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Custom mRNA based Dendritic Cell Reprogramming Service

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Introduction

Modern cancer immunotherapy relies heavily on APCs like DCs. Traditional viral-based DC modification faces safety risks and manufacturing complexity, while custom mRNA-based reprogramming offers a non-viral alternative—enabling transient, efficient expression of therapeutic genes to engineer personalized anti-tumor immune responses.

Creative Biolabs' service delivers next-gen cellular therapeutics and personalized vaccines via optimized mRNA and advanced delivery systems. It bypasses traditional limitations, providing exceptional safety and speed, and specializes in engineering DCs/APCs with superior antigen presentation, enhanced cytokine secretion, and potent T-cell priming.

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Custom mRNA based Dendritic Cell Reprogramming Service

The core of our service lies in utilizing highly engineered mRNA to meticulously control the cellular machinery of immune cells. This powerful platform enables two distinct yet complementary strategies: DC Maturation Enhancement (ex vivo or in vivo) and In Situ Cell Fate Conversion (in vivo).

DC maturation determines the ultimate quality of the T-cell response. Creative Biolabs specializes in using multi-component mRNA mixes to direct this process toward maximum anti-tumor potency.

Antiviral-like Program

This precise combination shifts the DC transcriptional profile toward an antiviral-like state, which is more effective at overcoming tumor tolerance than the bacterial-like program induced by earlier mixes. It results in DCs that secrete higher levels of IL-12, enabling durable priming and differentiation of tumor-specific CD8+ T cells into long-lived memory populations (TSCM and TCM).

A method of reprogramming tumor cells in vivo to differentiate them into DC cells. (OA Literature) Fig.1 In vivo reprogramming of tumor cells to dendritic cells.1

Workflow

Our streamlined, end-to-end workflow is designed for transparency and efficiency, ensuring high-quality outputs suitable for preclinical studies.

Required Starting Materials

  • Target mRNA sequence(s) and modifications (e.g., Poly-A length, UTRs);
  • Starting cell population (e.g., donor PBMCs, established cell lines);
  • Desired expression duration.
Required Starting Materials
mRNA Synthesis & QC

mRNA Synthesis & QC

Conduct custom IVT mRNA synthesis with necessary modifications (e.g., Pseudouridine, ARCA cap).

LNP/Delivery System Formulation

Formulate optimized LNPs, lipoplexes/polyplexes, or prepare an injectable LNP-Hydrogel system for in vivo delivery projects.

LNP/Delivery System Formulation
Cell Electroporation/Transfection

Cell Electroporation/Transfection

Perform optimized non-viral delivery (typically electroporation for ex vivo DCs) to maximize transfection efficiency while preserving cell viability.

Phenotypic & Functional Characterization

Conduct flow cytometry (surface marker expression, maturation status), cytokine ELISAs (IL-12p70, IFN-γ, IL-10), and gene expression profiling (qPCR/RNA-seq).

Phenotypic & Functional Characterization
T-Cell Priming & Cytotoxicity Assay

T-Cell Priming & Cytotoxicity Assay

Co-culture reprogrammed DCs with naive or tumor-specific T cells, followed by proliferation, memory (TSCM, TCM) differentiation, and tumor cell killing assays.

Final Deliverables

  1. Detailed mRNA and LNP Formulation Report: Including sequence, purity, LNP size/PDI, and encapsulation efficiency data.
  2. Comprehensive Cell Characterization Data: Full flow cytometry panels, cytokine secretion profile reports, and T-cell functional assay results.
  3. Final Reprogrammed Cell Product: Cryopreserved, optimized, and validated cells ready for your downstream in vivo studies.
Final Deliverables

What We Can Offer

As an excellent seller, I understand that as a biology expert, you require precision, speed, and safety to accelerate your lead. Creative Biolabs' Custom mRNA based Dendritic Cell Reprogramming Service is the definitive solution for next-generation immunotherapy, engineered exactly to your project's unique specifications.

Non-Viral Safety Guarantee:
Ensure transient, non-integrative genetic modification, eliminate insertional mutagenesis risks associated with viral vectors, and significantly streamline regulatory pathways.

Custom Transcript Synthesis (10x Efficiency):
Provide IVT mRNA optimized with Pseudouridine and ARCA capping, achieving 10-fold higher translation efficiency and enhanced stability for sustained therapeutic protein expression.

Precision Reprogramming for High Potency:
Customize multi-component mRNA mixes to drive antiviral-like transcriptional programs in DCs, dramatically boosting IL-12 secretion and T-cell priming efficacy.

Advanced Localized Delivery Systems:
Offer project-specific LNPs, lipoplexes, or proprietary Hydrogel-LNP Depot Technology for efficient, sustained localized in vivo delivery, enabling TME modulation and in situ cell fate conversion.

Durable T-Cell Memory Induction:
Validated high-function DCs efficiently prime naive CD8+ T cells, driving differentiation into long-lived populations (e.g., TSCM, TCM) to underpin persistent anti-cancer immunity.

Versatile Transient Cell Engineering:
Deliver tailored mRNA templates and protocols for efficient, non-toxic transient expression of CARs/TCRs in T/NK cells, accelerating target screening and safety assessment of cell therapy candidates.

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Customer Reviews

  • [Uncompromised Genomic Safety for Regulatory Compliance] "Creative Biolabs' mRNA-based iPSC reprogramming service solved our biggest safety concern—no insertional mutagenesis risk. The resulting lines were karyotypically normal, with zero residual reprogramming factors, and fully met ICH regulatory standards. This streamlined our preclinical submission process, as we avoided the lengthy safety reviews tied to viral or episomal methods. Their rigorous QC gave us full confidence in advancing to patient-specific cell therapy trials."

    — Dr. Elena Marquez, [5 Months Ago]

  • [Accelerated Timeline & Consistent Batch Quality] "We struggled with inconsistent reprogramming efficiency using traditional methods, but Creative Biolabs' service delivered high-purity iPSCs reliably across three patient cohorts. The mRNA-based approach cut our reprogramming timeline by 3 weeks, and the batch-to-batch uniformity simplified our disease modeling work. The pluripotency marker expression was robust, and the lines maintained stability through multiple passages—critical for our high-throughput drug screens."

    — Prof. Nathan Carter, [6 Months Ago]

  • [Clinical-Grade Quality Enabling GMP Scale-Up] "As we transitioned to clinical translation, we needed iPSCs that could scale to master cell banks (MCB). Creative Biolabs' service delivered clinical-grade, genomically intact lines that seamlessly integrated into our GMP-compatible workflow. Their detailed QC reports on differentiation capacity and residual cell clearance were flawless, and the MCB generation supported our phase I material needs. This eliminated the gap between discovery and clinical manufacturing."

    — Dr. Sophia Reynolds, [3 Months Ago]

FAQs

How does your mRNA DC Reprogramming compare to traditional DC vaccines derived using cytokine cocktails?

Traditional cytokine cocktails yield DCs with limited T-cell priming and rapid functional decay. Our mRNA approach programs DCs to an enhanced antiviral-like state, enabling higher sustained IL-12 secretion and superior TSCM/TCM differentiation—control unachievable with external cytokines alone.

What are the primary safety advantages of using mRNA for cell engineering over lentivirus or retrovirus?

mRNA is non-integrating and naturally degraded within days, eliminating insertional mutagenesis risks associated with viral vectors. It offers a cleaner, safer profile for clinical translation.

Can your service be used to reprogram cells other than monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells (moDCs)?

Yes. Our versatile platform adapts TF mRNA and LNP technology to reprogram tumor cells, fibroblasts, etc., into immunogenic APCs for TME modulation. Contact our team to discuss project feasibility.

We are working on a novel CAR-T cell therapy. Can you assist with transient CAR expression via mRNA, or only DC reprogramming?

We support both. Our mRNA synthesis and electroporation enable efficient, non-toxic transient CAR/TCR expression in T/NK cells, accelerating preclinical screening with high safety margins. Validated templates and protocols are provided.

Creative Biolabs is your strategic partner in advanced immunotherapy, specializing in non-viral genetic engineering of immune cells. From designing high-potency mRNA for DC vaccines to delivering advanced delivery systems for in situ cell fate conversion, we provide validated solutions to accelerate your research from concept to clinic. We are committed to advancing cellular therapy and enabling safer, more effective cellular therapeutics.

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Reference

  1. Ascic, Ervin, et al. "In vivo dendritic cell reprogramming for cancer immunotherapy." Science 386.6719 (2024): eadn9083. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adn9083. Distributed under Open Access license CC BY 4.0, without modification.
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