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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2012

Enhancing the immunogenicity of tumour lysate-loaded dendritic cell vaccines by conjugation to virus-like particles.

S J Win, D G G McMillan, F Errington-Mais, V K Ward, S L Young, M A Baird, A A Melcher

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 27 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

S J WinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
D G G McMillan
F Errington-Mais
V K Ward
S L Young
M A Baird
A A Melcher
University of Otago · NZUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 13244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTumour cell lysates are an excellent source of many defined and undefined tumour antigens and have been used clinically in immunotherapeutic regimes but with limited success.

methodsWe conjugated Mel888 melanoma lysates to rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus virus-like particles (VLP), which can act as vehicles to deliver multiple tumour epitopes to dendritic cells (DC) to effectively activate antitumour responses.

resultsVirus-like particles did not stimulate the phenotypic maturation of DC although, the conjugation of lysates to VLP (VLP-lysate) did overcome lysate-induced suppression of DC activation. Lysate-conjugated VLP enhanced delivery of antigenic proteins to DC, while the co-delivery of VLP-lysates with OK432 resulted in cross-priming of naïve T cells, with expansion of a MART1(+) population of CD8(+) T cells and generation of a specific cytotoxic response against Mel888 tumour cell targets. The responses generated with VLP-lysate and OK432 were superior to those stimulated by unconjugated lysate with OK432.

conclusionCollectively, these results show that the combination of VLP-lysate with OK432 delivered to DC overcomes the suppressive effects of lysates, and enables priming of naïve T cells with superior ability to specifically kill their target tumour cells.

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Blotting, WesternCancer VaccinesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDendritic CellsElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelHumansSubcellular FractionsVirionCancer Vaccines

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PMID22134504
PMCPMC3251873
OpenAlexW2079373049

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