Table 1: Nanomaterials used for cancer immunotherapy [25].

Types

Size (nm)

Target

Applications

Polymeric NPs

PLGA 100-200

DCs

Vaccine carrier, adjuvant

Dendrimer 1-20

DCs

Vaccine carrier

Micellar 25-50

DCs

Vaccine carrier

Hydrogel 80-600

DCs

Vaccine carrier

Liposome

100-160

DCs/ macrophage

Adjuvant/Vaccine carrier

Exosome

40-100

T cells

Vaccine carrier

Metal NPs

AuNPs 20-80

DCs

Vaccine carrier, adjuvant

IONPs

Tumor cells

Antibody carrier

MSNs

50-300

T cells

Vaccine carrier

CNTs

100-200 length

DCs

Vaccine carrier, adjuvant

VLPs

20-100

DCs/macrophage

Immunotherapy agent, Vaccine carrier