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ArticleNature biotechnology2001

Plant viral genes in DNA idiotypic vaccines activate linked CD4+ T-cell mediated immunity against B-cell malignancies.

N Savelyeva, R Munday, M B Spellerberg, G P Lomonossoff, F K Stevenson

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

N SavelyevaMolecular Immunology Group, Tenovus Laboratory, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom.
R Munday
M B Spellerberg
G P Lomonossoff
F K Stevenson
Tenovus Cancer Care · GBJohn Innes Centre · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA delivery of tumor antigens can activate specific immune attack on cancer cells. However, antigens may be weak, and immune capacity can be compromised. Fusion of genes encoding activating sequences to the tumor antigen sequence facilitates promotion and manipulation of effector pathways. Idiotypic determinants of B-cell tumors, encoded by the variable region genes, are clone-specific tumor antigens. When assembled as single-chain Fv (scFv) alone in a DNA vaccine, immunogenicity is low. Previously, we found that fusion of a sequence from tetanus toxin (fragment C; FrC) promoted anti-idiotypic protection against lymphoma and myeloma. We have now investigated an alternative fusion gene derived from a plant virus, potato virus X coat protein, a primary antigen in humans. When fused to scFv, the self-aggregating protein generates protection against lymphoma and myeloma. In contrast to scFv-FrC, protection against lymphoma is mediated by CD4+ T cells, as is protection against myeloma. Plant viral proteins offer new opportunities to activate immunity against linked T-cell epitopes to attack cancer.

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AnimalsB-LymphocytesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunoglobulin FragmentsImmunoglobulin GLeukemiaLymphomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMultiple MyelomaPlantsPlasmidsRatsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsImmunoglobulin FragmentsImmunoglobulin GRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTetanus ToxinVaccines, DNA

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