction strategies for cancer immunotherapy.
- To highlight the advantages of specific hydrogel architectures in various clinical settings.
- To underscore the multifunctional utility of hydrogels as precision delivery systems and immune microenvironment modulators.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and systematic categorization of hydrogel-based immunotherapeutic platforms.
- Analysis of hydrogel properties relevant to drug delivery and immune modulation.
- Classification of hydrogel applications based on immune-based strategies.
Main Results:
- Hydrogels serve as injectable or implantable biomaterials for localized and controllable drug delivery.
- Hydrogels can modulate the tumor microenvironment and enhance antitumor immune responses.
- Diverse hydrogel architectures offer distinct advantages for specific immunotherapy applications.
Conclusions:
- Hydrogel-based platforms are emerging as a powerful strategy to overcome key challenges in tumor immunotherapy.
- Understanding hydrogel design principles is crucial for developing next-generation immunotherapeutic agents.
- This review provides insights to guide future research and development in hydrogel-based cancer immunotherapy.
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