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ArticleOncoimmunology2020

Therapeutic melanoma vaccine with cancer stem cell phenotype represses exhaustion and maintains antigen-specific T cell stemness by up-regulating BCL6.

Patrycja Czerwinska, Marcin Rucinski, Nikola Wlodarczyk, Anna Jaworska, Iga Grzadzielewska, Katarzyna Gryska, Lukasz Galus, Jacek Mackiewicz, Andrzej Mackiewicz

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Article in Oncoimmunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrycja CzerwinskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2400-1174
Marcin RucinskiDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Nikola WlodarczykDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Anna JaworskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Iga GrzadzielewskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Katarzyna GryskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Lukasz GalusDepartment of Medical and Experimental Oncology, Heliodor Swiecicki University Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Jacek MackiewiczDepartment of Diagnostics and Cancer Immunology, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, Poland.
Andrzej MackiewiczDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5574-6609
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PLUniversity of Life Sciences in Poznań · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed a therapeutic, gene-modified, allogeneic melanoma vaccine (AGI-101H), which, upon genetic modification, acquired melanoma stem cell-like phenotype. Since its initial clinical trial in 1997, the vaccine has resulted in the long-term survival of a substantial fraction of immunized patients (up to 20 years). Here, we investigated the potential molecular mechanisms underlying the long-lasting effect of AGI-101H using transcriptome profiling of patients' peripheral T lymphocytes. Magnetically-separated T lymphocytes from AGI-101H-immunized long-term survivors, untreated melanoma patients, and healthy controls were subjected to transcriptome profiling using the microarray analyses. Data were analyzed with a multitude of bioinformatics tools (WebGestalt, DAVID, GSEA) and the results were validated with RT-qPCR. We found substantial differences in the transcriptomes of healthy controls and melanoma patients (both untreated and AGI-101H-vaccinated). AGI-101H immunization induced similar profiles of peripheral T cells as tumor residing in untreated patients. This suggests that whole stem cells immunization mobilizes analogous peripheral T cells to the natural adaptive anti-melanoma response. Moreover, AGI-101H treatment activated the TNF-α and TGF-β signaling pathways and dampened IL2-STAT5 signaling in T cells, which finally resulted in the significant up-regulation of a

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Cancer VaccinesMelanomaHumansNeoplastic Stem CellsPhenotypeProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6T-LymphocytesBCL6 protein, humanCancer VaccinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6BCL6Genetically-modified whole cell melanoma vaccineMelanomaMicroarrayTranscriptome profile

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