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ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2013

EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines as vaccines against cancer testis antigen-positive tumors.

Frank Neumann, Dominic Kaddu-Mulindwa, Thomas Widmann, Klaus-Dieter Preuss, Gerhard Held, Carsten Zwick, Klaus Roemer, Michael Pfreundschuh, Boris Kubuschok

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frank NeumannDepartment of Internal Medicine I, José Carreras-Center for Immuno- and Gene Therapy, University of Saarland Medical School, 66421, Homburg, Saar, Germany, frank.neumann@uks.eu.
Dominic Kaddu-Mulindwa
Thomas Widmann
Klaus-Dieter Preuss
Gerhard Held
Carsten Zwick
Klaus Roemer
Michael Pfreundschuh
Boris Kubuschok
Saarland University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) are potent antigen-presenting cells. To investigate their potential use as cancer testis antigen (CTA) vaccines, we studied the expression of 12 cancer testis (CT) genes in 20 LCL by RT-PCR. The most frequently expressed CT genes were SSX4 (50 %), followed by GAGE (45 %), SSX1 (40 %), MAGE-A3 and SSX2 (25 %), SCP1, HOM-TES-85, MAGE-C1, and MAGE-C2 (15 %). NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A4 were found in 1/20 LCL and BORIS was not detected at all. Fifteen of 20 LCL expressed at least one antigen, 9 LCL expressed ≥2 CT genes, and 7 of the 20 LCL expressed ≥4 CT genes. The expression of CT genes did not correlate with the length of in vitro culture, telomerase activity, aneuploidy, or proliferation state. While spontaneous expression of CT genes determined by real-time PCR and Western blot was rather weak in most LCL, treatment with DNA methyltransferase 1 inhibitor alone or in combination with histone deacetylase inhibitors increased CTA expression considerably thus enabling LCL to induce CTA-specific T cell responses. The stability of the CT gene expression over prolonged culture periods makes LCL attractive candidates for CT vaccines both in hematological neoplasias and solid tumors.

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Antigen-Presenting CellsAntigens, NeoplasmAzacitidineB-LymphocytesCancer VaccinesCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell Line, TransformedCell Line, TumorDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHerpesvirus 4, HumanHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHumansHydroxamic AcidsAntigens, NeoplasmAzacitidineCancer VaccinesDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHydroxamic AcidsInterferon-gammaRNA, MessengerTelomerasetrichostatin ATumor Necrosis Factor-alphaValproic AcidVorinostat

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PMID23619976
PMCPMC11028802
OpenAlexW2052261454

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