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ArticleGenome medicine2021

Optimized polyepitope neoantigen DNA vaccines elicit neoantigen-specific immune responses in preclinical models and in clinical translation.

Lijin Li, Xiuli Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Samuel W Kim, John M Herndon, Michelle K Becker-Hapak, Beatriz M Carreno, Nancy B Myers, Mark A Sturmoski, Michael D McLellan and 8 more

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Article in Genome medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Lijin LiDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Xiuli ZhangDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Xiaoli WangDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Samuel W KimDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
John M HerndonDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Michelle K Becker-HapakDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Beatriz M CarrenoDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Nancy B MyersDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Mark A SturmoskiDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Michael D McLellanMcDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Christopher A MillerDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Tanner M JohannsDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Benjamin R TanDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Gavin P DunnDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Timothy P FlemingDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Ted H HansenDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
S Peter GoedegebuureDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
William E GillandersDepartment of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA. gillandersw@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · USBarnes-Jewish Hospital · USJames S. McDonnell Foundation · USParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy · USSt. Joseph's Hospital · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY TRAINING GRANTT32CA009621 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN, William E. Gillanders · 1988 to 2026
$12.9M
Washington University SPORE in Pancreatic CancerP50CA196510 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FIELDS, RYAN C · 2016 to 2020
$10.9M
Targeting Neoantigens in Triple Negative Breast CancerR01CA240983 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GILLANDERS, WILLIAM E., SCHREIBER, ROBERT DAVID · 2019 to 2023
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NCI NIH HHS P50 CA196510NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240983NCI NIH HHS T32 CA 009621NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009621
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreclinical studies and early clinical trials have shown that targeting cancer neoantigens is a promising approach towards the development of personalized cancer immunotherapies. DNA vaccines can be rapidly and efficiently manufactured and can integrate multiple neoantigens simultaneously. We therefore sought to optimize the design of polyepitope DNA vaccines and test optimized polyepitope neoantigen DNA vaccines in preclinical models and in clinical translation.

methodsWe developed and optimized a DNA vaccine platform to target multiple neoantigens. The polyepitope DNA vaccine platform was first optimized using model antigens in vitro and in vivo. We then identified neoantigens in preclinical breast cancer models through genome sequencing and in silico neoantigen prediction pipelines. Optimized polyepitope neoantigen DNA vaccines specific for the murine breast tumor E0771 and 4T1 were designed and their immunogenicity was tested in vivo. We also tested an optimized polyepitope neoantigen DNA vaccine in a patient with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

resultsOur data support an optimized polyepitope neoantigen DNA vaccine design encoding long (≥20-mer) epitopes with a mutant form of ubiquitin (Ub

conclusionsWe have developed and optimized a novel polyepitope neoantigen DNA vaccine platform that can target multiple neoantigens and induce antitumor immune responses in preclinical models and neoantigen-specific responses in clinical translation.

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ImmunityTranslational Research, BiomedicalAdultAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigens, NeoplasmCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalEpitopesFemaleHeLa CellsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMaleMammary Neoplasms, AnimalAntigens, NeoplasmEpitopesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPeptidesVaccines, DNABreast cancerNeoantigenPolyepitope DNA vaccine

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PMID33879241
PMCPMC8059244
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