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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2012

Cancer/testis antigens expression and autologous serological response in a set of Brazilian non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients.

Riguel J Inaoka, Achim A Jungbluth, Sacha Gnjatic, Erika Ritter, Nicole C Hanson, Denise Frosina, Jodie Tassello, Leina Y Etto, Adriana B Bortoluzzo, Antonio C Alves and 1 more

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Riguel J InaokaDepartamento de Oncologia Clinica e Experimental, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 740, 3° andar, Hematologia, Vila Clementino, Sao Paulo, SP, 04023-900, Brazil. rigueljun@yahoo.com.br
Achim A Jungbluth
Sacha Gnjatic
Erika Ritter
Nicole C Hanson
Denise Frosina
Jodie Tassello
Leina Y Etto
Adriana B Bortoluzzo
Antonio C Alves
Gisele W B Colleoni
Ludwig Cancer Research · USUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRInsper · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBased on their tumor-associated expression pattern, cancer/testis antigens (CTAs) are considered potential targets for cancer immunotherapy. We aim to evaluate the expression of CTAs in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) samples and the ability of these patients to elicit spontaneous humoral immune response against CTAs.

methodsExpression of MAGE-A family, CT7/MAGE-C1, CT10/MAGE-C2, GAGE and NY-ESO-1 was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in a tissue microarray generated from 106 NHL archival cases. The humoral response against 19 CTAs was tested in 97 untreated NHL serum samples using ELISA technique.

results11.3 % of NHL tumor samples expressed at least 1 CTA. MAGE-A family (6.6 %), GAGE (5.7 %) and NY-ESO-1(4.7 %) were the most frequently expressed antigens. We found no statistically significant correlation between CTA positivity and clinical parameters such as NHL histological subtype, Ann Arbor stage, international prognostic index score, response to treatment and overall survival. Humoral response against at least 1 CTA was observed in 16.5 % of NHL serum samples. However, overall seroreactivity was low, and strong titers (>1:1000) were observed in only two diffuse large B-cell lymphomas patients against CT45.

conclusionOur findings are in agreement with most of published studies in this field to date and suggest an overall low expression of CTAs in NHL patients. However, as many new CTAs have been described recently and some of them are found to be highly expressed in NHL cell lines and tumor samples, further studies exploring the expression of different panels of CTAs are needed to evaluate their role as candidates for immunotherapy in NHL patients.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, NeoplasmBrazilFemaleHumansImmunity, HumoralImmunohistochemistryImmunotherapyLymphoma, B-CellMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsAntigens, NeoplasmCTAG1B protein, humanGAGE2A protein, humanMAGEC1 protein, humanMAGEC2 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm Proteins

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PMID22638551
PMCPMC11029624
OpenAlexW2024039647

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