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ArticleScientific reports2016

Antibodies elicited by the first non-viral prophylactic cancer vaccine show tumor-specificity and immunotherapeutic potential.

Jason J Lohmueller, Shuji Sato, Lana Popova, Isabel M Chu, Meghan A Tucker, Roberto Barberena, Gregory M Innocenti, Mare Cudic, James D Ham, Wan Cheung Cheung and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of MUC1 Peptide Vaccine for Prevention of Recurrent Colorectal Adenoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2023
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  5. Implications of Mucin-TypeMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  8. Leveraging T cells for cancer immunotherapy.Immunity & inflammation · 2025
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  17. Vaccines for immunoprevention of cancer.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Jason J LohmuellerUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Shuji SatoCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Lana PopovaCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Isabel M ChuCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Meghan A TuckerCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Roberto BarberenaCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Gregory M InnocentiCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Mare CudicFlorida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
James D HamUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Wan Cheung CheungCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Roberto D PolakiewiczCell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
Olivera J FinnUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
MECHANISMS OF DENDRITIC CELL BASED TUMOR IMMUNIZATIONP01CA073743 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FINN, OLIVERA J · 1998 to 2009
$12.3M
Training in Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor RejectionT32CA082084 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Robert J Binder, Dario AA Vignali · 1999 to 2026
$9.2M
T CELL IMMUNITY TO EPITHELIAL TUMOR MUCINSR01CA056103 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FINN, OLIVERA J · 1991 to 2013
$3.4M
Dendritic Cell Biology and TherapyR01CA168392 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FINN, OLIVERA J · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
Novel synthetic tools for mucin glycobiologyR21CA178754 · NCI · FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY · PI CUDIC, MARE · 2014 to 2015
$391k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA073743NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS R01 CA056103NCI NIH HHS R01 CA168392NCI NIH HHS R21 CA178754NCI NIH HHS T32 CA082084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MUC1 is a shared tumor antigen expressed on >80% of human cancers. We completed the first prophylactic cancer vaccine clinical trial based on a non-viral antigen, MUC1, in healthy individuals at-risk for colon cancer. This trial provided a unique source of potentially effective and safe immunotherapeutic drugs, fully-human antibodies affinity-matured in a healthy host to a tumor antigen. We purified, cloned, and characterized 13 IgGs specific for several tumor-associated MUC1 epitopes with a wide range of binding affinities. These antibodies bind hypoglycosylated MUC1 on human cancer cell lines and tumor tissues but show no reactivity against fully-glycosylated MUC1 on normal cells and tissues. We found that several antibodies activate complement-mediated cytotoxicity and that T cells carrying chimeric antigen receptors with the antibody variable regions kill MUC1(+) target cells, express activation markers, and produce interferon gamma. Fully-human and tumor-specific, these antibodies are candidates for further testing and development as immunotherapeutic drugs.

Indexed as

AdultAmino Acid SequenceAntibodiesAntibody AffinityBase SequenceBreast NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesCell LineCell Line, TumorCytotoxicity, ImmunologicEpitopesFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoglobulin GInterferon-gammaAntibodiesCancer VaccinesEpitopesImmunoglobulin GInterferon-gammaMucin-1

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PMID27545199
PMCPMC4992835

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