[HTML][HTML] Route of administration of the TLR9 agonist CpG critically determines the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy in mice

S Nierkens, MH den Brok, T Roelofsen… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background The TLR9 agonist CpG is increasingly applied in preclinical and clinical studies
as a therapeutic modality to enhance tumor immunity. The clinical application of CpG …

Regulatory T cell: a protection for tumour cells

Y Wang, Y Ma, Y Fang, S Wu, L Liu… - Journal of cellular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction• The mechanisms of Tregs stimulating metastasis and mediating
immunosuppression‐Tregs stimulate cancer metastasis through RANKL‐RANK signal‐TGF …

Interleukin‐10 in viral diseases and cancer: exiting the labyrinth?

AP Vicari, G Trinchieri - Immunological reviews, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Interleukin‐10 (IL‐10) is unique among cytokines, as it is considered both as a potent
immunostimulatory and immunosuppressive factor. This complex biology has been …

Immunomodulatory therapy for melanoma: ipilimumab and beyond

MK Callahan, MA Postow, JD Wolchok - Clinics in dermatology, 2013 - Elsevier
In 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the first new therapy for melanoma
in more than a decade, ipilimumab (Yervoy). Ipilimumab is a novel antibody that blocks …

Increased vaccine tolerability and protection via NF-κB modulation

BA Moser, RC Steinhardt, Y Escalante-Buendia… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Improving adjuvant responses is a promising pathway to develop vaccines against some
pathogens (eg, HIV or dengue). One challenge in adjuvant development is modulating the …

[HTML][HTML] Is there still room for cancer vaccines at the era of checkpoint inhibitors

S Karaki, M Anson, T Tran, D Giusti, C Blanc, S Oudard… - Vaccines, 2016 - mdpi.com
Checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) blockade is considered to be a revolution in cancer therapy,
although most patients (70%–80%) remain resistant to this therapy. It has been …

Effective induction of anti-tumor immunity using p5 HER-2/neu derived peptide encapsulated in fusogenic DOTAP cationic liposomes co-administrated with CpG-ODN

M Mansourian, A Badiee, SA Jalali, S Shariat… - Immunology letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Cationic liposomes have been used as efficient antigen delivery systems for cancer
vaccination. The current study has investigated whether the incorporation of the helper …

From cancer immunosurveillance to cancer immunotherapy

J Stagg, RW Johnstone, MJ Smyth - Immunological reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In response to oncogenic threats, tumor suppressor mechanisms that halt cell‐cycle
progression can stimulate immune‐mediated destruction of pre‐malignant and malignant …

Synthetic double-stranded RNA poly (I: C) as a potent peptide vaccine adjuvant: therapeutic activity against human cervical cancer in a rodent model

Z Cui, F Qiu - Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 2006 - Springer
Due to the inherent lack of immunogenicity of peptides, it is generally recognized that the
strong inflammatory signals that are required to elicit specific responses against peptide …

[HTML][HTML] Engagement of Toll-like receptor-2 on cytotoxic T-lymphocytes occurs in vivo and augments antitumor activity

N Asprodites, L Zheng, D Geng… - The FASEB …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are among the fundamental molecules that alert the immune
system to the presence of an infection by recognizing pathogen-associated molecules. Much …