Vaccines for established cancer: overcoming the challenges posed by immune evasion

SH van der Burg, R Arens, F Ossendorp… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Therapeutic vaccines preferentially stimulate T cells against tumour-specific epitopes that
are created by DNA mutations or oncogenic viruses. In the setting of premalignant disease …

Beyond just peptide antigens: the complex world of peptide-based cancer vaccines

AJ Stephens, NA Burgess-Brown, S Jiang - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Peptide-based cancer vaccines rely upon the strong activation of the adaptive immune
response to elicit its effector function. They have shown to be highly specific and safe, but …

Modulation of the innate immune response by targeting toll-like receptors: a perspective on their agonists and antagonists

S Federico, L Pozzetti, A Papa, G Carullo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of proteins that recognize pathogen-associated
molecular patterns (PAMPs) and damaged-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), and …

Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) in cancer; with an extensive focus on TLR agonists and antagonists

A Keshavarz, A Pourbagheri‐Sigaroodi, P Zafari… - IUBMB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
At the forefront of the battle against pathogens or any endogenously released molecules, toll‐
like receptors (TLRs) play an important role as the most noble pattern recognition receptors …

Lipopeptides for vaccine development

IW Hamley - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of lipopeptides (lipidated peptides) for vaccines is discussed, including
their role as antigens and/or adjuvants. Distinct classes of lipopeptide architectures are …

Improving the efficacy of peptide vaccines in cancer immunotherapy

F Zahedipour, K Jamialahmadi, P Zamani… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Peptide vaccines have shown great potential in cancer immunotherapy by targeting tumor
antigens and activating the patient's immune system to mount a specific response against …

Identification of a neo-epitope dominating endogenous CD8 T cell responses to MC-38 colorectal cancer

BJ Hos, MGM Camps, J Bulk, E Tondini… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The murine MC-38 colorectal cancer model is a commonly used model for cancer with high
mutational burden, which is sensitive for immune checkpoint immunotherapy. We set out to …

Toll-like receptor agonist conjugation: a chemical perspective

BJ Ignacio, TJ Albin, AP Esser-Kahn… - Bioconjugate …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are vital elements of the mammalian immune system that function
by recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), bridging innate and …

Novel TLR2-binding adjuvant induces enhanced T cell responses and tumor eradication

GG Zom, MM Willems, S Khan, TC van der Sluis… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Ligands for the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family can induce activation of
cells of the innate immune system and are widely studied for their potential to enhance …

TLR2 agonistic small molecules: detailed structure–activity relationship, applications, and future prospects

A Kaur, D Kaushik, S Piplani, SK Mehta… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize
pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) in microbial species. Among the various …