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Recent advances and perspectives on the development of circular RNA cancer vaccines

Zhaohui Gong, Wentao Hu, Chengwei Zhou, Jing Guo, Lulu Yang, Boyang Wang

2025npj Vaccines36 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Engineered circular RNAs (circRNAs) are emerging as promising platforms for RNA-based vaccines in cancer treatment. We summarize the recent advances of design, synthesis, and delivery of circRNA-based cancer vaccines, and highlight the applications and challenges of circRNA vaccines in cancer therapy. Further enhancements are required in areas such as antigen selection, targeted delivery, multidimensional crosstalks, and clinical trial assessments to advance the efficacy and safety of circRNA vaccines in cancer.

Topics & Concepts

Circular RNAComputational biologyBiologyVirologyRNAGeneticsGeneCircular RNAs in diseasesMicroRNA in disease regulationGalectins and Cancer Biology