HER2/neu DNA vaccination by intradermal gene delivery in a mouse tumor model: Gene gun is superior to jet injector in inducing CTL responses and protective immunity.

abstract：:To antagonize tumor-derived TGFβ contemporaneously to anticancer immunotherapy, we genetically engineered a fusion protein coupling IL-2 and the ectodomain of TGFβ receptor II (Fusion of Interleukin-2 and Soluble TGFβ receptor - a.k.a. FIST). FIST possesses intriguing gain-of-function properties and induces potent act...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Penafuerte C,Galipeau J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosis of glioblastoma remains dismal, underscoring the need for novel therapies. Immunotherapy is generating promising results, but requires combination strategies to unlock its full potential. We investigated the immunomodulatory capacities of poly(I:C) on primary human glioblastoma cells and its combinatorial po...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： De Waele J,Marcq E,Van Audenaerde JR,Van Loenhout J,Deben C,Zwaenepoel K,Van de Kelft E,Van der Planken D,Menovsky T,Van den Bergh JM,Willemen Y,Pauwels P,Berneman ZN,Lardon F,Peeters M,Wouters A,Smits EL

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor microenvironment is characterized by of high levels of extracellular nucleotides that are metabolized through the dynamic and sequential action of cell surface enzymes (ectoenzymes). These ectoenzymes operate according to their spatial arrangement, as part of (1) continuous (molecules on the same cell) or (2...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Horenstein AL,Chillemi A,Zaccarello G,Bruzzone S,Quarona V,Zito A,Serra S,Malavasi F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage responses have been proposed as a gatekeeper to block tumorigenesis. We identify unexpected mechanisms whereby ATM-mediated pathway interacts with NFκB inflammatory cascades, leading to upregulation of integrin-αbβ3 on chemoresistant tumor cells. The integrin-αbβ3 is responsible for impeding tumor-specific ...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Jinushi M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This proof-of-concept single-arm open-label phase I clinical trial (NCT02481934) studied the safety and efficacy of multiple infusions of activated and expanded natural killer (NKAE) cells in combination with anti-myeloma drugs in multiple myeloma patients. It included five patients with relapsed or refractory MM who ...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Leivas A,Perez-Martinez A,Blanchard MJ,Martín-Clavero E,Fernández L,Lahuerta JJ,Martinez-Lopez J

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one of the most important etiologic causes of oropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Patients with HPV-positive HNSCC were reported to have a better clinical outcome than patients with HPV-negative cancers. However, little is known about the possible causes...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Partlová S,Bouček J,Kloudová K,Lukešová E,Zábrodský M,Grega M,Fučíková J,Truxová I,Tachezy R,Špíšek R,Fialová A

更新日期：2015-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of human pancreatic cancer challenge the mouse model-derived notion that the pancreas is a site of immune privilege. A heavy infiltration of CD8+ T cells expressing programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and smaller numbers of myeloid cells and regulatory T cells provides rationale for the clinical evaluation o...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Pillarisetty VG

更新日期：2014-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncolytic virotherapy is an emergent promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of cancer. We have constructed a vaccinia virus (WR strain) deleted for thymidine kinase (TK) and ribonucleotide reductase (RR) genes that expressed the fusion suicide gene FCU1 derived from the yeast cytosine deaminase and uracil ph...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Fend L,Remy-Ziller C,Foloppe J,Kempf J,Cochin S,Barraud L,Accart N,Erbs P,Fournel S,Préville X

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy of esophageal carcinomas causes a variable degree of depletion of tumor-infiltrating FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs). The frequency of local Tregs in the operative specimens negatively correlates with the pathological response and overall patient survival. These results underscore the i...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Vacchelli E,Semeraro M,Adam J,Dartigues P,Zitvogel L,Kroemer G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss-of-function mutation of formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) has a negative impact on the progression-free and overall survival of breast cancer patients treated with anthracycline-based adjuvant chemotherapy. This effect may be attributed to the fact that chemotherapy-induced antitumor immunity requires FPR1 and...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Baracco EE,Pietrocola F,Buqué A,Bloy N,Senovilla L,Zitvogel L,Vacchelli E,Kroemer G

更新日期：2016-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses have been elicited by a variety of cancer vaccines, but seldom induce regressions of established cancers in humans. As a novel therapeutic immunization strategy, we tested the hypothesis that multiple cytokines/chemokines secreted early in secondary responses ex-vivo might mimic the secretory environm...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Valentine FT,Golomb FM,Harris M,Roses DF

更新日期：2017-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines designed to abrogate the tolerance of tumor self-antigens and amplify cytotoxic CD8+ T cells (CTLs) have promise for the treatment of cancer. Type I natural killer (NKT) cells have attracted considerable interest in the cancer therapy field. In the current study, we have exploited the unique ability of NKT ce...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Ghinnagow R,De Meester J,Cruz LJ,Aspord C,Corgnac S,Macho-Fernandez E,Soulard D,Fontaine J,Chaperot L,Charles J,Soncin F,Mami-Chouaib F,Plumas J,Faveeuw C,Trottein F

更新日期：2017-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:RIG-I-like helicases (RLH) are cytosolic sensors for viral RNA inducing type I interferon production. We found that pancreatic cancer cells express functional RLH and are susceptible to RLH-induced apoptosis via intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Tumor cells displayed features of immunogenic cell death resulting in den...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Schnurr M,Duewell P

更新日期：2014-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:TRAF2 dependent K63-polyubiquitinations have been recently shown to connect CD137 (4-1BB) stimulation to NF-κB activation. In a search of deubiquitinase enzymes (DUBs) that could regulate such a signaling route, A20 and CYLD were found to coimmunoprecipitate with CD137 and TRAF2 complexes. Indeed, overexpression of A2...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Azpilikueta A,Bolaños E,Lang V,Labiano S,Aznar MA,Etxeberria I,Teijeira A,Rodriguez-Ruiz ME,Perez-Gracia JL,Jure-Kunkel M,Zapata JM,Rodriguez MS,Melero I

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging entails the accumulation of neoantigens comprised of aggregated, oxidized, mutated and misfolded biomolecules, including advanced-glycation end projects (AGEs). There is evidence that the immune system can recognize and clear cells fouled by these molecular debris, which contribute to the emergence of cancer and...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Prendergast GC,Metz R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that T-cell reactivity against tumor-specific neo-antigens may be central to the clinical efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. The development of personalized vaccines designed to boost T-cell reactivity against patient specific neo-antigens has been proposed largely on the basis of these findings. Wo...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： van Buuren MM,Calis JJ,Schumacher TN

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-17A belongs to IL-17 superfamily and binds the heterodimeric IL-17 receptor (R)(IL-17RA/IL-17RC). IL-17A promotes germinal center (GC) formation in mouse models of autoimmune or infectious diseases, but the role of IL-17A/IL-17AR complex in human neoplastic GC is unknown. In this study, we investigate...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Ferretti E,Di Carlo E,Ognio E,Guarnotta C,Bertoni F,Corcione A,Prigione I,Fraternali-Orcioni G,Ribatti D,Ravetti JL,Ponzoni M,Tripodo C,Pistoia V

更新日期：2015-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer immunotherapy is hampered by the immunosuppression maintained by regulatory T cells (Tregs) in tumor-bearing hosts. Stimulation of the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) by Pam3Cys is known to affect Treg-mediated suppression. We found that Pam3Cys increases the proliferation of both CD4(+) effector T cells (Teffs) an...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Amiset L,Fend L,Gatard-Scheikl T,Rittner K,Duong V,Rooke R,Muller S,Bonnefoy JY,Préville X,Haegel H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines in combination with chemotherapy have been shown to be safe in different tumor types. We investigated the immunological activity of the TroVax® vaccine in combination with pemetrexed-cisplatin chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). In this first line, open-label, single-arm, phase 2 study, pati...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Lester JF,Casbard AC,Al-Taei S,Harrop R,Katona L,Attanoos RL,Tabi Z,Griffiths GO

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have proposed that tumor-specific tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T lymphocytes (CD8 TIL) can be classified into two main groups: "exhausted" TILs, characterized by high expression of the inhibitory receptors PD-1 and TIM-3 and lack of transcription factor 1 (Tcf1); and "memory-like" TILs, with self-renewal cap...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Carmona SJ,Siddiqui I,Bilous M,Held W,Gfeller D

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the clinical success of anti-PD1 antibody (α-PD1) therapy, the immune mechanisms contributing to the antineoplastic response remain unclear. Here, we describe novel aspects of the immune response involved in α-PD1-induced antitumor effects using an orthotopic Kras (G12D)/p53(R172H)/Pdx1-Cre (KPC) model of panc...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： D'Alincourt Salazar M,Manuel ER,Tsai W,D'Apuzzo M,Goldstein L,Blazar BR,Diamond DJ

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are crucial for effective antitumor responses. However, hypoxia can skew T-cell differentiation and function, thereby perturbing TILs. We have demonstrated that TILs and their immune function are associated with tumor vascularization. These features are prognostic for improved dis...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Neilson D,MacPherson S,Townsend KN,Lum JJ

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer immunotherapy continues to make headway as a treatment for advanced stage tumors, revealing an urgent need to understand the fundamentals of anti-tumor immune responses. Noteworthy is a scarcity of data pertaining to the breadth and specificity of tumor-specific T cell responses in metastatic breast cancer. Aut...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： DeVette CI,Gundlapalli H,Lai SA,McMurtrey CP,Hoover AR,Gurung HR,Chen WR,Welm AL,Hildebrand WH

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) remains a significant impediment to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) success, necessitating studies focused on alleviating GvHD, while preserving the graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) effect. Based on our previous studies showing bendamustine with total body irradiation (B...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Stokes J,Hoffman EA,Molina MS,Kummet N,Simpson RJ,Zeng Y,Katsanis E

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A major advantage of immunotherapy of cancer is that effector cells induced at one site should be able to kill metastatic cancer cells in other sites or tissues. However, different tissues have unique immune components, and very little is known about whether effector T cells induced against tumors in one tissue can wo...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： O'Konek JJ,Ambrosino E,Bloom AC,Pasquet L,Massilamany C,Xia Z,Terabe M,Berzofsky JA

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) occupy a privileged position at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity, orchestrating a large panel of responses to both physiological and pathological cues. In particular, whereas the presentation of antigens by immature DCs generally results in the development of immunological toler...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Vacchelli E,Vitale I,Eggermont A,Fridman WH,Fučíková J,Cremer I,Galon J,Tartour E,Zitvogel L,Kroemer G,Galluzzi L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint molecule-specific monoclonal antibody have obtained encouraging results from preclinical studies and clinical trials, which promoted us to explore whether this kind of immunotherapy could be applicable to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Lymphocyte activation gene-3 (...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Deng WW,Mao L,Yu GT,Bu LL,Ma SR,Liu B,Gutkind JS,Kulkarni AB,Zhang WF,Sun ZJ

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cell (Treg) promote IL-17-mediated colon tumorigenesis in multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) mice colonized with enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF). Although they retain their immunosuppressive function, mucosal Treg are instrumental to initiate ETBF-triggered IL-17 colitis by limiting the avail...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Geis AL,Housseau F

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Blockade of the PD-1 receptor has revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma, with significant increases in overall survival (OS) and a dramatic improvement in patient quality of life. Despite the success of this approach, the number of benefitting patients is limited and there is a need for predictive biomar...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Pico de Coaña Y,Wolodarski M,van der Haar Àvila I,Nakajima T,Rentouli S,Lundqvist A,Masucci G,Hansson J,Kiessling R

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A Phase I trial of a p53-targeting modified vaccinia Ankara (p53MVA) vaccine in patients afflicted with refractory gastrointestinal cancers demonstrated enhanced T-cell recognition of p53 following vaccination. However, this effect was transient suggesting that p53MVA requires combination with immunomodulatory agents ...

journal_title：Oncoimmunology

authors： Hardwick N,Chung V,Cristea M,Ellenhorn JD,Diamond DJ

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00