Evidence map›Paper›PMID 15916483›Full record

ArticleHuman gene therapy2005

Vaccination with dendritic cells transfected with BAK and BAX siRNA enhances antigen-specific immune responses by prolonging dendritic cell life.

Shiwen Peng, Tae Woo Kim, Jin Hyup Lee, Mu Yang, Liangmei He, Chien-Fu Hung, T-C Wu

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shiwen PengDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Tae Woo Kim
Jin Hyup Lee
Mu Yang
Liangmei He
Chien-Fu Hung
T-C Wu
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Treatment of HIV- and HIV+ Patients with HPV16+ CIN2/3 Using pNGLV4a-hCRTE6E7L2 DNA vaccine administered intramuscularly via electroporationP50CA098252 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard Bruce Roden · 2003 to 2026
$53.5M
ENHANCING HPV-16 E6-SPECIFIC ANTITUMOR IMMUNITYR01CA114425 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WU, TZYY-CHOOU · 2005 to 2016
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA098252NCI NIH HHS R01 CA114425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cell-based vaccines have become an important approach for the treatment of malignancies. Numerous techniques have recently been designed to optimize dendritic cell activation, tumor antigen delivery to dendritic cells, and induction of tumor-specific immune responses in vivo. Dendritic cells (DCs), however, have a limited life span because they are subject to apoptotic cell death mediated by T cells, hindering their long-term ability to prime antigen-specific T cells. Small interfering RNA targeting Bak and Bax antiapoptotic proteins can be used to allow transfected DCs to resist killing by T cells in vivo. In this study, we show that human papillomavirus E7-loaded dendritic cells transfected with BAK/BAX siRNA downregulate Bak and Bax protein expression and become resistant to killing by T cells, leading to enhanced E7-specific CD8+ T cell activation and antitumor effects in vivo. More importantly, we found that vaccination with E7-loaded DCs transfected with BAK/BAX siRNA was capable of generating a strong therapeutic effect in vaccinated mice, compared with DCs transfected with control siRNA. Our data indicate that transfection of dendritic cells with BAK/BAX siRNA represents a plausible strategy for enhancing dendritic cell-based vaccine potency.

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VaccinationAnimalsApoptosisbcl-2-Associated X Proteinbcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer ProteinCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorDendritic CellsDown-RegulationGene Expression RegulationHumansLymphocyte ActivationMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOncogene Proteins, ViralBAK1 protein, humanBak1 protein, mouseBAX protein, humanBax protein, mousebcl-2-Associated X Proteinbcl-2 Homologous Antagonist-Killer ProteinMembrane Proteinsoncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16Oncogene Proteins, ViralPapillomavirus E7 ProteinsPeptidesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RNA, Small InterferingViral Vaccines

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PMID15916483
PMCPMC3181105
OpenAlexW2079964159

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