abstract：:Evaluation of: Turksma AW, Bontkes HJ, Ruizendaal JJ et al. Exploring dendritic cell based vaccines targeting survivin for the treatment of head and neck cancer patients. J. Transl. Med. 11, 152-165 (2013). Survivin has been identified to be an inhibitor of apoptosis and is highly expressed in many cancers. A number o...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Lee WT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TB is an infectious disease that still has an enormous impact on public health worldwide. With the continuous increasing epidemic of multidrug-resistant TB, new drugs and vaccines are urgently needed. In the last decade there has been a broad advance in the knowledge of innate immunity in TB. Together with the growing...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Rivas-Santiago CE,Hernández-Pando R,Rivas-Santiago B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess carnitine serum levels and possible risk factors of its deficiency in patients with TB. PATIENTS & METHODS:All newly diagnosed TB patients admitted to an infectious diseases ward were recruited. Demographic, clinical and paraclinical characteristics of the patients were collected. Total carnitine serum c...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Hatamkhani S,Khalili H,Karimzadeh I,Abdollahi A,Jafari S,Khazaeipour Z

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Li F, Song D, Lu Y, Zhu H, Chen Z, He X. Delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) immune response related with EBV-DNA in nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with autologous dendritic cell vaccination after radiotherapy. J. Immunother. 36(3), 208-214 (2013). The association of EBV with a number of human maligna...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Smith C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Pesce B, Soto L, Sabugo F et al. Effect of interleukin-6 receptor blockade on the balance between regulatory T cells and T helper type 17 cells in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Clin. Exp. Immunol. 171, 237-242 (2012). Clinical trials of a humanized anti-IL-6 receptor antibody, tocilizumab (TCZ), proved...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Tanaka T

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Pujol-Autonell I, Ampudia RM, Monge P et al. Immunotherapy with tolerogenic dendritic cells alone or in combination with rapamycin does not reverse diabetes in NOD mice. ISRN Endocrinol. doi:10.1155/2013/346987 (2013) (Epub ahead of print). Many reports confirm that dendritic cells (DCs) can prevent aut...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Giannoukakis N

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:John L Stanford speaks to Hannah Wilson, Assistant Commissioning Editor John L Stanford is Chief Scientific Officer at BioEos Ltd (Kent, UK). Dr Stanford began his career as a senior lecturer and then reader in microbiology at Middlesex Hospital Medical School (London, UK), then University College London Medical Schoo...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Stanford JL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens, especially Gram-negative bacteria and mycobacteria, represents one of the major medical challenges of the 21st century. The gradual loss of effective classical antibiotics for many bacterial pathogens, combined with an increasing population density and mobility, ur...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Helbig ET,Opitz B,Sander LE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and other mycobacterial vaccines are important therapeutic methods in a series of chronic inflammatory disorders characterized by Th1/Th2 imbalance in which Th2 type cells and cytokines often increase. However, few studies have investigated whether it can reduce or prevent the symptoms and att...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Ming M,Li C,Luo Z,Lv S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy holds a highly promising treatment approach for metastatic melanoma patients. Adoptive cell transfer (ACT) involves the ex vivo expansion of autologous antitumor reactive lymphocytes and their reinfusion into lymphodepleted patients, accompanied by IL-2 administration. ACT with tumor-infiltrating T lymph...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Itzhaki O,Levy D,Zikich D,Treves AJ,Markel G,Schachter J,Besser MJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In IgA nephropathy, circulating immune complexes containing IgA1 are deposited on the glomerular mesangium, causing mesangial cell proliferation and acceleration of extracellular matrix production. The suppressive effect of jacalin, a galactose-binding lectin, on IgA production in vitro was determined. MATERIALS ...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Miyamoto K,Chiba T,Shinohara N,Nagata Y,Asakawa N,Kato S,Mizutani N,Murata T,Nomura S,Horiuchi T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Rech AJ, Mick R, Martin S et al. CD25 blockade depletes and selectively reprograms regulatory T cells in concert with immunotherapy in cancer patents. Sci. Transl. Med. 4(134), 134ra62 (2012). Tregs are involved in the maintenance of immunological self-tolerance. Recent studies have revealed that Tregs ...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Morita R,Hirohashi Y,Sato N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been growing evidence that heat-shock protein (HSP) functions as an endogenous immunomodulator for innate and adaptive immune responses. Since HSPs inherently act as chaperones within cells, passive release (e.g., by cell necrosis) and active release (including release by secretion in the form of an exosome)...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Tamura Y,Torigoe T,Kukita K,Saito K,Okuya K,Kutomi G,Hirata K,Sato N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis was one of the first human pathogens to be identified as the cause of a specific disease--TB. TB was also one of the first specific diseases for which immunotherapy was attempted. In more than a century since, multiple different immunotherapies have been attempted, alongside vaccination and ...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Doherty TM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy strategies for cancer are focused on inducing effective and specific cytotoxic responses mediated by CD8 T cells. On the other hand, immunosuppressive mechanisms induced by the tumor, such as the generation of tumor-specific CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Tregs, conspire against the efficacy of immunotherapies. I...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Muccioli M,Longstaff C,Benencia F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of myriad autoantibodies, some with pathogenic potential, and diverse clinical manifestations. Involvement of the kidney is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in human lupus patients and in murine models of the disease. I...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Tagoe C,Putterman C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies and antibody-based therapeutics have become big business, with annual sales over US$50 billion, accounting for >6% of worldwide pharmaceutical revenues. Ten molecules have blockbuster status (>US$1 billion), with six generating more than US$6 billion in sales. In excess of 300 products based on this rapidly...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Larrick JW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although vaccination significantly reduces influenza severity, seasonal human influenza epidemics still cause more than 250,000 deaths annually. Vaccine efficacy is limited in high-risk populations such as infants, the elderly and immunosuppressed individuals. In the event of an influenza pandemic (such as the 2009 H1...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Ye J,Shao H,Perez DR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immature myeloid cells that infiltrate human and experimental tumors and strongly inhibit anticancer immune response directly or by inducing regulatory T-lymphocyte activity. Consequently, MDSCs are important actors of cancer-induced immune tolerance and a major obstacle to...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Martin F,Apetoh L,Ghiringhelli F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Savoldo B, Ramos CA, Liu E et al. CD28 costimulation improves expansion and persistence of chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells in lymphoma patients. J. Clin. Invest. 121(5), 1822-1826 (2011). Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells are promising antitumor immunotherapies. However, there are limit...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Gandhi M,Jones K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NKT cells are a heterogeneous subset of specialized, self-reactive T cells, with innate and adaptive immune properties, which allow them to bridge innate and adaptive immunity and profoundly influence autoimmune and malignant disease outcomes. NKT cells mediate these activities through their ability to rapidly express...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Subleski JJ,Jiang Q,Weiss JM,Wiltrout RH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates the importance of human natural killer (NK) cells in the immune response against certain viral infections. In the present article, we summarize information on NK cell responses against several viruses and on the nature of NK cell receptor-ligand interactions involved in these responses. R...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Marcenaro E,Carlomagno S,Pesce S,Della Chiesa M,Parolini S,Moretta A,Sivori S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The era of active immunotherapy has now been successfully ushered into the clinical realm of advanced prostate cancer. The successful clinical trial development and US FDA approval of sipuleucel-T (Provenge®) has revamped the therapeutic paradigm for advanced prostate cancer. Nonetheless, physician and patient educati...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Shore ND

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there have been reports of immunotherapy inducing objective clinical responses in limited numbers of cancer patients. More frequently, however, clinical responses are not observed. Understanding the immunological mechanisms underlying successful immunotherapy are crucial if the field is to move forwar...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Hardwick N,Chain B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Fotin-Mleczek M, Duchardt KM, Lorenz C et al.: Messenger RNA-based vaccines with dual activity induce balanced TLR7-dependent adaptive immune responses and provide antitumor activity. J. Immunother. 34(1), 1-15 (2011). Two decades ago, mRNA was proposed as an active pharmaceutical ingredient for the the...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Van Lint S,Thielemans K,Breckpot K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injection of autologous tolerogenic dendritic cells is a promising strategy to diminish the burden of harmful immunosuppression in clinical transplantation. We discuss the immunoregulatory mechanisms triggered by this approach. Tolerogenic dendritic cells have long been associated with decreased antigen-processing cap...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Hill M,Segovia M,Cuturi MC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), WHO grade IV astrocytoma, is the most dramatic primary brain cancer with a very poor prognosis due to inevitable disease recurrence. Less than 10% of GBM patients are still alive 5 years after diagnosis despite a multimodal treatment with surgical resection of the tumor, radiation therap...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Avril T,Vauleon E,Tanguy-Royer S,Mosser J,Quillien V

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Boudousq V, Ricaud S, Garambois V et al.: Brief intraperitoneal radioimmunotherapy of small peritoneal carcinomatosis using high activities of noninternalizing (125)I-labeled monoclonal antibodies. J. Nucl. Med. 51, 1748-1755 (2010). Mesothelioma, pseudomyxoma peritonei, ovarian and colon cancers, and s...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Baranowska-Kortylewicz J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, nanoparticulate-mediated drug delivery research has examined a full spectrum of nanoparticles that can be used in diagnostic and therapeutic cancer applications. A key aspect of this technology is in the potential to specifically target the nanoparticles to diseased cells using a range of molecules, i...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Fay F,Scott CJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncogenic signaling pathways have emerged as key targets for the development of small-molecule inhibitors, with several protein kinase inhibitors already in clinical use for cancer patients. In addition to their role in tumorigenesis, many of the molecules and signaling pathways targeted by these inhibitors are also i...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Ott PA,Adams S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 10 years, cancer stem cells have interested the scientific community because this small tumorigenic population is also associated with tumor progression in human patients and specific targeting of cancer stem cells could be a strategy to eradicate cancers currently resistant to conventional therapy. Clinic...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Iovino F,Meraviglia S,Spina M,Orlando V,Saladino V,Dieli F,Stassi G,Todaro M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alemtuzumab (Campath®, Genzyme Corporation, MA, USA) is a potent monoclonal antilymphocyte, anti-CD52 antibody. Since the 1980s, alemtuzumab has been used extensively in organ transplantation as an induction agent - also with the aim of avoiding or reducing maintenance immunosuppression. We herein review the literatur...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Weissenbacher A,Boesmueller C,Brandacher G,Oellinger R,Pratschke J,Schneeberger S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases (EBV-LPD) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or solid-organ transplantation remain a serious and potentially life-threatening complication. In the last decade, outcomes for EBV-LPD have significantly improved. Key to this success was the development...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Shaffer DR,Rooney CM,Gottschalk S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis is an inflammatory condition associated with marked eosinophil accumulation in the mucosal tissues of the esophagus. Eosinophils are major proinflammatory cells thought to make a major contribution to allergic diseases that affect the upper and lower airways, skin and GI tract. IL-5 ...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Walsh GM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dysfunctional immune response that characterizes systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associates with an unbalanced production of soluble mediators that are crucial in promoting and sustaining chronic inflammation. The successful use of biologics in several autoimmune diseases has led to studies in SLE aimed at cont...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： La Cava A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex homeostasis of tissues is coordinated by the cytokine network and imbalances in this network may result in chronic immune disorders. Key specific cytokines, such as TNF-alpha, IFN-alpha, IL-4 or VEGF have been demonstrated to be overproduced or abnormally released in the microenvironment of pathologic tiss...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Bizzini B,Drouet B,Zagury D,Abitbol M,Burny A,Boissier MC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the considerable successes that have been achieved in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), cure for the disease can only be obtained by the present means in a rather small minority of patients. During the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the understanding of the immunology of...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Vonka V

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic vaccination with dendritic cells (DCs) is recognized as an important experimental therapy for the treatment of minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia. Many sources of leukemia-associated antigens and different methods for antigen loading of DCs have been used in an attempt to optimize anti-tumo...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： van den Ancker W,van Luijn MM,Westers TM,Bontkes HJ,Ruben JM,de Gruijl TD,Ossenkoppele GJ,van de Loosdrecht AA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of: Bostrom J, Shang-Fan Y, Kan D et al.: Variants of the antibody Herceptin that interact with HER2 and VEGF at the antigen binding site. Science 323, 1610-1614 (2009). The longstanding held notion that one antibody equals one antigen and, hence, one function has been challenged in recent years. Improved t...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： Valladares IG,Espinoza LR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonatal phase is a transitory period characterized by an absence of memory cells, favoring a slow adaptive response prone to tolerance effects and the development of Th2-type responses. However, when appropriately stimulated, neonates may achieve an immune response comparable with adult counterparts. One strategy...

journal_title：Immunotherapy

authors： de Brito CA,Goldoni AL,Sato MN

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00