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ArticleCancer immunology research2016

Vaccines Combined with Immune Checkpoint Antibodies Promote Cytotoxic T-cell Activity and Tumor Eradication.

Omar A Ali, Sarah A Lewin, Glenn Dranoff, David J Mooney

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Article in Cancer immunology research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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81citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 144 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Omar A AliWyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sarah A LewinWyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Glenn DranoffNovartis Institute for BioMedical Research, Exploratory Immuno-Oncology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
David J MooneyWyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. mooneyd@seas.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBaim Institute for Clinical Research · USOffice of Extramural Research · US

Funding

Biomaterial based breast cancer vaccineR01EB015498 · NIBIB · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MOONEY, DAVID J · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB015498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate that a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) cancer vaccine can be used in combination with immune checkpoint antibodies, anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1, to enhance cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) activity and induce the regression of solid B16 tumors in mice. Combination therapy obviated the need for vaccine boosting and significantly skewed intratumoral reactions toward CTL activity, resulting in the regression of B16 tumors up to 50 mm(2) in size and 75% survival rates. These data suggest that combining material-based cancer vaccines with checkpoint antibodies has the potential to mediate tumor regression in humans.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCTLA-4 AntigenDisease Models, AnimalFemaleImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulationLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicAntibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCTLA-4 AntigenImmunologic FactorsProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

Identifiers

PMID26669718
PMCPMC4740221
OpenAlexW2199953088

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