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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2014

Identification by digital immunohistochemistry of intratumoral changes of immune infiltrates after vaccine in the absence of modifications of PBMC immune cell subsets.

Benedetto Farsaci, Caroline Jochems, Italia Grenga, Renee N Donahue, Jo A Tucker, Peter A Pinto, Maria J Merino, Christopher R Heery, Ravi A Madan, James L Gulley and 1 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Benedetto FarsaciLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Caroline Jochems
Italia Grenga
Renee N Donahue
Jo A Tucker
Peter A Pinto
Maria J Merino
Christopher R Heery
Ravi A Madan
James L Gulley
Jeffrey Schlom
National Cancer Institute · USCenter for Cancer Research · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Strategies for Cancer Vaccine Development: Preclinical StudiesZIABC010944 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SCHLOM, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2025
$26.6M
Human T Cell Responses to Tumor Antigens for Cancer Vaccine DevelopmentZIABC010598 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SCHLOM, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2025
$19.3M
Strategies for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Clinical TrialsZIABC010425 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SCHLOM, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2023
$13.7M
Cancer Immunotherapy Clinical TrialsZIABC011547 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI STRAUSS, JULIUS · 2014 to 2023
$8.1M
Analyses of human T regulatory cellsZIABC010973 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI TSANG, KWONG YOK · 2009 to 2016
$3.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010425Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010598Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preclinical studies have demonstrated that the combination of systemic subcutaneous (s.c.) vaccination with intratumoral (i.t.) vaccination was superior in the induction of antitumor activity vs. vaccination with either route alone. A subsequent phase I study employing i.t.-s.c. vaccination was carried out in men with locally recurrent or progressive prostate cancer. rF-PSA-TRICOM (PROSTVAC) vaccine was administered intraprostatically and rV-PSA-TRICOM followed by rF-PSA-TRICOM vaccine was administered systemically. In that study no dose limiting toxicities were observed, 19/21 patients had stable or improved prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) increased in post- vs. pre-treatment tumor biopsies, analyzed employing conventional immunohistochemistry (IHC). In the studies reported here, 31 phenotypes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were analyzed prevaccination and postvaccination as well as the functions of PBMC regulatory T cells (Tregs) and natural killer cells. A trend was observed in decreases in serum PSA with the reduction of circulating Tregs postvaccination. Digital IHC was employed prevaccination and postvaccination to measure CD4 and CD8 TILs, as well as Treg TILs by conventional IHC. Few correlations were observed with CD4, CD8 or Treg in TILs vs. PBMCs. However, patients with lower levels of CD4 TILs prevaccination showed the greatest increases in CD4 TILs postvaccine, while Treg TILs decreased postvaccine. There was also a strong correlation between decreases in serum PSA and increases in CD8 TILs postvaccine. These studies provide additional rationale for the use of i.t.-s.c. vaccinations and demonstrate a noncoordinate expression of specific immune subsets in PBMCs vs. tumor.

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BiopsyCancer VaccinesCohort StudiesHumansImmunohistochemistryKiller Cells, NaturalLeukocytes, MononuclearLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPhenotypeProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic NeoplasmsVaccines, SyntheticCancer VaccinesProstate-Specific AntigenrF-TRICOM vaccinerV-TricomVaccines, Syntheticcancer vaccinedigital immunohistochemistryintratumoral vaccinePROSTVACtumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

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PMID24474335
PMCPMC6467468
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