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ArticleCancer gene therapy2010

Effective immunotherapy of weakly immunogenic solid tumours using a combined immunogene therapy and regulatory T-cell inactivation.

M C Whelan, G Casey, M MacConmara, J A Lederer, D Soden, J K Collins, M Tangney, G C O'Sullivan

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Article in Cancer gene therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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8 authors.

M C WhelanCork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C Quick Jnr Laboratory, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
G Casey
M MacConmara
J A Lederer
D Soden
J K Collins
M Tangney
G C O'Sullivan

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obstacles to effective immunotherapeutic anti-cancer approaches include poor immunogenicity of the tumour cells and the presence of tolerogenic mechanisms in the tumour microenvironment. We report an effective immune-based treatment of weakly immunogenic, growing solid tumours using a locally delivered immunogene therapy to promote development of immune effector responses in the tumour microenvironment and a systemic based T regulatory cell (Treg) inactivation strategy to potentiate these responses by elimination of tolerogenic or immune suppressor influences. As the JBS fibrosarcoma is weakly immunogenic and accumulates Treg in its microenvironment with progressive growth, we used this tumour model to test our combined immunotherapies. Plasmids encoding GM-CSF and B7-1 were electrically delivered into 100 mm(3) tumours; Treg inactivation was accomplished by systemic administration of anti-CD25 antibody (Ab). Using this approach, we found that complete elimination of tumours was achieved at a level of 60% by immunogene therapy, 25% for Treg inactivation and 90% for combined therapies. Moreover, we found that these responses were immune transferable, systemic, tumour specific and durable. Combined gene-based immune effector therapy and Treg inactivation represents an effective treatment for weakly antigenic solid growing tumours and that could be considered for clinical development.

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AnimalsAntigen PresentationB7-1 AntigenCell Line, TumorCombined Modality TherapyFibrosarcomaGenetic TherapyGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansImmunogenetic PhenomenaImmunotherapyInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNeoplasmsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryB7-1 AntigenGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit

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