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ReviewSeminars in oncology2014

Antibody-cytokine fusion proteins for treatment of cancer: engineering cytokines for improved efficacy and safety.

Patricia A Young, Sherie L Morrison, John M Timmerman

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Review in Seminars in oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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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

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. An engineered 4-1BBL fusion protein with "activity on demand".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Patricia A YoungDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Sherie L MorrisonDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
John M TimmermanDivision of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: jtimmerman@mednet.ucla.edu.

Funding

Training for Academic HematologyT32HL066992 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHUTE, JOHN P, TIMMERMAN, JOHN M · 2002 to 2017
$3.6M
Antibody-interferon fusion proteins for treatment of B-cell malignanciesR01CA162964 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MORRISON, SHERIE L · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA162964NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL066992
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The true potential of cytokine therapies in cancer treatment is limited by the inability to deliver optimal concentrations into tumor sites due to dose-limiting systemic toxicities. To maximize the efficacy of cytokine therapy, recombinant antibody-cytokine fusion proteins have been constructed by a number of groups to harness the tumor-targeting ability of monoclonal antibodies. The aim is to guide cytokines specifically to tumor sites where they might stimulate more optimal anti-tumor immune responses while avoiding the systemic toxicities of free cytokine therapy. Antibody-cytokine fusion proteins containing interleukin (IL)-2, IL-12, IL-21, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α, and interferons (IFNs) α, β, and γ have been constructed and have shown anti-tumor activity in preclinical and early-phase clinical studies. Future priorities for development of this technology include optimization of tumor targeting, bioactivity of the fused cytokine, and choice of appropriate agents for combination therapies. This review is intended to serve as a framework for engineering an ideal antibody-cytokine fusion protein, focusing on previously developed constructs and their clinical trial results.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCytokinesHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsProtein EngineeringRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSafetyAntibodies, MonoclonalCytokinesRecombinant Fusion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25440607
PMCPMC4354941

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