Breast cancer immunobiology driving immunotherapy: vaccines and immune checkpoint blockade

LA Emens - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Breast cancer is immunogenic, and infiltrating immune cells in primary breast tumors convey
important clinical prognostic and predictive information. Furthermore, the immune system is …

The Tübingen approach: identification, selection, and validation of tumor-associated HLA peptides for cancer therapy

H Singh-Jasuja, NPN Emmerich… - Cancer Immunology …, 2004 - Springer
There is substantial need for molecularly defined tumor antigens to prime cytotoxic T cells in
vivo for cancer immunotherapy, especially in the case of tumor entities for which only a few …

Generation of T-cell immunity to the HER-2/neu protein after active immunization with HER-2/neu peptide–based vaccines

ML Disis, TA Gooley, K Rinn, D Davis… - Journal of Clinical …, 2002 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: The HER-2/neu protein is a nonmutated tumor antigen that is overexpressed in
a variety of human malignancies, including breast and ovarian cancer. Many tumor antigens …

Mesothelin-specific CD8+ T Cell Responses Provide Evidence of In Vivo Cross-Priming by Antigen-Presenting Cells in Vaccinated Pancreatic Cancer Patients

AM Thomas, LM Santarsiero, ER Lutz… - The Journal of …, 2004 - rupress.org
Tumor-specific CD8+ T cells can potentially be activated by two distinct mechanisms of
major histocompatibility complex class I–restricted antigen presentation as follows: direct …

Immune targeting in breast cancer

A Cimino-Mathews, JB Foote, LA Emens - Oncology, 2015 - go.gale.com
The immune system is active in breast cancer, playing a dual role in tumor progression and
in immune surveillance. Infiltrating immune cells are both prognostic and predictive of …

Prospects in the application of photodynamic therapy in oral cancer and premalignant lesions

R Saini, NV Lee, KYP Liu, CF Poh - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Oral cancer is a global health burden with significantly poor survival, especially when the
diagnosis is at its late stage. Despite advances in current treatment modalities, there has …

Telomerase mRNA-transfected dendritic cells stimulate antigen-specific CD8+ and CD4+ T cell responses in patients with metastatic prostate cancer

Z Su, J Dannull, BK Yang, P Dahm… - The Journal of …, 2005 - journals.aai.org
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) represents an attractive target for cancer
immunotherapy because hTERT is reactivated in most human tumors. A clinical trial was …

Immune response in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme treated with intranodal autologous tumor lysate-dendritic cell vaccination after radiation …

CE Fadul, JL Fisher, TH Hampton… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are profoundly immunosuppressed and may
benefit from restoration of an antitumor immune response in combination with conventional …

Timed sequential treatment with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and an allogeneic granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor–secreting breast tumor …

LA Emens, JM Asquith, JM Leatherman… - Journal of Clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)–secreting tumor
vaccines have demonstrated bioactivity but may be limited by disease burdens and immune …

Combined Clinical Trial Results of a HER2/neu (E75) Vaccine for the Prevention of Recurrence in High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients: US Military Cancer Institute …

GE Peoples, JP Holmes, MT Hueman… - Clinical Cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: E75 is an immunogenic peptide from the HER2/neu protein, which is
overexpressed in many breast cancer patients. We have conducted two overlapping E75 …