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ArticleOncoimmunology

A BARF1-specific mAb as a new immunotherapeutic tool for the management of EBV-related tumors.

Riccardo Turrini, Anna Merlo, Debora Martorelli, Damiana Antonia Faè, Roberta Sommaggio, Isabella Monia Montagner, Vito Barbieri, Oriano Marin, Paola Zanovello, Riccardo Dolcetti and 1 more

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Article in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 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 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Riccardo TurriniLudwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Anna MerloDepartment of Immunology and Blood Transfusions, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
Debora MartorelliCancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, PN, Italy.
Damiana Antonia FaèCancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, PN, Italy.
Roberta SommaggioDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Oncology and Immunology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Isabella Monia MontagnerIstituto Oncologico Veneto IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy.
Vito BarbieriDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Oncology and Immunology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Oriano MarinDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Paola ZanovelloDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Oncology and Immunology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Riccardo DolcettiCancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, PN, Italy.
Antonio RosatoDepartment of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, Oncology and Immunology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Padua · ITCentro di Riferimento Oncologico · ITIstituto Oncologico Veneto · ITOspedale San Bortolo · ITUniversity of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) for the diagnosis and treatment of malignancies is acquiring an increasing clinical importance, thanks to their specificity, efficacy and relative easiness of use. However, in the context of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related malignancies, only cancers of B-cell origin can benefit from therapeutic mAb targeting specific B-cell lineage antigens. To overcome this limitation, we generated a new mAb specific for BARF1, an EBV-encoded protein with transforming and immune-modulating properties. BARF1 is expressed as a latent protein in nasopharyngeal (NPC) and gastric carcinoma (GC), and also in neoplastic B cells mainly upon lytic cycle induction, thus representing a potential target for all EBV-related malignancies. Considering that BARF1 is largely but not exclusively secreted, the BARF1 mAb was selected on the basis of its ability to bind a domain of the protein retained at the cell surface of tumor cells.

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ADCCBARF1CDCEpstein–Barr virusimmunotherapymonoclonal antibody

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PMID28507812
PMCPMC5414862
OpenAlexW2596426573

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