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ArticleOncoimmunology

Virus-like particle display of HER2 induces potent anti-cancer responses.

Arianna Palladini, Susan Thrane, Christoph M Janitzek, Jessica Pihl, Stine B Clemmensen, Willem Adriaan de Jongh, Thomas M Clausen, Giordano Nicoletti, Lorena Landuzzi, Manuel L Penichet and 9 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 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Arianna PalladiniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Susan ThraneCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christoph M JanitzekCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jessica PihlCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stine B ClemmensenCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Willem Adriaan de JonghExpreS2ion Biotechnologies, SCION-DTU Science Park, Hørsholm, Denmark.
Thomas M ClausenCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Giordano NicolettiRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Bologna, Italy.
Lorena LanduzziRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Bologna, Italy.
Manuel L PenichetDivision of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, The Molecular Biology Institute, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Tania BalboniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Marianna L IanzanoDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Veronica GiustiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Thor G TheanderCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Morten A NielsenCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ali SalantiCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pier-Luigi LolliniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Patrizia NanniDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Adam F SanderCentre for Medical Parasitology at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Bologna · ITIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · ITExpreS2ion Biotechnologies (Denmark) · DKUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) occurs in 20-30% of invasive breast cancers. Monoclonal antibody therapy is effective in treating HER2-driven mammary carcinomas, but its utility is limited by high costs, side effects and development of resistance. Active vaccination may represent a safer, more effective and cheaper alternative, although the induction of strong and durable autoantibody responses is hampered by immune-tolerogenic mechanisms. Using a novel virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine platform we show that directional, high-density display of human HER2 on the surface of VLPs, allows induction of therapeutically potent anti-HER2 autoantibody responses. Prophylactic vaccination reduced spontaneous development of mammary carcinomas by 50%-100% in human HER2 transgenic mice and inhibited the growth of HER2-positive tumors implanted in wild-type mice. The HER2-VLP vaccine shows promise as a new cost-effective modality for prevention and treatment of HER2-positive cancer. The VLP platform may represent an effective tool for development of vaccines against other non-communicable diseases.

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breast cancerHER2nano-particleTherapeutic vaccinationvaccinevirus-like particle

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PMID29399414
PMCPMC5790387
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