Therapeutic cancer vaccines

CJM Melief, T van Hall, R Arens… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The clinical benefit of therapeutic cancer vaccines has been established. Whereas
regression of lesions was shown for premalignant lesions caused by HPV, clinical benefit in …

Harnessing the immune system in acute myeloid leukaemia

R Austin, MJ Smyth, SW Lane - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 2016 - Elsevier
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer caused by the proliferation of
immature myeloid cells. The genetic abnormalities underlying AML affect signal transduction …

Review of the results of WT1 peptide vaccination strategies for myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia from nine different studies

A Di Stasi, AM Jimenez, K Minagawa… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
We performed a systematic review of data from nine clinical trials of WT1 peptide vaccination
in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and/or acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML) …

Targeting an alternate Wilms' tumor antigen 1 peptide bypasses immunoproteasome dependency

MC Lahman, TM Schmitt, KG Paulson… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Designing effective antileukemic immunotherapy will require understanding mechanisms
underlying tumor control or resistance. Here, we report a mechanism of escape from …

Wilms' tumor gene 1 (WT1) peptide vaccine therapy for hematological malignancies: from CTL epitope identification to recent progress in clinical studies including a …

Y Oka, A Tsuboi, J Nakata, S Nishida… - Oncology Research …, 2017 - karger.com
The identification of human Wilms' tumor gene 1 (WT1) protein-derived cytotoxic T
lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes and the in vivo efficacy of WT1 peptide-based immunotherapy in …

Current strategies in immunotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia

FS Lichtenegger, FM Schnorfeil, W Hiddemann… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The prognosis of acute myeloid leukemia, particularly when associated with adverse
chromosomal or molecular aberrations, is poor due to a high relapse rate after induction …

Graft-versus-leukemia effect with a WT1-specific T-cell response induced by azacitidine and donor lymphocyte infusions after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell …

T Ishikawa, N Fujii, M Imada, M Aoe, Y Meguri… - Cytotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Azacitidine (Aza) and donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) therapy has
recently been reported as an effective salvage therapy for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia …

CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell reactions against leukemia-associated-or minor-histocompatibility-antigens in AML-patients after allogeneic SCT

B Steger, S Milosevic, G Doessinger, S Reuther… - Immunobiology, 2014 - Elsevier
T-cells play an important role in the remission-maintenance in AML-patients (pts) after SCT,
however the role of LAA-(WT1, PR1, PRAME) or minor-histocompatibility (mHag, HA1) …

A new peptide vaccine OCV-501: in vitro pharmacology and phase 1 study in patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Y Kobayashi, T Sakura, S Miyawaki, K Toga… - Cancer Immunology …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) is a promising target of new immunotherapies for acute
myeloid leukemia (AML) as well as for other cancers. OCV-501 is a helper peptide derived …

Prognostic significance of WT1 expression at diagnosis and end of induction in Egyptian adult acute myeloid leukemia patients

GI Mossallam, TM Abdel Hamid, HK Mahmoud - Hematology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background Wilms' tumor (WT1) gene overexpression has been reported in the
majority of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients at diagnosis and has been evaluated as …