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ArticleVaccine2010

Anti-tumor immune response correlates with neurological symptoms in a dog with spontaneous astrocytoma treated by gene and vaccine therapy.

G Elizabeth Pluhar, Patrick T Grogan, Charlie Seiler, Michelle Goulart, Karen S Santacruz, Cathy Carlson, Wei Chen, Mike R Olin, Pedro R Lowenstein, Maria G Castro and 2 more

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Article in Vaccine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Cell-based immunotherapy against gliomas: from bench to bedside.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G Elizabeth PluharDepartment of Veterinary Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States.
Patrick T Grogan
Charlie Seiler
Michelle Goulart
Karen S Santacruz
Cathy Carlson
Wei Chen
Mike R Olin
Pedro R Lowenstein
Maria G Castro
Stephen J Haines
John R Ohlfest
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Gutless Adenovirus Mediated Gene Therapy for GliomaU01NS052465 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2007 to 2011
$3.1M
Engineering the Brain Immune System for Tumor TherapyR01NS057711 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CASTRO, MARIA G · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
Gene Therapy for Neurological DiseasesR01NS042893 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R · 2002 to 2006
$1.8M
Gene Therapy and the Brain: Neuroimmune InteractionsR01NS054193 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOWENSTEIN, PEDRO R. · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
Discovery and Validation of Tumor Immunoevasion MechanismsR01CA160782 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI LARGAESPADA, DAVID ANDREW · 2011 to 2014
$963k
Concurrent Immune Stimulation and Inhibition of Angiogenesis for Glioma TherapyR21NS055738 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI OHLFEST, JOHN R · 2007 to 2008
$360k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160782NINDS NIH HHS 1R01-NS 057711NINDS NIH HHS 1 RO1 NS 054193NINDS NIH HHS 1UO1 NS052465NINDS NIH HHS IR21-NS055738NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042893NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS054193NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057711NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS 42893NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS055738NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS052465PHS HHS 1R21-NSO54143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy and vaccination have been tested in malignant glioma patients with modest, albeit encouraging results. The combination of these therapies has demonstrated synergistic efficacy in murine models but has not been reported in large animals. Gemistocytic astrocytoma (GemA) is a low-grade glioma that typically progresses to lethal malignancy despite conventional therapies. Until now there has been no useful animal model of GemA. Here we report the treatment of a dog with spontaneous GemA using the combination of surgery, intracavitary adenoviral interferon gamma (IFNgamma) gene transfer, and vaccination with glioma cell lysates mixed with CpG oligodeoxynucleotides. Surgical tumor debulking and delivery of Ad-IFNgamma into the resection cavity were performed. Autologous tumor cells grew slowly in culture, necessitating vaccination with allogeneic tumor lysate in four of the five vaccinations. Transient left-sided blindness and hemiparesis occurred following the fourth and fifth vaccinations. These neurological symptoms correlated with a peak in the levels of tumor-reactive IgG and CD8(+) T cells measured in the blood. All symptoms resolved and this dog remains tumor-free over 450 days following surgery. This case report preliminarily demonstrates the feasibility of treating dogs with spontaneous glioma using immune-based therapy and warrants further study using this therapeutic approach.

Indexed as

AdenoviridaeAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntibodies, NeoplasmAstrocytomaCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell ExtractsDog DiseasesDogsGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsImmunotherapy, ActiveInterferon-gammaOligodeoxyribonucleotidesAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntibodies, NeoplasmCell ExtractsCPG-oligonucleotideInterferon-gammaOligodeoxyribonucleotides

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PMID20197146
PMCPMC2854671
OpenAlexW2152042738

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